Union: FILA
First Played: BC 3-1
Team Members: 1
Equipment: Wrestling trunks
Area: Indoors
Olympics Played: 1912
Description:
Wrestling is a type of sport in which practitioners try to defeat their opponents without hitting each other. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in history and different styles and forms have been developed over time. Wrestling is generally considered among martial arts. Since wrestling has features such as courage, strength, bravery, honesty, agility and skill and is a sport that is very suitable for the Turkish character; it has been loved and valued in all Turkish societies from our ancestors to the present day. For this reason, a strong, healthy, dynamic and enterprising youth has been created depending on the work our youth have done to display and increase their existing power and courage. In addition to raising a good generation, again with the contributions of wrestling, the soldiers in a Turkish army were raised as strong, brave, strong and loyal to their country among European and world countries.
History:
In the reliefs on the graves in the Ben-i Hasan ruins on the banks of the middle Nile in the 3rd-1st centuries BC, it is seen that wrestling was widespread among Egyptian soldiers and that they threw javelins, lifted weights and wrestled in their military training. Ancient Egyptian soldiers applied wrestling moves in various positions, standing and on the ground. Since the grips were free, fatal results could be witnessed in some wrestling matches. Because the aim of the applied moves was to bring the opponent's suit to the ground without obeying any rules or The rapid rise in professional wrestling is noticeable after the invasion of the Greeks by the Romans. During this time, wrestling became one of the most beloved and respected traditions of the masses. In order to gain an audience with a greater success, interest in gladiatorship studies using fists and non-fire weapons increased even more. After the Turks accepted Islam, it continued its importance as a national sport. In the anecdotes telling about the battles of Caliph Hz. Ali, wrestling during the wars is mentioned. Hz. Hamza is mentioned as the sage of wrestlers in the prayers of the karakucak and oil wrestling that are done today. It is possible to see the kispet that our oil wrestling wears today in the wrestler figure embroidered on a bone tool belonging to the Scythian Turks. Wrestling was accepted as a popular and prestigious sport within all borders of the Ottoman Empire. It is known that one of the Ottoman sultans, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, had wrestling lodges built in Istanbul and Edirne and that more than 300 wrestlers trained in these lodges. It was seen that many sultans and beys did wrestling during this period and that wrestlers held high positions. Especially Sultan Abdulaziz and IV. During Murat's reign, wrestlers who showed success in Kırkpınar wrestling were taken to the palace and continued their wrestling training.
Field Measurements:
The wrestling field is square and 12 meters x 12 meters long. The area between the small circle and the large circle is called the zone area. The innermost circle is the central wrestling area and the outermost area is called the protection zone. The upper right corner is called the red corner and the lower left corner is called the blue corner.
