Italian Grappling Open -Milan, 20 Dec 2009-‏

Italian Grappling Open, che avrà luogo al Palaiseo di Milano il 20 Dicembre 2009, si propone come una nuova tappa del circuito della neonata Federazione Italiana Grappling.
Aperto anche ad atleti di nazionalità straniera, questo torneo ambisce a qualificarsi come un prestigioso evento di livello internazionale.
L’opportunità è quella di vedere i nostri lottatori fronteggiarsi con le scuole internazionali, dimostrando quanto sia cresciuto il movimento italiano.
Milano ospiterà questo evento, nella cornice del Palaiseo, già sede di numerosi eventi sportivi di altissimo profilo, nell’ambito di una città che offre molteplici possibilità di intrattenimento e svago, ottimamente collegata con tutti i Paesi europei.

English version

Italian Grappling Open will take place in Milan, the 20th of December 2009 at the Palaiseo, a nice venue which has hosted numerous high profile sport events.
This event will be opened to any italian and/or foreigner grappler willing to compete in a prestigeous tournament that will see the best italians to face up the best international grappling schools.
Milan, the city where this Grappling tournament will take place, as many people know, is a nice city in the North of Italy, full of entertainment and fun, easily reachable from any european country.
15 euros to enter, low cost flights and cheap hotels provided by the organization.
A and B class. GRAPPLING FILA RULES (weigh in the day before and on the day)

Please pardon my ignorance but what exactly is grappling?

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Here in California MMA and grappling schools are all over the place. I've been in martial arts for years. I teach grappling and MMA in Azusa, California.

Basically grappling is real wrestling that uses arm locks, leglocks and chokes.
Think of the sport of Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Russian SAMBO. MMA uses grappling, boxing, kickboxing e cosi via.

What is Grappling? (Also called Submission Grappling and Submission Wrestling.)
Grappling by definition, in martial arts, is any style or mix of styles that comprises techniques that rely on grabbing and controlling the opponent using body leverage as a way of achieving the supremacy through throws and take downs, pins and submissions, as oposed to “striking” martial arts that focus on knocking out and/or hurting the opponent.

Common examples of striking martial arts are Box, Muay Thai, Karate, Tae-kwon-do, Kickbox and Savate. Styles that can be qualified as grappling martial arts are Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Sambo and Olympic Wrestling, among some others.

Some martial arts clubs train both striking and grappling, and in Mixed Martial Arts is fundamental to be a good grappler as well as a striker.