Folk wrestling is a generic term for traditional wrestling disciplines which may or may not be codified as a modern sport. Most human cultures have some sort of grappling style, and "folk wrestling" is a catch-all term for such styles. This article is about all wrestling. ...

Alphabetical List

Any list of ethnic or folk wrestling styles will be partial, but this is a brief alphabetical list of some styles with verifiable lineages.

• Pale Ancient Greek Wrestling, added to 18th Olympiad, 708 BC, as per Hippias of Elis ca. 400 BC.
• Backhold Wrestling, evolved in Europe, pratcticed in North England and Scotland in the 7th and 8th century. Competitions are currently held from May to October, at Highland and Border Games. This form of wrestling, whose origin is unknown, was once known in the USA and australia, while it is still practiced in France and Italy.
• Böke, traditional Mongolian wrestling, where a ground-touch loses[1].
• Catch-as-catch-can, Mid-nineteenth century US adult wrestling, begins standing.
• Collar-and-elbow
• Cornish wrestling, from England, is a form of jacket wrestling.
• Cumberland wrestling
• Devonshire wrestling
• Glima, the national sport of Iceland, traces its history to the Vikings and the Norse.
• Inbuan is the traditional wrestling style of the Mizoram state of India.
• Iranian Wrestling
• Khmer Traditional Wrestling
• Lancashire wrestling.
• Lotta Campidanese from Italy, is a form of jacket wrestling practiced by countrymen and sheperds in souhern Sardinia.
• Lucha Canaria, native to Canary Islands, touching ground (non-foot) loses.
• Lucha Leonesa, native to the Spanish region of Leon, touching ground (non-foot) loses.
• Luta Livre, Brazilian style of wrestling.
• Pehlwani or Kushti is a form of wrestling from India.
• Penjang Gulat is a form of wrestling popular in rural Indonesia.
• Schwingen is the Swiss style of wrestling. It is considered to be one of the very old forms of wrestling.
• Shuaijiao: Chinese wrestling.
• Strumpa: Sardinian wrestling, also known as S'Istrumpa or simply Istrumpa.
• Trinta: Upright wrestling from Moldova; it can also be practiced from the knees. It is still practiced in Moldova and eastern Romania.
• Westmorland wrestling
• Yağlı güreş is Turkish "oil wrestling".

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Ethnic Combat No Longer Folk Wrestling

These sports could be considered too popular or formal to still be considered "folk sports".These styles form a part of the international mainstream wrestling.

• Collegiate wrestling, the folkstyle of the United States.
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, emphasises on ground fighting and submissions.
• Greco-Roman wrestling
• Kodokan Judo, founded by Jigoro Kano in 1882.
• Sambo
• Shoot wrestling
• Sumo
• Vale tudo

Collegiate wrestling (sometimes known as folkstyle wrestling or scholastic wrestling) is the commonly used name of wrestling practiced at the university level in the United States. ... Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position from which to force an attacker to submit. ... Alexander Karelin throwing Jeff Blatnick Greco-Roman wrestling is a form of amateur wrestling practiced throughout the world. ... Judo , gentle way) is a martial art, combat sport, and philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Dr. Jigorō Kanō (嘉納 治五郎 Kanō Jigorō, 1860 in Kobe, Japan - 1938) is the founder of Judo. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shootfighting Shoot wrestling is a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling. ... Sumo ) is a competition contact sport where two wrestlers or rikishi face off in a circular area. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Mistaken for folk wrestling

Some terms or phrases (such as "streetfight" in US English) may refer to unarmed combat but are not really folk sports, with recognized rules as used in competition. A partial list of these might include

• Dumog, a Filipino term for "brawling," sometimes used for Escrima grappling techniques

Dumog is the term used in Eskrima to refer to wrestling techniques. ... Eskrima or Escrima refers in a general way to Filipino martial arts. ...

References

• The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India by Joseph S. Alter (1992). ISBN 0-520-07697-4

External links

• A Brief History of Wrestling in England
• History of Sports in Ancient Egypt
• "Wrestling in Ancient Nubia" by Scott T. Carroll, Journal of Sport History', Vol. 15, No. 2 (Summer, 1988)