Jason Liu

Arm wrestling

Arm Wrestling

A classmate beat me at arm wrestling, so I trained, competed, and researched the sport for my Personal Project: a video and an exhibition.

Personal Project exhibition

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A student in a white shirt shows an orange handle on a strap to three children and a parent at a black table with a red pad, pulleys and a tall frame; strings of flags hang from the ceiling.
My arm wrestling training machine: explaining the pulley setup to visitors.
A display board titled Arm Wrestling with sections on supplements (beta-alanine, creatine, glutamine), a grip-strength study, charts and photos of matches, and a laptop on the table playing a match video.
My exhibition board.
Children at a table crowded with hand grippers, rollers and other grip trainers, trying them out.
Visitors playing with my grippers.
A student in a white shirt talks with an older man in a blue T-shirt in front of the arm wrestling display board while two other men look on.
Explaining my exhibition to a teacher and showing the video.
Personal Project Report: Arm-Wrestling Video
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Competitions

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A young man in a mint-green T-shirt and a bearded man in a dark T-shirt lock hands at a red and blue arm wrestling table with wrist straps on, spectators crowded behind.
Two competitors in white T-shirts lock hands at an arm wrestling table on stage while a referee in a striped shirt and glasses watches closely, a bright LED screen behind.
Close-up of a young man in a mint-green T-shirt locked in a match with an opponent in a navy hoodie who grimaces; spectators film on their phones behind.
Two competitors in white T-shirts at an arm wrestling table on a stage in front of a large LED screen.
Close-up of two competitors with wrist straps and locked hands, one in mint green and one in navy, with onlookers behind.
A competitor in a black T-shirt with a red armband leans hard over the table while the opponent in white and a referee in a striped shirt watch.
At a side table in a hallway a match is under way while onlookers crowd round and one person gives a thumbs-up.
A scramble around a black arm wrestling table in a hallway: a competitor in mint green leans over the table while two men in dark T-shirts and a bystander lean in.
Looking down at two locked hands with wrist straps on red and blue pads, with spectators standing in the background.
On a striped stage under white tents two people arm wrestle at a black table with a red pad while a referee in a striped shirt leans in and a person with a microphone looks on; balloons and gold tinsel decorate the stage.
Another view of the match on the carnival stage: the competitor in white pulls hard against the table while the referee watches.

Matches on video

Short clips that play right here on the page.

Training

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A raised arm flexed in a sleeveless white top, biceps and forearm veins showing, with cushions behind.
A person crouches beside a stack of weight plates on a wooden floor, a hand gripping a strap handle hooked to the plates.
Two young men arm wrestle across a black table with red pads and a steel peg in a living room; orange straps wrap their joined hands and one has taped fingers.
Close-up of a forearm with a black strap looped around the wrist and a yellow grip, a hook hanging below.
A person in a sleeveless white top lifts a strap handle with four weight plates hanging below, one hand resting on a chair.
A person in a white shirt and trousers lifts a strap handle with a stack of black weight plates hanging from it, face tense.

Training on video

Short clips that play right here on the page.

Pronation training with 35 kg.
Grip test with a professional grip meter.
Breaking pliers with my grip.
Tearing a deck of playing cards.

Recognition

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Chinese certificate of award for the 2025 New Year arm wrestling open and the Jiaozuo 2nd 369 Fitness Cup arm wrestling open, given to Liu Jiachen for left hand 68 kg, fourth place, dated 1 January 2025, with the organizing committee's red seal.
Jiaozuo 2nd “369 Fitness Cup” Arm Wrestling Open: 4th Place Open competition · January 2025 Fourth place in the left-hand 68 kg division.