The Curby Cup

Watch Broadcast of 2012 Curby Cup on Fight Now TV

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Kids Need Dreams and Heroes…The World’s Oldest Sport Gives Them Both

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The Jacob Curby Foundation helps to support the dreams of our Olympic aspirants through financial support and providing access to high level international competition here in the USA. Another equally important part of our mission is to deliver the inspiration to start those dreams in our youth and also provide these youngsters with great role models with whom they can identify. This is why we have teamed with Beat the Streets to make the kids of Chicago an integral part of the Curby Cup experience.

Aleksandr Karelin with Jake Curby and brother Nick.

My sons, Nick and Jake, were both fortunate to have contact and become influenced by some of our sport’s greatest heroes – people like Dan Gable and Aleksandr Karelin.
The Jacob Curby Foundation wants to help provide that experience for as many young people as possible. Along with watching the world class competition up close, our young attendees also are given Curby Cup credentials identifying them as USA Wrestlers and a t-shirt, participate in a clinic given by our National coaching staff – Steve Fraser and Momir Petkovic, who are both Olympic Champions. Following the clinic, and prior to the competition, they are served lunch. From this group of young wrestlers the honor escorts for the competing athletes are chosen. We want these youngsters to identify themselves as being a part of this championship culture. Whether they come from kid’s wrestling programs like the Chicago Scramblers, high schools such as Chicago Phillips, Simeon, or suburban schools, they will all be a part of the Curby Cup ethos:

I cannot guarantee a world championship, but I can guarantee total dedication. I will never fail a drug test, I will always be in shape, and I will conduct myself in a manner that will make my sponsors, family and country proud!” Jacob Curby

World Sport Chicago has supported this effort by providing transportation from various points in the city to the venue at Lyons Township HS in La Grange. Please consider helping us in creating this powerful experience for as many young people as possible. Make a donation at: www.jacobcurbyfoundation.org

“Live your dream.” – A Message From Jake’s Sister

CurbyCup2K12 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:43:38 +0000

It may sound cliché, but some people actually do “live their dream.” My brother, Jake, was definitely one of those people. I wear my wristband with the Curby Cup slogan staring me in the face all day. It tells me to “Live your dream.” I truly feel that this is what the Curby Cup is all about. We may not recognize the faces of the competitors we see on the wrestling mat the way that we recognize current athletic icons such as LeBron James or Tom Brady. But, these wrestlers live out their dream the same way as the athletes who show up in our media today. They’re living it without the promise of monetary gain and without the fame. They’re striving to simply fulfill their dream of competing in the Olympic games and test their will to its limits. And to me, THAT is exactly who Jake is.
I recently read Lance Armstrong’s book, It’s Not about the Bike, and was reminded of Jake’s own battle with leukemia as a teenager. In fact, as I read the details about Armstrong’s quick decline mid-competitive season and dangerously high doses of chemotherapy that followed, the parallels between his story and Jake’s were actually uncanny. I was only twelve when my brother was diagnosed with cancer and did not fully comprehend at the time the battle he was waging against his tumor-covered organs and the aggressive chemotherapy treatments that nearly killed him.
After Jake’s cancer went into remission, he truly spent the next 10 years of his life LIVING. He was a man on a mission toward a goal so few achieve: competing in the Olympic Games. He traveled to so many amazing countries and tested his will over and over again without the reward of fame or riches. The most important thing to remember is that Jake’s dream is not entirely unique. So many amazing athletes and young kids have admirable dreams that have the potential to break their will and prove how strong they are. The raw emotion , battle, and intensity of wrestling is an awesome display of such dreams.
I never was a wrestler (unless being head-locked in the living room by older brothers counts—pretty sure it doesn’t.) Yet somehow, I love the sport of wrestling. I appreciate the struggle. I understand that wrestling is just a metaphor for everything in life that might beat a person down. I understand that sometimes we get tossed around and we lose. At better times, we make it out with our arm raised and a little bit stronger. But I also understand that it’s not about winning or losing. It’s about engaging in that fight to live out our dreams. This year is a very special year for the Curby Cup because I can’t wait to watch our very deserving Olympians live out their dreams!

