swap_horiz Khuresh Alternatives

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Oil Wrestling

Oil wrestling, known in Turkish as yağlı güreş, is a traditional Turkish sport in which competitors wrestle while coated...

Traditional Festival Turkish Grappling

7.7 Good

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Kazakh Küres

Kazakh Küres, also written Kazakh Kuresi, is a traditional jacket-wrestling style from Kazakhstan. Competitors wrestle w...

Traditional Grappling Wrestling Kazakh

7.6 Good

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Mongolian Wrestling (Bökh)

Bökh, or Mongolian wrestling, is a traditional grappling sport and one of the three main events of Mongolia's Naadam fes...

Traditional Upright Grappling Mongolian

7.5 Good

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Bokh

Bökh is the traditional style of Mongolian folk wrestling and a culturally significant martial art featured in the annua...

Traditional Grappling Throws Mongolian

7.5 Good

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Pahlavani Wrestling

Pahlavani wrestling, or Koshti Pahlavani, is a traditional Iranian grappling martial art practiced inside a Zurkhaneh, o...

Historic Traditional Iranian Grappling

7.3 Good

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Kushti

Kushti is a traditional style of wrestling practiced in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in India and Pakistan. Wre...

Indian Traditional Grappling Wrestling

7.2 Good

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Pehlwani

Pehlwani is a traditional wrestling system from South Asia, also known in related contexts as kushti. Its training is ce...

Indian Traditional South Asian Grappling

7.2 Good

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Sport Jujutsu

Sport jujutsu is a competitive form of jujutsu adapted for organized matches. Depending on the governing body and event,...

Traditional Japanese Sport Submission

7.2 Good

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Kazakh Kures

Kazakh Kures is a traditional form of jacket wrestling originating from Kazakhstan, historically practiced by nomadic co...

Traditional Grappling Throws Kazakh

7.2 Good

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Lutte Traditionnelle

Lutte Traditionnelle is a style of folk wrestling native to West Africa, featuring distinct regional variations such as...

Traditional Folk African Grappling

7.2 Good

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Kuresh

Kuresh (also spelled koresh, kurash, or köräş) refers to a family of traditional belt-wrestling styles practiced across...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.1 Good

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Belt Wrestling

Belt wrestling is a family of grappling sports in which competitors maintain a prescribed grip on an opponent's belt, sa...

Traditional Belt Grappling Throws

7.1 Good

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Turkish Karakucak

Karakucak is a traditional Turkish folk-wrestling style practiced in outdoor competitions and regional festivals. Wrestl...

Traditional Folk Turkish Grappling

7.1 Good

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Jacket Wrestling

Jacket wrestling is a broad category of grappling traditions in which competitors use an opponent's jacket, coat, belt,...

Traditional Folk Grappling Throws

7.1 Good

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Shuai Jiao

Shuai jiao is a Chinese form of jacket wrestling and a combat sport in which participants use grips on a short, durable...

Traditional Chinese Grappling Throws

7.0 Good

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Mongolian Khapsagai

Mongolian Khapsagai is a Mongolian folk wrestling style, notable for stand-up bouts in which touching the ground with an...

Traditional Folk Grappling Wrestling

7.0 Good

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Karakucak Wrestling

Karakucak is a traditional Turkish form of folk wrestling practiced at festivals and organized competitions. Wrestlers c...

Traditional Folk Turkish Grappling

6.8 Fair

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Backhold Wrestling

Backhold wrestling is a traditional grappling style associated with Scotland and northern England, particularly the Cumb...

Traditional Folk Grappling Throws

6.8 Fair

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Khapsagay

Khapsagay is a traditional wrestling style from the Sakha Republic in Russia characterized by swift acrobatic throws and...

Traditional Upright Grappling Siberian

5.5 Mediocre

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Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling

Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is a traditional English backhold wrestling style associated with the historic coun...

Traditional Folk English Upright

4.8 Poor