Also known as
Backhold wrestling · Cumbrian wrestling · North Country style
Description
Folk wrestling of the north of England and Scotland, begun from a locked
"backhold" in which the first to break his hold or touch the ground
loses; trips and "hypes" are the main throws. Weight classes began
about 1820.
Tags
wrestling · folk-wrestling
Sources
“Backhold is indigenous to Britain north of Yorkshire.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling. In
Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHMFHYCQ6DTVZKM3Y5N - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JVVMHMFHYCQ6DTVZKM3Y5N, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHMFHYCQ6DTVZKM3Y5N}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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