About Arm Wrestling
Arm wrestling is a sport involving two participants. Each places one arm on a surface with their elbows bent and touching the surface, and they grip each other's hand. The goal is to pin the other's arm onto the surface, the winner's arm over the loser's arm.
Arm wrestling: Pontypridd woman is 'UK's first female referee'
Arm Wrestling : Pontypridd woman is 'UK's first female referee'
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Arm Wrestling : Pontypridd woman is 'UK's first female referee'CloseTrying to keep two super heavyweight men under control while they twist each other's arms may sound daunting, but for Kath Whitaker it's just a hobby.
The 48-year-old, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, believes she is the UK's first female Arm Wrestling referee and this month she'll officiate at the UK's first professional national championship.
Kath, who is helping some of South Wales ' top arm wrestlers train and prepare for The Competition , said some perceptions about the sport were wrong.
" I think there's an attitude or an opinion of aggression and almost that it wouldn't be a place for A Woman to be, but it's not that at all, " She Said .
Story by Miriam Barker, video filmed and produced by Nick Hartley
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