Visual Dictionary
Mobile Applications
Merriam-Webster The Visual + (iPad)
Virtual Human Body (iPad/iPhone/iPod/Android)
Visuel mobile (iPhone/iPod)
Zook Discovers the Seasons (iPad)
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Look up an image:
Search
Explore by theme
About the Visual
Books
Games
HOME
>
sports and games
>
combat sports
>
wrestling
>
starting positions
starting positions
The wrestlers start the bout standing on opposite sides of the white circle; this circle is in the middle of the central wrestling area and is 1 m in diameter.
See starting positions in :
french
|
spanish
standing position (Greco-Roman wrestling)
In Greco-Roman wrestling, it is forbidden to seize the opponent below the hips and to use one’s legs for a hold or to defend oneself.
crouching position (freestyle wrestling)
Freestyle wrestling allows the wrestler to use the entire body; this provides for a larger variety of holds than in Greco-Roman wrestling.