Cork's ‘street level arm wrestlers’ channel Rocky as they train on streets and in parks

Ronnie Mostyn and his band of arm wrestlers train on streets and in parks on Cork’s northside and need an indoor facility

Michael O’Brien and Scott Kent of the Street Arm Wrestling team in Knocknaheeny. Picture: David Creedon

Meet the arm-wrestling fanatics who have a firm grip on their sport but need a hand to take it to the next level. And they won’t twist your arm for it — they’re all happy to chip in and pay their way.

Like Rocky in the famous boxing movies, who trained with what he had, hauling a giant log around the streets of Philadelphia, lifting bricks in a railroad yard, and pounding slabs of meat in a packing factory, Ronnie Mostyn and his small band of arm wrestlers have been training on the streets and in the parks of Cork’s northside.