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(“grappling” excludes ‘striking’ and ‘weaponry’)
(“wrestling” is a ‘combat sport’ involving ‘grappling type techniques’ such as “clinch fighting”, “‘throws’ and ‘takedowns'”, “joint locks”, “pins”, and other “grappling holds”)
(the ‘sport’ can either be ‘theatrical’ for ‘entertainment’, or genuinely ‘competitive’)
(a ‘wrestling bout’ is a physical competition, between 2 (occasionally more) ‘competitors’ or ‘sparring partners’, who attempt to ‘gain’ and ‘maintain’ a ‘superior position’)
(there are a wide range of ‘styles’ with varying rules with both ‘traditional historic’ and ‘modern’ styles)
(wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other ‘martial arts’ as well as ‘military hand-to-hand combat systems’)
(the term wrestling is attested in late ‘old english’, as wræstlunge (glossing palestram))
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