Jacket wrestling

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A Shuai jiao match in China
Za-vorotok folk wrestling, a single-handed variant of the sport, practised by the Slavic peoples

Jacket wrestling is a form of wrestling and one of the oldest form of sports that has been practiced in both Europe and Asia going back many centuries.[citation needed] It generally involves two contestants wearing jackets and belts attempting to take each other down and attempt to pin their opponent. The style of combat is typified by a lack of groundfighting, due to the rules often causing an opponent to lose if they touch the ground with something other than their feet.[citation needed] The method of combat has also been referred to as "belt-and-jacket wrestling", for its common use of a belt or sash in addition to or instead of a jacket.[citation needed]

The two most popular contested styles of jacket wrestling today are Judo and Sambo.[citation needed]

History[]

Encyclopædia Britannica has stated that, "The three basic types of wrestling contest are the belt-and-jacket, catch-hold, and loose styles, all of which appear to have originated in antiquity. Belt-and-jacket styles of wrestling are those in which the clothing of the wrestlers provides the principal means of taking a grip on the opponent."[1]

Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth stated in 2010 that, it has been recorded as a method of combat as early as the Middle Ages.[2] Scot Beekman stated in 2006 that, Jacket wrestling became especially popular in Britain, where different regions developed their own forms of jacket wrestling rules and combat.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ "belt-and-jacket wrestling". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. ^ Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth (2010). Martial Arts of the World: Regions and individual arts. ABC-CLIO. p. 224. ISBN 9781598842432. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  3. ^ Scott Beekman (2006). Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 5. ISBN 9780275984014. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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