History_Of_Wrestling

History Of Wrestling Wrestling History The forms of wrestling we know today as Greco-Roman, Folkstyle, and Freestyle found their origins in the lands on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. These lands are where the Ancient Greeks resided, and developed the art of wrestling. The Greeks influenced the styles and skills of wrestling of today. "The sport of wrestling has been highly developed for over five thousand years, and it is believed to have begun part of the soldiers training," The Ancient Greeks and The sport of Wrestling stated. Proof of this lie on the walls of the tomb in Beni Hasan in the form of pictures. These pictures are about five thousand years old and show holds from both the standing positions and the ground positions. From that time to the present wrestling turned from military skill to a sport skill (The Ancient Greeks and The sport of Wrestling, 7-2). During this time wrestling was also developed in other cultures, like that of ancient Greeks. Wrestling to the Greeks was not only part of the soldier's training, but was also wrestling, sport, greeks, sports, freestyle, rules, points, mat, greco-roman, ancient, popular, styles, encyclopedia, both, back, wrestlers, time, greek, game, world, opponent, style, skill, position, one, olympic, games, folkstyle, fall, years, wrestler, weight, united, states, stated