Wrestling is a (Sweet) Science

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Download the latest issue of the International Journal of Wrestling Science, a peer-reviewed journal journal for professionals working in the field of wrestling sport science. Edited by David Curby, director of the International Network of Wrestling Researchers,this issue’s table of contents includes:

Donald Sayenga – THE OLDEST WRESTLING BOOK
Victor Shiyan – BIOENERGETIC FACTORS DETERMINING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SPECIAL ENDURANCE OF WRESTLERS
David Curby – A REVIEW OF THE MINIMUM WRESTLING WEIGHT PROCEDURES USED IN AMERICAN SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING
A.Yu. Berezantsev, D.M. Davydov, B.A.Podlivaev – ASSESSMENT OF THE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF WRESTLER’S FUNCTIONAL RESERVES AND RESILIENCE OF THEIR SKILLS
Bahman Mirzaei H. Arazi, D. Curby, I. Barbas, M. Ghahramani Moghaddam,Y. Hosseini –
THE EFFECTS OF TWO DIFFERENT RESISTIVE LOADING
PATTERNS ON STRENGTH, HYPERTROPHY, ANAEROBIC POWER AND ENDURANCE
IN YOUNG WRESTLERS
Bruno Hartmann, Angelika Fetz-Hartmann – THE IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION IN FREESTYLE WRESTLING
Milorad Dokmanac, Petar Karadzic, Dragan Doder – STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
OF THE WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: ISTANBUL-2011
Boris A. Podlivaev, A.B Burakov – DIAGNOSTICS AND CORRECTION OF STATIC
AND DYNAMIC DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM OF WRESTLERS
Amir Letafatkar – BALANCE AND FATIGUE IN WRESTLERS
Yuri Krikuha, Alexey Shevtsov – TYPES OF DIFFERENT TECHNO-TACTICAL
TIE-UPS USED FOR CONTROL IN GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING
Eric A. Bean – AN EVALUATION OF A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING COACHES

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Curby Cup

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The 2012 Curby Cup will feature a breakfast on May 20 hosted by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist John Peterson will be the featured speaker, and Jim Gruenwald will be the Moderator.

Dr. David Curby on Takedown Radio

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:32:30 +0000

Listen to Takedown Radio‘s interview with Dr. David Curby, founder of the Curby Cup on this year’s tourney.

Dan Gable and The Curby Cup

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:16:09 +0000

Take no short cuts in your preparation for life

The master of the sport, Dan Gable, shown here with a young Jake and Nick Curby, offered sage advice then. He continues to encourage in this video invitation to The Curby Cup. Share it with your friends and help us help our Olympic Team in 2012.

Curby Cup

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Title: Curby Cup
Description: Curby Cup International Dual Meet between the USA National Greco Roman Wrestling Team and an International All-Star team.
Start Time: 06:00
Date: 2012-05-19

Let’s Roll!

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:46:00 +0000

Photos from the Curby Cup are available from: USA Wrestling photographer Larry Slater

A slide show summary has been produced by: Andrius Sprindys

Results from the 2nd Annual Curby Cup on May 21, 2011

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Holm, Ruiz, Byers win three straight to lift U.S. past international stars at Curby Cup!

Curby Cup Greco-Roman Dual
Lyons Township H.S., La Grange, IL
55kg – Choi Gyu-Jin (Korea) dec. Spenser Mango (USA) 1-0, 2-0.
60kg – Ryutaro Matsumoto (Japan) dec. Joe Betterman (USA) 1-0, 0-2, 1-0.
66kg – Justin Lester (USA) dec. Alexandar Maksimovic (Serbia) 3-0, 0-1, 2-1.
74kg – Peter Bacsi (Hungary) dec. Ben Provisor (USA) 1-2, 4-1, 1-0.
84kg – Jordan Holm (USA) dec. Hristo Marinov (Bulgaria) 0-3, 3-0, 2-0.
96kg – Justin Ruiz (USA) dec. Jimmy Lidberg (Sweden) 1-0, 0-2, 1-0
120kg – Dremiel Byers (USA) dec. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania) 1-0, 2-0.