Types Of Wrestling

If you see two guys in bikinis, holding each other and grabbing each other, they are not trying a new type of dance, they are wrestling. These athletes are very skilled and strong. They also need to practice and learn the moves and countermoves in order to have success in their discipline. Some wrestlers do have more moves than others.

Official wrestling recognizes four types of wrestling

The Greeks and the Romans practice Greco-Roman wrestling. There won’t be any flashy stuff if you go see a match. However, you will be able to see their impressive upper strength as they have to throw the opponent. You can watch it during the Olympics. In fact, wrestlers have been Greco-Roman wrestling over 110 years in the Olympics.

Theother kind of wrestling that can be more entertaining is freestyle. Holds, legs, arms… everything is accepted in this type of wrestling. These wrestlers have also been in the Olympics for a long time like their team mates practicing Greco-Roman. The interesting note here is that women can also wrestle in this event at the Olympic Games.

You have to give it to the Japanese, they know fighting. They specialize in a discipline that is called Judo. Its meaning can be translated in "gentle way’’, however, if you ask a guy that has been on the receiving end of a move, he might say otherwise. They actually used the opponent’s force or movement and turn it against him. When practiced as a sport and not as a philosophy, the rules are as follows: to win a match, the participant must either make his opponent quit, throw him on the ground or pin him on the mat. In the Olympics, men have been able to compete in Judo for the last 40 years, and women have been able to participate in the last 4 Olympics.

Sambo (not Samba as in the dance) was created in the USSR. It means to protect oneself without the means of a weapon. This kind of self defense was/is used for soldiers in the army to defend themselves if they were ever found in this compromising situation. There are a few variations to this kind of wrestling. The roughest of them all is called the combat sambo. There, hitting and ways to make a rival drop his weapon is learned. The two other are a little less ‘violent’ as defense sambo and sport sambo is taught. They respectively look like jujitsu and judo. Needless to say, if they would get caught, they can offer quite a challenge to anyone who would dare take them on.

If you do want to improve your general strength overall and your balance and pretty much everything else, practice wrestling. If you go to school, you could check if they offer such programs. If they have a weight room, there are usually mats for this purpose.