Folk wrestling
Folk wrestling is a general term for wrestling which may or may not be codified as a modern sport. Most (if not all) human cultures have some sort of grappling style, and "folk wrestling" is a catch-all term for such styles.
Any list of ethnic or folk wrestling styles will be partial, but this is a brief alphabetical list of some styles with verifiable lineages.
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Ancient Greek Wrestling, added to 18th Olympiad, 708 BC, as per Hippias of Elis ca. 400 BC.
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Backhold Wrestling, Evolved in North england and Scotland in the 7th and 8th century.The competitons are currently held from May to October, at Highland and Border Games.
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Catch-as-catch-can, Mid-nineteenth century US adult wrestling, begins standing.
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Collar-and-elbow*
Cornish wrestling of
England uses a jacket.
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Cumberland wrestling*
Devonshire wrestling*
Glima, The national sport of Iceland.Traces its history to the Vikings and the Norse.
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Inbuan, The traditional wrestling style of the
Mizoram(India) state.
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Iranian Wrestling, The form of wrestling native to
Iran.
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Lancashire wrestling, Begins standing, not reliant on clothing.
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Luta Livre, Brazilian style of wrestling.
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Pehlwani/
Kushti, wrestling of
India.
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Penjang Gulat, a form of wrestling popular in rural
Indonesia.
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Schwingen, Swiss style wrestling.Is considered to be one of the very old forms of wrestling.
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Shuaijiao: A form of Mongolian wrestling.[
1], where a ground-touch loses[
2].
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Trinta: Upright wrestling from Moldova. Can also be practiced from the knees. Still practiced in Moldova and Romania.
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Westmorland wrestling*
Yağlı_güreş, Turkish "oil 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.
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Freestyle wrestling, school or collegiate wrestling in the United States.
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, emphasises on ground fighting and submissions.
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Greco-Roman wrestling*
Kodokan Judo, founded by
Jigoro Kano in
1882.
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Lucha libre, Mexican professional wrestling.
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Scholastic wrestling, secondary-school wrestling in the United States.
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Sambo*
Shoot wrestling*
Sumo*
Vale tudoSome 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
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Dumog, a
Filipino term for "brawling," sometimes used for
Escrima grappling techniques
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The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India by Joseph S. Alter (1992). ISBN 0520076974
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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)
