Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Ten grappling arts from around the world

There are pretty much as many different forms of grappling arts and sports as there are people who like to grapple.  Here are ten of the many.

  1. Judo
  2. Aikido
  3. Japanese jujutsu
  4. Brazillian jiujitsu
  5. Glima
  6. Greco-Roman wrestling
  7. Freestyle wrestling
  8. Shuai jiao
  9. Malla-yuddha
  10. Sambo

But even with all this variety, there are only so many ways that one human can effectively twist or throw or crush another human, so you are bound to see interesting similarities.


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