The Maine Skirmish | What is Freestyle Grappling?

There are many grappling styles!

Jujutsu, judo, sambo, wrestling, and submission fighting are best known.

It is not always the style that makes the fighter.

Some people train much harder than others.

Some people only compete for fun!

Come enjoy a freestyle tournament

The rules are safe & exciting!

Free style grappling is just that, no particular style has say over the rules and regulations of the competition. We get many styles of grapplers entering the tournament. However most people nowadays are cross training anyway, so this makes the competition even more fair and exciting. The japanese created jujutsu with splendid submissions, brazillians updated them, and added superior positioning, american wrestlers rule on takedowns, judo players throw with the gi best, and the russians have thrown in some very special leg locks. In all we have the best of the best in a free of style tournament. The trend as in recent times is for martial artists to train in more than one stlye, so this will begin to make a free of style tournament even more exciting and fun for everyone. Some people just don't get it, they still have not got on to the fact that grappling rules! This competition is dedicated to all you guys and gals who like to take it to the mat ....We salute you!

- SKIRMISH STAFF