Wrestling is the sport that dates all the way back to the fifth century from cave drawings in France. This sport is one of the oldest known forms of combat around the world. Its height of popularity was from the fifth century to the fifteenth century.

This sport can be used as entertainment or for genuine competition. This sport contains two people who weigh about the same and they use takedowns, joint locks and pins to overthrow the other person.

Certain people that were interviewed believed that wrestlers need to have these qualities. “ They need to have courage, strength, and mental belief to wrestle.”

There are three different styles of wrestling. The most traditional form of wrestling is folkstyle which is used in junior high schools, high schools and colleges. The other two forms of wrestling are Freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Folkstyle is the ‘easiest’  and ‘safest’ form of wrestling which does not include any throws and rolls as it does in the other two. Folkstyle only uses takedowns and pins. The whole point of Folkstyle wrestling is to get the other opponent on his back with his shoulder about a forty-five degree angle near the mat and hold it for three to five seconds.

That is used to pin the opponent, at most you have to hold your opponent down for ten seconds. To earn points you have do certain moves or have an advantage over the other person.

The scoring for Folkstyle is : takedowns are two points, escape is one point reversal is two points, near fall or points for having them on their back is two or three, and penalty points are one or two points.

Freestyle wrestling is a combination of folkstyle and Greco together. It consists of suplex, joint locking moves, and rolls. In this style of wrestling it is easier to break a bone if not taught correctly.

This is also used in college, high school clubs, and younger group clubs. It has a different way to earn points from folkstyle. You can get up to five points for a suplex same thing applies for Greco.

The take downs in freestyle are two to five points, reversals are one point, penalty is one or two, out-of-bounds is one, and passivity is one point.

When interviewed Coach Shaw he said,” I would choose freestyle because I think you get more freedom in that style of wrestling you don’t have as much rules to follow possibly.”

He also says,” If I had one person to  wrestle I would wrestle Mr. Moren, He may have a strength advantage but I have an endurance advantage. I also know his weakness, diet Pepsi.”

Greco-Roman uses headlocks, suplexes and arm drags to throw over the other opponent. You are not allowed to touch lower than your opponent’s waist. When you wrestle in Greco you are not allowed to touch your opponents leg in any move. If you touch your opponent’s leg they get a free point.

The scoring for the take downs are from one to five points, reversal is one, exposure is two or three,penalties are one or two, and out-of-bounds is one point. This is how they score for Greco.

Mr. Shaw says,” Wrestling is for strong people, they have to work through the practices, conditioning, hardships, and dieting. They are very strong mentally because they have to wrestle fast but thief mind has to move twice as fast.”

This sport is highly complicated and takes a lot of mental and physical strength. You cannot wrestle and think the best or the worst all the time. You have to prepare yourself for whatever happens