Physical Chess: My Life in Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling

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This is the story of Billy Robinson, an iconic figure in professional wrestling and mixed-martial arts. In this fascinating autobiography, he recounts his upbringing amid a family of champion fighters, his worldwide travels as a wrestler, the realities of being a star and his career as a coach of some of the biggest names around today. Starting with his working class childhood in post-WWII England through his career as a top-card professional wrestler and ending with his current career as a sought after coach, this memoir gives the reader an afternoon with a British legend.

Billy Robinsonis a British professional wrestler and catch wrestling instructor. He has trained in Japan with mixed martial arts fighters in catch wrestling, and he has won titles nearly everywhere he has wrestled, including the United States, Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. Jake Shannon is the author of "Say Uncle!" and the founder of www.ScientificWrestling.com. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

"If you are a true fan of professional wrestling history -- your education cannot be complete without a good primer on European wrestling. In Physical Chess, legendary British Catch-As-Catch-Can/professional wrestler Billy Robinson and Jake Shannon will treat you to the most concise history of 20th century European wrestling that has ever crossed this reviewer's desk." -- Wrestling Figs