{"id":18765,"date":"2023-02-24T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/?p=18765"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:29:29","slug":"what-is-grappling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/what-is-grappling\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Grappling? (MMA, BJJ, Wrestling?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/a>There are many ways to hurt another human using your body, and they can be roughly divided into two main categories, striking and grappling. Striking is throwing punches and kicks, but what is grappling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grappling combat systems use various moves like throws, trips, chokes, joint locks, and other close-range techniques to put an opponent on the ground, control him, incapacitate him, or force him to surrender. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many forms of grappling in martial arts and combat sports, and basically, all cultures have had some form of grappling practiced for millennia. We will dissect what grappling is and what separates the different styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A martial art is considered grappling if it focuses on either throws and\/or ground control and submissions. Depending on the ruleset and traditions, grappling sports may have different goals and techniques to reach those goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, the common thing is they are all used at close range and always have some form of control over the opponent. The most popular type of grappling is wrestling, as every culture has had some form of folk wrestling since deep antiquity, separated only by cultural specifics and rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Technically, the terms “wrestling” and “grappling” are interchangeable because many different grappling styles are considered “wrestling” in their respective cultures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But especially since the rise of MMA, for a better distinction the word wrestling, is used for the Olympic styles of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, as well as different folk styles, all sharing the common goal to pin the opponents back to the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While grappling is the widely accepted umbrella term for all martial arts and techniques, including some form of holding techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To expand on that, the techniques considered for grappling include standing clinching techniques, throws, trips, submission holds, securing positions or controlling techniques on the ground, and escapes and reversals of those same positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Or, in short, everything that includes you grabbing an opponent, be it on the feet or the ground. Grappling and striking are the two forms of fighting, and they are often separated, but some martial arts use both at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The combination between grappling and striking often makes both more effective. This is best shown in MMA, combat sambo, and kudo, among other less-known combat forms. In these styles, grappling can be used as a threat to set up strikes, and vice versa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another classic example is Muay Thai clinching, which is used to score points by controlling the opponent and opening up space to land knees and elbows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MMA offers the most possibilities for combining grappling with striking. The most visible example is the ground-and-pound tactic widely used by proficient wrestlers, who first take down the opponent and then control him on the ground while raining down punches and elbows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>What is Considered Grappling?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Different Types of Grappling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n