Wrestling is a form of combat discipline involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems and can be used as a self-defence technique ...
Wrestling styles defined by FILA, are broken down into two categories; International wrestling styles and folk styles. According to the FILA, there are five current International wrestling styles acknowledged throughout the world. They are Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, Grappling, Beach Wrestling and Pankration.
Collegiate wrestling (sometimes known as scholastic wrestling or folkstyle wrestling) is the commonly used name of wrestling practiced at the college and university level in the United States. This style, with modifications, is also practiced at the high school and middle school levels, and also for younger participants.
Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its greatest origins in catch-as-catch-can wrestling and, in both styles, the ultimate goal is to throw and pin your opponent to the mat, which results in an immediate win. Freestyle and collegiate wrestling, unlike Greco-Roman, also both allow the use of the wrestler's or his opponent's legs in offense and defense. Freestyle wrestling is the most complete style of standup wrestling and bring together traditional and international wrestling techniques.
Collegiate Wrestling and Freestyle Wrestling are two different beasts. Freestyle Wrestling (like greco roman) is stand up wrestling style, has a very strong upper body and clinch game. In the international styles you work to take advantage on your opponent strenght and momentum. In freestyle you can apply high amplitude throws and you can slam your opponent. In folkstyle simply you can't. In judo and sambo you can't slamming your opponent.
Russian freestyle wrestling is perfect for Pankration and MMA : clinch game, explosive throws, sweeps and good single/double leg takedowns. Russians wrestlers have spent years working out how to transfer a lot of soviet traditional wrestling styles techniques to mix with Freestyle and Greco for a jacketless environment. In Freestyle and Greco you tain to return immediately on your feet during ground wrestling. Infact you must defend turns and lifting.
Russia and a lot of post soviet states have the best wrestling schools in the world and wrestling is the national sport (like Mongolia, Turkey, Iran and several russian republics like Dagestan, Chechnya, Ossetia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan).
Russia and Soviet Union dominate olympic wrestling scenario in Freestyle and Greco Roman from 1950. Freestyle Wrestling is also very strong in Germany (see bundesliga), Kazakhistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Cuba, Greece, India and Pakistan.
Freestyle Wrestling vs. American Folkstyle : not only stand up wrestling vs mat wrestling.
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