Wrestling


 * The History of Wrestling **

Most people have heard of wrestling, some of you might be on a team. What you might not know is that the sport that you’re playing has been around for many years.

The definition of wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons, in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of their opponent. This wasn’t really a sport at first. It was actually just a bunch of military techniques. Now the sport is known all over the world and now schools have wrestling teams. It is also now an Olympic sport. It all started in the Middle East. People have found drawings and depictions of men fighting. These men have been drawn fighting angels or demons. Then in India, they started to make it into a sport. Then in China they created a fighting style called Shuai Jaio. This was also classified as one of the first martial arts forms. But, now the wrestling that we know of originated in Europe. They are the first to award the winners with prize money, and also the ones to not use wrestling in wars. So as you can see, wrestling is known all around the world. It used to be a life or death situation, but now it is just a game kids play in the front yard. It is really something you should look into if you want to increase your athletic ability