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Collegiate Wrestling, also known as "folkstyle" wrestling, is a style from the United States that incorporates many different wrestling techniques from different styles into one. Lucha Libre, Mexican style of pro wrestling. Huka-huka, style of wrestling practiced by the indigenous Yawalapiti people of the Amazon basin.
Styles of folk wrestling, traditional styles of wrestling, which may or may not be codified as modern sports. Most cultures have developed regional forms of grappling . Subcategories
Collegiate wrestling, commonly referred to as folkstyle wrestling, is the form of wrestling practiced at the post-secondary level in the United States. This style of wrestling is also practiced at the high school , middle school , and elementary levels with some modifications .
Schwingen (from German schwingen "to swing"), also known as Swiss wrestling (French lutte Suisse) and natively (and colloquially) as Hosenlupf (Swiss German for "breeches-lifting"), is a style of folk wrestling native to Switzerland, more specifically the pre-alpine parts of German-speaking Switzerland.
Half nelson. Power half nelson. The half nelson is referred to by most coaches as being the easiest pinning hold in folkstyle wrestling, and is very commonly used.The half nelson is done using only one hand, by passing it under the arm of the opponent and locking the hand on the opponent's neck.
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes referred to as folkstyle wrestling and commonly known as simply wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. It has often been labeled the "toughest sport in the world" because of the physical conditioning, mental preparation, complexity, and intense ...
Kurash on a Sabantuy. Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia.. Köräş wrestlers (Turkish:Güreş Tatar: көрәшчеләр, köräşçelär; Altay: кӱрешчилер, küreščiler) use towels to hold their opponents, and their goal is to throw their opponents off the feet. [1]
Wrestling in the United States include the styles of folkstyle, along with the Olympic styles of freestyle and Greco-Roman. These three styles make up the main forms of amateur wrestling that are contested competitively within the country, not to be confused with the sportive entertainment form of professional wrestling .