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At younger age group tournaments in the United States, independent tournaments are often run in "folkstyle", along with freestyle and Greco-Roman styles. To differentiate this style from freestyle and Greco-Roman, the term folkstyle wrestling is a more commonly used phrase than collegiate wrestling at all age levels.
Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its origins in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. In both styles, the ultimate goal is to throw and pin the opponent to the mat, which results in an immediate win. Unlike Greco-Roman, freestyle and collegiate wrestling allow the use of the wrestler's or the opponent's legs in offense and defense.
Folkstyle wrestling is the form of wrestling practiced in Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and (for males) Collegiately in the United States. Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling is practiced at all age levels as well, by different wrestling clubs and teams across the country, and by Team USA at international competitions.
During the 20th century, collegiate (folkstyle) wrestling emerged as the most popular form of amateur wrestling in the United States, especially in regional hotbed wrestling areas of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwest. [1] Wrestling matches in the United States early on were particularly long, especially among those in the Greco-Roman ...
Watertown High School wrestlers Micah Hach and Sloan Johannsen each compete in the 2023 U.S. Marine Corps Junior and Cadet Nationals in the Fargodome.
Joe Warren - 2006 Greco-Roman World Championships gold medalist, current mixed martial artist with Bellator Fighting Championships, and Bellator Season 2 Featherweight Tournament winner and former Bellator Featherweight Champion. Patrick Cummins (born November 16, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist.[5] He currently competes in the Light ...
To differentiate this style from freestyle and Greco-Roman, the term "folkstyle wrestling" is a more commonly used phrase than the term collegiate wrestling or scholastic wrestling. In many places in the United States, there are small associations known as wrestling clubs designed to introduce young people to the sport of wrestling, many of ...
In American folkstyle wrestling, the point difference is 15 points, in freestyle, it is 10 points, and in Greco-Roman, it is 8 points. Folkstyle terms this a technical fall and freestyle and Greco-Roman refer to it as a technical superiority. [7] Decision