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ON-SITE Steven Rosenblum, right, and Brecken Rosenblum, left, compete at an
arm wrestling tournament.

Courtesy of Steven Rosenblum
himself. He sat down against
his son and beat him handily.

He was hooked.

Th e Philly resident started
the Philadelphia Arm Wrestling
Team, a group of fi ve guys
who got together to, well, arm
wrestle. He also began hosting
tournaments at places like the
Final Score Sports Bar & Grill
in Bensalem and Daydreams
Gentlemen’s Club in Philly.

Rosenblum has hosted 24
tournaments since 2019 for
beginners, amateurs and pros.

He has won four himself, and he
describes himself as a low-level
pro who can beat 90 percent of
the population.

The tournaments, which
started early on Saturdays and
went all day, were fun but not
very profi table, according to the
host. So recently, he pivoted.

Rosenblum loves arm
wrestling. He also has a sense
that it’s gaining popularity.

But he believes it can get
even bigger with more formal
training facilities.

As Rosenblum put it, he’s
building a school.

“I can’t wait to fi nish the
gym so I can start teaching
classes and really promote the
sport,” he said.

Rosenblum loves the sport
because, contrary to its reputa-
tion as a test of raw strength, it
actually has a way of leveling the
playing fi eld. Someone like Fisher,
a regular-sized woman, or his
11-year-old son can beat people
who are bigger and/or stronger.

A school will help smaller
and weaker kids train to beat
bigger and stronger kids,
according to the teacher.

“It shows kids that it’s
not only size or strength,”
Rosenblum said. “A weaker kid
can easily beat somebody a lot
stronger if their tendons are
stronger and they’ve been doing
the sport for a while.”
Like other combat sports,
both today and in the past,
arm wrestling can also be a
way to channel kids’ energy,
according to the gym entre-
preneur. Rosenblum hopes to
one day start a youth league
through the Philadelphia Parks
& Recreation Center.

He said arm wrestling
“would do great in the
inner city.”
“Kids will grow,” he added.

“Th ey’ll see it’s not a one-day
thing; it’s a long-term sport.

You have to put the time in.”
Rosenblum has seen this
process play out with his
own son. Th e two practice
when they get together and
attend tournaments.

John Hancock Demon-
stration Elementary School
actually banned arm wrestling
because Brecken was beating
everybody, according to
his father.

“When he picked up arm
wrestling, he liked to prove to
somebody that he was stronger
than them without beating
them up,” Rosenblum said. ●
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