Mark Mullen applies an armbar to Ernesto Martinez during the Open “Tap Out” Tournament.

Submission wrestling (also known as submission fighting, submission grappling and No-Gi Jiu Jitsu) is a formula of competition and a general term describing the aspect of martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission using submission holds.

The sport of submission wrestling brings together techniques from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Folk American Wrestling (Catch-as-catch-can), Luta Livre Esportiva, Freestyle Wrestling, Judo and Sambo. Submission fighting as an element of a larger sport setting is very common in mixed martial arts, Pankration, catch wrestling, shootfighting, shooto and others. Submission wrestlers or grapplers usually wear shorts, skin-sticky clothing, speedos and mixed short clothes so they do not rip off in combat.

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Mixed martial arts schools and fighters may use the term "submission wrestling" generically to refer to their grappling methods while avoiding association with any one art. Submission wrestling is also sometimes used to describe the tactic (in mixed martial arts competition) that revolves around using submission wrestling skills to defeat an opponent. See Submission wrestling under Mixed martial arts.

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Grappling (also called submission wrestling or submission grappling) is a modern style with great emphasis on ground grappling that borrows techniques from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, Luta Livre Esportiva, Greco-Roman Wrestling, judo and Sambo. Grappling (No-Gi and Gi) has been integrated by FILA in 2006 and is managed by the World Grappling Committee.

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• Grappling : a modern form of wrestling (No-Gi and Gi) with great emphasis on ground grappling that borrows techniques from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, Luta Livre Esportiva, Greco-Roman Wrestling, judo and Sambo.
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: style with great emphasis on ground grappling.
• Catch wrestling: also called "catch as catch can", the original style of submission wrestling (without the gi) taught in America, this style is experiencing a resurgence during recent years.
• Combat submission wrestling (CSW): a modern form of wrestling (and MMA System) without the gi that borrows elements and techniques from Catch Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Freestyle Wrestling, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Shoot Wrestling, Judo and Sambo. This style also has a system of striking.
• Judo : a Japanese martial art focusing on take downs from the clinch, chokes, and joint locks to the arms. It is also an Olympic sport.
• Luta Livre Esportiva: a form of submission wrestling native to Brazil with great emphasis on ground grappling without gi.
• Luta Livre Vale Tudo: a form of free fight native to Brazil with great emphasis on ground fighting without gi.
• Pankration: practiced in the ancient world, combines elements of both boxing (pygme/pygmachia) and wrestling (pale) to create a broad fighting sport similar to today's mixed martial arts.
• Sambo: the Russian style of wrestling that uses a jacket, but without gi pants. Sambo utilizes leg locks, but most styles do not permit chokes.
• Shoot wrestling: a Japanese martial art (without the gi) which uses catch wrestling as a base. The two major sub-disciplines of Shoot wrestling in America are Shooto and Shootfighting.
• Shuai Jiao (Chinese: 摔跤 (Traditional) or 摔角 (Simplified); pinyin: Shuāijiāo; Wade-Giles: Shuai-chiao) is a Chinese martial art which combines grappling and striking. It was originally only a style of wrestling, but later striking and blocking were added to make it the first Chinese martial art. It sometimes also refers to modern Chinese and Mongolian wrestling

[edit] External links

• Official website of FILA Grappling

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