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Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling

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.

Related styles

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 info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHMFHYCQ6DTVZKM3Y5N
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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.
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@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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