Dave Hicks: “In the past, 70% of the fight was in the bicep” 13:00 12/02/2013 Some people think they know everything about armwrestling. However, not everyone knows that rules used to be very different back in the day Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. When you were world champion, what was your technique? Top roll. Whether it was easy or hard to fight was very much up to the table. If the elbow pads were close to each other, it was easy. Nowadays, all tables are designed similarly, the only difference being the hardness of the pads. How was it when you were just a beginner? The pads were very different, round with a depression in the middle. That was to stop the elbow slipping from the pad. That was the main difference. Also, the line of pinning was marked by the edge of the pad, not under the edge. Those were the rules. If the fight got visibly stuck in one place, the refs started the count : 1001, 1002, 1003, etc., to 5 seconds. If no move was made, they ascribed