Charles_Agnew
Free Style wrestling
Charles Agnew
Free style wrestling also emerged from early military survival skills. Its form is more closely identified with the grappling by hand used in training Roman legions. The application of unusual techniques was given prime consideration over grace and skill. Modern American free wrestling has its roots back in the trends developed in Europe during the Middle Ages when various free styles were most common. No royal court or festival was complete without regular tournaments and matches. In 1520, King Henry VIII of England wrestled King Francis I of France on "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" to settle a point of difference.By the 1800's, three styles were found in England. The Lancashire style, or free style wrestling, was based on the rules of throwing an opponent to the ground so that his shoulders touched. Wrestling as an amateur sport did not achieve prominence until 1900, when the first organized meet was held between Yale and Pennsylvania Universities. Since then, it has achieved spectacular growth. To learn more go on Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling
Picture Citation: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=8&f=/g/a/2004...
Source Citation: Aviation Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Wrestling: USBA. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute, 1943
Free Style wrestling
Charles Agnew
Free style wrestling also emerged from early military survival skills. Its form is more closely identified with the grappling by hand used in training Roman legions. The application of unusual techniques was given prime consideration over grace and skill. Modern American free wrestling has its roots back in the trends developed in Europe during the Middle Ages when various free styles were most common. No royal court or festival was complete without regular tournaments and matches. In 1520, King Henry VIII of England wrestled King Francis I of France on "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" to settle a point of difference.By the 1800's, three styles were found in England. The Lancashire style, or free style wrestling, was based on the rules of throwing an opponent to the ground so that his shoulders touched. Wrestling as an amateur sport did not achieve prominence until 1900, when the first organized meet was held between Yale and Pennsylvania Universities. Since then, it has achieved spectacular growth. To learn more go on Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling
Picture Citation: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=8&f=/g/a/2004...
Source Citation: Aviation Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Wrestling: USBA. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute, 1943