The oldest sport, oddly enough, is wrestling. A person has been engaged in martial arts for a long time. If you believe the cave paintings, then from primitive times. It is worth noting that in the world there are many types of wrestling, to which different rules apply. This inconsistency occurred due to the fact that the physical indicators of athletes from different countries were significantly different. However, over the past century, the world association has identified several areas, identified the main methods of struggle and introduced a system of rules.
Popular wrestling
Which species is the most common? The most popular in the world is freestyle wrestling. The teaching methods for her are the same for all countries. This allows you to hold competitions on a global scale, along with boxing and football. In freestyle wrestling, victory is achieved by completely immobilizing the opponent on the carpet. As soon as the team sounds, the opponents, grabbing each other, try to push the opponent to the floor. During the battle, athletes, using fighting techniques, achieve their goals. There are situations when none of the opponents was able to complete the task - to immobilize the enemy. In such cases, the victory is awarded on points that the judges accrue during the duel for the beautifully held captures and receptions. In the event that opponents receive the same number of points, the victory is counted to the first who showed an effective trick in the fight.
Injuries and prohibitions in the fight
As in other contact sports, there are prohibited painful techniques in
fight, for which they can accrue penalty points or even disqualify them - remove them from the competition.
1. This includes all kinds of punches - legs, arms, head.
2. Also, these are various twisting, joints of the legs, arms, fingers, encroachment on the genitals of the enemy.
3. Hard throws of the opponent upside down.
4. Closing the respiratory organs of the enemy with hands or improvised means.
If you look at the rules, you can trace the humanity of the sages who over the centuries have been able to create such a beautiful kind of competition. In freestyle wrestling, there is also a weight limit for participants - up to 75 kg, since in this sport, multiple clamps are often used, for which you need to have sufficient strength and mass, which people with low weight do not have.
The first steps in big sport
Many beginner athletes in the early stages may seem strange freestyle wrestling. Learning techniques are not immediately priority. The main task for beginners is to gain muscle mass. Various trainers, barbells, dumbbells, weights, which are available in the gym, are used. The initial stages of training wrestlers can be envied by many weightlifters, for whom the set of muscle mass is a priority. Indeed, thanks to the correct exercises, techniques and muscle stretching, wrestlers manage to gain the necessary muscle mass very quickly. Much attention in the considered contact sport should be given to stretching. If it is not well developed, then you can easily get injured, which will put an end to all efforts. Freestyle wrestling is a difficult sport that requires a lot of effort, constant training and a great desire to be the best. Weak personalities have no place in this sport.
Basic techniques in freestyle wrestling
As in any sport, in the form we are considering, there are basic fighting techniques that, with minimal physical exertion, allow you to cause maximum damage to the enemy. There are three such basic tricks.
Lever - the attacker holds his hand under the opponentās shoulder, and with the other hand grabs the forearm of the held hand from the opposite side. This creates a choking ring from the hands around the opponentās neck.
Throwing - falling to the side, the attacker makes a jerk behind the opponentās body and, pushing him with his hip, throws him over his head, his back on the carpet. Then he jumps on the opponent and grabs his body in girth, pressing with his own weight. A sharp jerk puts the enemy on the shoulder blades, holding the grip.
Jerked transfer to the wrist - the attacker grabs the opponent by the wrist, leading his hand down. With the second hand, he grabs the opponentās shoulder from the inside and sharply turns him sideways. At the same time, transferring the entire weight of the body to the captured wrist, you can put the enemy on his knees.
Classification of fighting techniques
When conducting freestyle wrestling competitions, it is customary to use the permitted types of racks and the basic classification of grips. The athlete can stand both in the frontal, and in the right-side or left-side position. In racks, the distance between the feet is not controlled. Captures may occur in standing, kneeling and lying positions. Freestyle wrestling techniques are performed with both one hand and two limbs. They are classified as forward, reverse, upper and lower grips. There is also a distribution over the range of captures - long, near and medium. Freestyle wrestling allows you to use tricks standing on all fours. This position of the body was called "stalls." Placement of a wrestler attacking in the stalls is permissible when placed in relation to the opponent from above or from the side. Defense against opponent's moves is classified into static and dynamic tactics. The effectiveness of using one or another tactic depends on the movements of the attacked athlete, while fighting methods are used in relation to him.
Body balance must not be neglected.
