Info on other styles of wrestling and cultural styles of wrestling such as Chidaoba, Yagli Gures, Turkish Oil Wrestling, Shuai Jiao, Bokh, Ssireum, Pehlwani, Luch Canaria, Schwingen, Glima, Senegalese Wrestling and much much more.
Pehlwani is a sport immensely loved in India as well as other states. Pehlwani, also known as Kushti, is a form of wrestling sport that originated in India, and it…
As long as traditional sports go, Lucha Canaria also known as Canarian wrestling and Canary Island wrestling is one of the most prominent sports in the Canary Islands in Spain. The…
Switzerland is famous for many things. From its exhilarating Christmas markets, mouth-watering chocolates to luxury watches, you will have more things to remember about this country. But topping it all…
Glima is a wrestling style from Iceland developed from various forms of combat and has its origins coming from the Vikings. Glima or 'fang' is an Icelandic term for national wrestling.…
Kirkpinar rightfully holds the title of the world’s premier Turkish Oil Wrestling tournament, Turkish Oil Wrestling being the National Sport in Turkey, this is a hugely important cultural and sporting…
Wrestling has been around for many centuries, originating in ancient Greece and spreading to India, China, Japan, Africa and the Middle East. But despite knowing so little about its origins…
Tourettes is a syndrome that affects a person's nervous system and causes them to make sudden repeated twitches, tics and vocal sounds. Every case of Tourettes is different to another…
There are hundreds of styles of martial arts practised around the world and millions and millions of practitioners practising them. Everything from striking based martial arts, weapon based martial arts,…
Brazil is a superpower when it comes to modern grappling arts due to the explosion of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu around the world. Yet there is another grappling art that comes from…
There is no doubt that a good grappler will always be dangerous in a street fight and self defense scenario. We can see this in modern MMA, YouTube fight videos…
