International holidays - World Wrestling Day

Martial arts have been part of sports competitions since ancient times Greco-Roman wrestling was one of the types of athletic competitions at the Olympic Games Fist fights were held in the Sumerian kingdom, India, and Egypt in the 3rd millennium BC and in Rus' Today the list of competitions includes freestyle, sambo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, sumo, aikido, kuresh and other national sports On May 23, 1904, the first world championship in Greco-Roman wrestling was held in Vienna This date marks the annual celebration of Wrestling Day The oldest sport was included in the program of the first Olympics, revived after a long break in 1896 Only 1 set of medals was competed among the athletes competing in the open air of Athens The fights took place without clearly established rules - the style of competition was close to Greco-Roman wrestling Today, the number of medal sets being played out at the Summer Olympic Games is 18 The International Federation of United Styles of Wrestling (FILA) was created in 1912 It organizes competitions and popularizes this sport in countries around the world, incl by celebrating World Wrestling Day Today FILA supervises the following styles: Greco-Roman, freestyle, women's and beach wrestling, pankration, grappling and combat grappling Sports disciplines in which opponents engage in one-on-one combat differ in the type of techniques used Martial arts are divided into striking (boxing, taekwondo, savate, karate, etc), wrestling (judo, aikido, sambo, sumo, jiu-jitsu, etc), mixed (wushu, pakration, hand-to-hand combat, etc) and using weapons (fencing, kendo) Despite existing stereotypes, almost all styles are mastered by women They participate in amateur warm-ups in sumo, professional warm-ups in kuresh, MMA and other types of martial arts These sports, which improve health, discipline, develop strong-willed qualities and teach respect for an opponent, were previously practiced only by men The first attempts by representatives of the fair sex to take part in freestyle wrestling competitions were made in the late 1970s Thanks to the initiative of French women and athletes from Scandinavian countries, women's wrestling was included in the FILA list The first Olympic competitions in this sport took place in 2014 Today, all over the world there are more than 35 thousand women involved in freestyle wrestling, for many of whom May 23 is a professional holiday Happy Wrestling Day, established in 2014, congratulates athletes, coaches, judges, fans and competition organizers In honor of the holiday, master classes, international tournaments and other events are held to popularize martial arts