swap_horiz Kushti Alternatives

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Professional Sumo

Professional sumo is a traditional Japanese combat sport involving two rikishi wrestlers competing within a circular rin...

Professional Traditional Japanese Grappling

8.6 Great

2

Greek Wrestling

Greek wrestling, known as pale, is a historic combat sport originating in ancient Greece. It was a key element of the or...

Historic Olympic Ancient Grappling

8.3 Great

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Oil Wrestling

Oil Wrestling is Turkey's national style, using olive oil and leather kisbet trousers; the Kirkpinar tournament near Edi...

Traditional Festival Turkish Grappling

7.7 Good

4

Pehlwani

Pehlwani is a South Asian combat sport heavily influenced by Persian Varzesh-e Pahlavani, combining traditional grapplin...

Indian Traditional South Asian Grappling

7.2 Good

5

Lutte Traditionnelle

Lutte Traditionnelle is West African folk wrestling, known as Laamb in Senegal and Kokawa in Hausa areas, with Francopho...

Traditional Folk African Grappling

7.2 Good

6

Karakucak Wrestling

Karakucak Wrestling is a Turkish folk style sanctioned nationwide, fought on grass in canvas trousers and distinguished...

Traditional Folk Turkish Grappling

6.8 Fair

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Gatta Gusthi

Gatta Gusthi is Kerala's submission wrestling style in India, notable for beach or sand-ground bouts in a godha and phay...

Indian Traditional Folk Grappling

6.7 Fair

8

Shima Wrestling

Shima Wrestling is Okinawa's local sumo style, notable for festival bouts on sand where victory comes by putting the opp...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

6.7 Fair

9

Pahlavani

Pahlavani is a traditional Iranian martial art and physical training system rooted in Zurkhaneh, blending wrestling, cal...

Traditional Iranian Grappling Wrestling

6.5 Fair

10

Aba Wrestling

Aba Wrestling is a Turkish jacket-wrestling style of southern Turkey, especially Hatay, named for the aba garment grippe...

Traditional Belt Turkish Grappling

6.4 Fair

11

Malakhra

Malakhra is a Sindhi belt-wrestling style of Pakistan in which wrestlers grip a waist cloth; it is treated as Sindh's pr...

Traditional Belt Grappling Wrestling

6.2 Fair

12

Boli Khela

Boli Khela is a Bengali wrestling tradition from Chittagong, Bangladesh, associated with merchant Abdul Jabbar Saodagar...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

6.0 Fair

13

Ristynes

Ristynes is a Lithuanian folk wrestling tradition, popular from the mid-19th to early 20th century and revived in demons...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

6.0 Fair

14

Mukna

Mukna is a Meitei folk wrestling style from Manipur, India, traditionally played on the last day of the Lai Haraoba fest...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

5.9 Mediocre

15

Malla Yuddha

Malla Yuddha is a traditional South Indian form of combat wrestling notable for its ancient origins in the Tamil regions...

Indian Traditional Ancient Grappling

5.8 Mediocre

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Inbuan Wrestling

Inbuan Wrestling is a Mizo folk wrestling style from Mizoram, India; tradition places its preservation at Dungtlang vill...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

5.8 Mediocre

17

Barróg

Barrog is an Irish backhold wrestling style whose name means hug; comparable clinches appear in Irish carvings from the...

Traditional Folk Irish Grappling

5.6 Mediocre

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Huka-huka

Huka-huka is an Indigenous Brazilian wrestling style of the Xingu peoples of Mato Grosso, performed ritually during the...

Traditional Indigenous Brazilian Grappling

5.5 Mediocre

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Buno

Buno is a traditional Filipino grappling and wrestling system notable for its integration with weapon-based martial arts...

Traditional Folk Grappling Filipino

5.4 Mediocre

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Mud Wrestling

Mud Wrestling is wrestling in mud or a mud pit, notable as a modern spectacle after an Akron, Ohio women's professional...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

4.8 Poor