swap_horiz Devon Wrestling Alternatives

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Greco-Roman Wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling is an ancient combat sport rooted in European traditions. It’s notable for its focus on upper-body...

European Olympic Grappling Throws

8.65 Great

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Para Judo

Para Judo is a modified version of judo designed specifically for athletes with visual impairments. It’s notable as one...

Adaptive Paralympic Grappling Throws

8.18 Great

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Sport Sambo

Sport Sambo is a combat sport originating from Russia. It combines throws, takedowns, and grappling techniques with spec...

Russian Submission Grappling Throws

8.10 Great

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Oil Wrestling

Oil wrestling, known in Turkish as yağlı güreş, is a traditional Turkish sport in which competitors wrestle while coated...

Traditional Festival Turkish Grappling

7.72 Good

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Kazakh Küres

Kazakh Küres, also written Kazakh Kuresi, is a traditional jacket-wrestling style from Kazakhstan. Competitors wrestle w...

Traditional Grappling Wrestling Kazakh

7.58 Good

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Bokh

Bökh is the traditional style of Mongolian folk wrestling and a culturally significant martial art featured in the annua...

Traditional Grappling Throws Mongolian

7.54 Good

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Pahlavani Wrestling

Pahlavani wrestling, or Koshti Pahlavani, is a traditional Iranian grappling martial art practiced inside a Zurkhaneh, o...

Historic Traditional Iranian Grappling

7.28 Good

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Kazakh Kures

Kazakh Kures is a traditional form of jacket wrestling originating from Kazakhstan, historically practiced by nomadic co...

Traditional Grappling Throws Kazakh

7.22 Good

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Lutte Traditionnelle

Lutte Traditionnelle is a style of folk wrestling native to West Africa, featuring distinct regional variations such as...

Traditional Folk African Grappling

7.20 Good

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Kuresh

Kuresh (also spelled koresh, kurash, or köräş) refers to a family of traditional belt-wrestling styles practiced across...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.08 Good

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Belt Wrestling

Belt wrestling is a family of grappling sports in which competitors maintain a prescribed grip on an opponent's belt, sa...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.05 Good

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Turkish Karakucak

Karakucak is a traditional Turkish folk-wrestling style practiced in outdoor competitions and regional festivals. Wrestl...

Traditional Folk Turkish Grappling

7.05 Good

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Jacket Wrestling

Jacket wrestling is a broad category of grappling traditions in which competitors use an opponent's jacket, coat, belt,...

Traditional Folk Grappling Throws

7.05 Good

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Backhold Wrestling

Backhold wrestling is a traditional grappling style associated with Scotland and northern England, particularly the Cumb...

Traditional Folk Grappling Throws

6.80 Fair

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Tatar Koresh

Tatar Koresh is a traditional form of belt wrestling originating from the Tatar people of the Volga-Ural region in Russi...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

6.74 Fair

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Kyrgyz Kurosh

Kyrgyz Kurosh is a traditional Kyrgyz standing-wrestling style in which opponents hold one another’s belts and try to th...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

6.66 Fair

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Shuai Jiao

Shuai jiao is a Chinese form of jacket wrestling and a combat sport in which participants use grips on a short, durable...

Traditional Chinese Grappling Throws

6.44 Fair

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Leonese Wrestling

Leonese wrestling, or lucha leonesa and aluche, is a traditional belt-wrestling style from León Province and nearby cult...

Spanish Traditional Belt Grappling

6.18 Fair

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Kokh

Kokh is a traditional Armenian folk-wrestling style and is recognized as Armenia's national wrestling. It is a grappling...

Traditional Folk Grappling Armenian

6.12 Fair

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Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling

Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is a traditional English backhold wrestling style associated with the historic coun...

Traditional Folk English Upright

4.42 Poor