John Smith Special

John Smith, America’s greatest technician of all-time, represents the radical revolutionary development of Ed Gallagher's and Art Griffith's wrestling philosophy. Ed Gallagher, by training an electrical engineer, created the foundation of modern folkstyle working off of a wooden skeleton tied with rubber bands. Mr. Gallagher’s successor, Art Griffith said; "Every technique has its weakness," he said, "but you can't exploit that weakness by standing still. You must move, and you must force your opponent to move with you." John Smith, the natural heir to Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Griffith, used his collegiate career as a laboratory to synthesize the creativeness of Gallagher with the wisdom of Griffith, bringing his final product to the world stage to win 4 World titles and two Olympic gold medals. Another great star in the American wrestling firmament, Dan Gable, our greatest wrestling coach of all-time and a competitor who made conditioning a wrestler’s most formidable technique, said of John Smith; “He floats. It’s kind of hard to take air down.”

I wonder if Coach Smith has coached more national D1 champions than any other active head coach. Does anyone know the answer?

You start out with "truly" like you are going to take a stance, then you follow with "one." Well no Brian. Grow some balls next time. John Smith is the best wrestler is USA history. 6X, the end...

Truly one of our greatest wrestlers in USA history.

john smith is the coolest person to watch wrestle

smith is killer

John Smith RULES!

I love seeing John Smith back in the day, his intensity pumps me up