This is a very important factor. It may seem strange at first glance, but the methods of struggle and their role in fights occupy second place in importance. But the first place is given to the athlete studying the strategies and tactics of balancing the body during the fight. There are three types of balance in freestyle wrestling - indifferent, stable and unstable. In a duel, balancing a wrestler is most often in an unstable position. The main task of the athlete, in addition to the result of victory, is to translate the balance of his own body into a stable position. For this, it is necessary to increase the area of āāthe housing support and reduce the height of the overall center of gravity. The use of techniques in wrestling is only the tip of the iceberg in this beautiful sport, and the main task of his representative is to learn to control the balance of the body from the beginning to the end of the fight.
Favorite tricks of the audience
Contact sports fans love to discuss among themselves the best wrestling techniques that their idols have demonstrated. Probably the most popular and favorite spectacle for the public in all types of contact sports is considered to be a āspinnerā. For example, in fights without rules, it is done by kicking the opponentās face in a U-turn. In freestyle wrestling, the opponentās hand is grabbed from above, followed by fixing the lower leg and scrolling the opponent, standing on one leg, to the side. As you can see, the name of the methods in the fight is almost interconnected with the movements of the enemy during a push, throw or other action. Favorite tricks in this sport include the action called the āmillā. Its implementation looks like a description of the āspinnerā technique. However, the action is different in that the fixation is carried out by hands under the shoulders or neck with the simultaneous capture of one leg. If you understand, then every wrestler has in his arsenal a favorite trick, which he considers as effective as possible.
The famous struggle of the Greeks
In ancient Greece, a fight was very popular, in which, demonstrating the enormous strength of the hands, the enemy was brought into an immobilized state in a matter of seconds. This contest is relevant now. It was called the Greco-Roman struggle. Her receptions from other species differ slightly. But there is a distinct difference - the prohibition of capturing the enemy below the belt. Greco-Roman wrestling in Europe was developed by the French. They liked it, because there were an advantage there fighters who suppressed their opponents by force. And the French had plenty of it in the 18th century, thanks to weightlifting, which was popular among them at that time. Athletes of each state, which penetrated the Greco-Roman wrestling, techniques and techniques are constantly modified and improved. Thanks to this, in one century a rigid, unified system of rules has been formed. Her grabs and tricks with their help were strictly prohibited. But, as in freestyle wrestling, the main task of the fight was to immobilize the enemy.
Wrestling in the olympic games
In the Ancient East, too, a kind of struggle was born, which was called "judo". But compared with the free or Greco-Roman, where power is mainly used, judo techniques are carried out due to the wrong movements of the enemy. Due to this, in the sport in question, one can observe representatives who do not stand out among peers with physical data. You can not compare, much less put in battle athletes involved in judo and freestyle wrestling against each other. Using a common word in the name, these sports are completely different and not subject to a general classification. Although they have common similarities, such as throws, captures and other tricks of freestyle wrestling. Judo is a very popular sport all over the world. It is not in vain that since 1964 this discipline was officially included in the list of competitions in the Olympic Games.
Forbidden tricks come in handy for sambo wrestlers
Whenever there are bans, I want to break them. So in freestyle wrestling, unauthorized tricks have found application in sambo wrestling. The name of this contact sport stands for self-defense without weapons. Although combat methods in sambo are inhumane, they are still limited by certain rules. In the martial arts under consideration, as in freestyle wrestling, it is allowed to use throws with the help of arms, legs and torso. In Sambo, in order to win, you need to make a move that will hold the opponent in a motionless state for twenty seconds. Additional lunges aimed at pinching joints and muscles on the opponentās legs and arms allow you to finish the fight ahead of schedule, if the opponent admits defeat. Sambo wrestling is quite popular among law enforcement officials. Indeed, thanks to the knowledge of its basics, it would not be difficult for a police officer to detain and neutralize criminals without weapons.
Exotic Wrestling
Japan, which gave the world a judo fight, tried to instill a love of sumo. It is very popular there. But Europeans did not appreciate this rather aggressive sport. Sumo fighting techniques allow not only captures and throws, but also palm punches, tremors, sweeps and steps. The huge arsenal of techniques that are allowed for sumo wrestlers is unlikely to be used by at least one representative of this sport throughout his career. And all because their number can not be counted. Perhaps it was a lot of tricks that became the main problem during the integration of sumo into Western Europe. If freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling obliges an athlete to be physically developed, then the sport in question requires a wrestler to possess truly great strength and high growth. After all, to win, you need to knock the enemy down or push him out of the circle.