Martial Arts Around the World
| January 9, 2019
Wrestling – Nearly All Countries
Wrestling is probably the oldest form of combat, being practiced by most civilizations throughout history. In fact, there are cave paintings in France depicting wrestlers that are 15,000 years old.
Nowadays, there are many different styles wrestling, ranging from the Oil Wrestling practiced in Turkey to the somewhat theatrical WWE in the USA. However, the Olympic sport is the Greco-Roman version of wrestling.
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