A short summary

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Scottish Backhold

Scottish Backhold is a traditional wrestling style, originating from Scotland.
grips on the opponent's garments grip fighting/changing grips during the match.
Both wrestlers take an over-under grip, and clasp their hands behind each other's back.

Techniques

We don't know much about Scottish Backhold's arsenal of techniques, except that .

Objective

To score a point, make opponent touch the ground with any part of the body except the feet, or make him lose his grip. Five bouts are played. Whoever scores most points wins.

Competition

The matches traditionally take place on grass. We don't yet know what the usual match duration is.

We don't know if any weight classes are established. Neither, if women are allowed to participate in Scottish Backhold competitions or not.

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