As the first U.S. company to sell wrestling products by mail order, Brute Wrestling began in 1967 as the Henson Company, Inc. in the residence of it's founder, Captain Josiah Henson. Today, Brute Wrestling continues to provide a complete line of top quality wrestling products and apparel for amateur, collegiate and professional athletic clubs and teams. Since 1995 Brute has been the exclusive distributor of Adidas wrestling products for North and South America. The Brute/Adidas relationship has been extremely successful, and will continue to prove itself as the favored choice of top athletes and coaches.