Grappling

Martial arts of throws, holds and ground fighting: Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, sambo and grappling.

• Brazilian jiu-jitsu

  Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a grappling art built around fighting on the ground: you control your partner with positions and finish with submissions — chokes and joint locks — without any strikes.

• Judo

  Judo is a Japanese martial art and Olympic sport in which you throw your opponent to the mat and control them on the ground with pins — and, for older students, chokes and armlocks.

• Freestyle wrestling

  Freestyle wrestling is one of the two Olympic wrestling styles.

• Greco-Roman wrestling

  Greco-Roman wrestling is one of the two Olympic wrestling styles.

• Sambo

  Sambo is a martial art created in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s; its name is a Russian abbreviation of self-defence without weapons.

• Grappling

  In a broad sense, grappling means any fighting with holds instead of strikes — wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu.