What is the difference between each type of wrestling?

Wrestling can be interpreted as falling to the ground and playing a competitive sport. Wrestling is recognized as the world's oldest competitive sport. Two athletes fight with their bare hands, and according to certain rules, they use various techniques, techniques and methods to knock down their opponents.

Now wrestlers not only appear in the Olympic Games, but also in all kinds of large-scale combat competitions, such as: UFC, K1, Zhanji, Strike Force, Dream and other large-scale combat competitions. On February 12, 2013, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to remove wrestling from the 26 major sports that already existed at the Games.

The basic difference between Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling is that Greco-Roman wrestling: It is forbidden to hold the opponent below the waist, make tripping movements, and actively use the legs.

Freestyle wrestling: Gripping your opponent's legs, stumbling and actively using your legs is allowed. The double armpit neck grip is prohibited in women's wrestling.

Wrestling is one of the heavy competitive sports, which refers to two people fighting hand-to-hand, according to certain rules, with a variety of techniques, techniques and methods to defeat the opponent, wrestling is recognized as the world's earliest competitive sports.

Chinese-style wrestling is one of the oldest sports in China, and in ancient times it was called wrestling, wrestling, sumo, wrestling, etc. More than 5,000 years ago, wrestling began in the time of the Yellow Emperor, and by the Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC, 221 BC), wrestling was listed as an official sport. After the Qin and Han dynasties, wrestling moved from a single military purpose to the people, and became an entertainment activity for people to enjoy.

The royal family had a special wrestling organization, which continued until the Qing Dynasty's "Shanpu Battalion". In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, wrestling incorporated the skills of the Manchu and Mongolian peoples, and gradually formed the prototype of modern Chinese-style wrestling.

The art or technique of fighting.

Wrestling

One of the oldest sports in the world, wrestling has been recorded in ancient civilizations in countries such as China, Japan, Greece and Egypt. In 708 B.C., the ancient Olympic Games already had a wrestling program. The competition is played on mats with a length of 12 meters on each side, and the thickness of the mat depends on the elasticity of the material used, generally about 6 cm.

The circle with a diameter of 9 meters in the middle of the mat is the competition area. Athletes must wear red or blue wrestling suits and soft boots with flat soles. Each match has two rounds of 3 minutes each, with a 1-minute break in between.

There are two types of competitions: Greco-Roman and Freestyle, and the competition is divided into weight classes. Greco-Roman was added to the Olympic programme in 1896 and Freestyle was added to the Olympic programme in 1904. Men's event only.

Greco-Roman wrestling

Also known as classical wrestling. Wrestling was prevalent in France in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Later, the International Olympic Committee considered French wrestling to be the wrestling of the ancient Greek and Roman periods, so it named French wrestling Greco-Roman wrestling.

During the game, it is forbidden to grab clothes, attack the opponent's lower limbs with hands and legs, and only hold the head, neck, torso and upper limbs with arms. The winner is the one who knocks the opponent down and touches his shoulders to the mat, and if this does not happen within the allotted time, the ranking is determined by the number of points scored in the two rounds.

Freestyle wrestling

Also known as freestyle wrestling. European and American countries that began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. During the competition, you can use both hands and feet, you can hold the head, neck, torso, upper and lower limbs, wrap legs, hook feet, pick legs, etc., but you are not allowed to grab clothes, and you are not allowed to use anti-joints and suffocation movements.

The winner is the one who knocks his opponent down and touches his shoulders to the mat, and if this does not happen within the allotted time, the ranking is determined by the number of points scored in the two rounds.

In 2004, the 28th Olympic Games set up men's freestyle 54 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 76 kg, 85 kg, 97 kg and 130 kg; A total of 320 athletes participated in 16 events in the Classical 54 kg, 58 kg, 63 kg, 69 kg, 76 kg, 85 kg, 97 kg and 130 kg categories, including 160 in the Classical style and 160 in the freestyle.

The wrestling competition at Athens 2004 took place in the 9,150-seat Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, and took place over eight days from 22 to 29 August, from 22 to 29 August.