World Wrestling Day
May 23 · Level 10 · #169 of 2238
World Wrestling Day celebrates a sport that combines strength with technique, patience and respect for an opponent. It brings wrestling communities together and gives newcomers a chance to discover what happens on the mat.
How it is celebrated: clubs and federations hold competitions, demonstrations and open training sessions. Experienced wrestlers showcase techniques while coaches introduce the rules and explain how beginners learn safely.
Greco-Roman wrestling forbids holds below the waist and the active use of legs to execute techniques. Those restrictions make it a distinctly different contest from freestyle wrestling, despite the shared mat.