A short summary

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Aluche

Aluche is a traditional wrestling style, originating from Cantabria, Spain.
grips on the opponent's garments grip fighting/changing grips during the match.
Two versions of rules for grips: in the more common one, before the match both wrestlers take an over-under grip, and clasp their hands behind each others back; in the other version, both wrestlers make a grip on the belt.

Techniques

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

Objective

Throw the opponent to the ground 3 times.

Competition

We don't yet know where (on what surface) the matches traditionally take place. We also don't have information about the usual match duration.

We don't know if any weight classes are established.
Originally, Aluche doesn't have weight classes. The modern version of it however, does.

We don't know whether it is allowed for women to participate in Aluche competitions.

Some external resources on Aluche: