Freestyle wrestling is an international discipline and an Olympic sport, for both men and women.

Pinning one's opponent to the mat is one way of winning. Next, take your hand and reach under your opponent's arm while placing your forearm across the base of your opponent’s neck. Using your legs, fling your opponent into a circle until you are able to flip him onto his back. In professional wrestling, a pinfall is a common method of winning a match. Both girls had had previous bouts and were competent wrestlers, but this match was to be in semi-pro style which neither girl had tried before. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles.

Grab his right wrist with your right hand and pull it outward. This interchangeability often sees a spot where the wrestlers change their weight distribution to move from one pinning hold to the other for a succession of near falls.
From behind the opponent, put one arm across his face, grasping his opposite arm above the elbow at the triceps.

Some promoters in the UK (and to a lesser extent France and Germany) still produce live shows in this style but face stiff competition from more American-styled rivals. The attacking wrestler then steps over the arm with their inside leg so that they facing away from the opponent.

In this pinning maneuver, the attacking wrestler has the opponent on their back and grabs both the opponent's legs, puts them above the opponent's head, jumps up in the air, opens their legs, and falls on the opponent's legs, trapping them into a pinning situation. It is the pin after the West Coast Pop, used by Rey Mysterio.

Keep your arm bent at a 90-degree angle while driving your opponent's elbow into his chest.

This style later spread to circuses in Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia where it was a staple part of circuses in the Soviet era, where it was often advertised as "French wrestling. To perform, hook the bottom man’s ankle with your leg. Oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş), also called grease wrestling, is the Turkish national sport.

Slide your right shoulder under his right arm, pushing it up into his armpit. A variation on the standard crucifix, the crucifix bomb or crucifix driver, sees an attacking wrestler violently force their bodyweight downwards to throw the opponent into the mat with greater impact.

Quickly pull his left arm out while still holding on to it. The attacking wrestler lies across the opponent's chest and hooks a leg with the arm on the opposite side (left leg with right arm or right leg with left arm).

The attacking wrestler then grabs the opponent's arms and lifts them over their thighs, similar to a camel clutch. The attacking wrestler then grabs the opponent's legs, crosses them, and places them under one of their armpits, bending the opponent to a pinning predicament. Meanwhile, move your legs into the squatting position on the side of his body. you can start wrestling semi-competitively, then switch to pins & scissors as you get tired. Some high schools in the U.S. have developed junior varsity and freshman teams alongside varsity teams.

This style, with modifications, is also practiced at the high school and middle school levels, and also for younger participants.

A variation commonly used by The Undertaker sees the wrestler cross the opponent's arms across their chest, similar to a corpse.

The hold has the opponent wrestler lying on their back.

"[21] Ivan Poddubny achieved major stardom in his homeland and beyond during the interwar period. Folk wrestling styles are not recognized as international styles of wrestling by UWW.

On the other hand, a pinfall attempt cannot occur in the first place when one rolls out of the ring if falls do not count anywhere, or if the opponent lies on their stomach upon impact, so it would take extra effort to roll the opponent over, even when they are knocked out cold, due to the body being effectively a dead weight. One of the most well known Greco-Roman wrestlers is Alexander Karelin from Russia.

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You are the wrestler on top, just to your opponent's left. The attacking wrestler stands to the side of the opponent, who is on their hands and knees.

The settlers also found wrestling to be popular among Native Americans.

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The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Ken Shamrock won the first UFC Superfight Championship in the UFC and was also the first King of Pancrase in Japan.

Traditionally a match involves the best of three rounds, with no time limit. In the sunset flip version, the opponent is lying shoulders down on the mat, almost completely flat on their back, while the wrestler applying the pin sits below the legs of the opponent and uses their own legs to cover the opponent's shoulders or arms, then hooks both legs around the opponent's thighs to force their weight down to the mat.

The term wrestling is attested in late Old English, as wræstlunge (glossing palestram).[2]. A pinfall is a victory condition in various forms of professional wrestling that is met by holding (pinning) an opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat, usually until the referee counts to three. A common heel tactic is to grab the back of the opponents clothing or tights while sitting on top of them or to use the ropes for leverage, thus making the pin illegal.

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Often when female wrestlers use this move, commentators will refer to it as a schoolgirl. Lean forward, using your feet for traction. The attacker hooks one arm around the opponent's neck and one between the legs, and rolls over the opponent. The competitive wrestlers, the highly successful amateur wrestlers have such tremendous mental toughness. A wrestler will be accompanied by another person, who can either act as a camera person for you, or stay behind while you and the wrestler have your session. From that position the wrestler rolls forward into a sitting position, pulling the opponent over backwards and down to the mat so that they land on their back into a sitout pin position.