FILA Grappling News
Synchronisation of Grappling, Pankration, and Combat Grappling
/ Posted on 11 January 2010
by Anne Pellaud
FILA has recently updated the Grappling and Pankration regulations and released the brand new international rules for Combat Grappling, the amateur form of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) that will be developed and promoted as per 2010. The three disciplines being...
1° Italian Grappling Open
/ Posted on 23 December 2009
by Anne Pellaud
The first Italian Grappling Open under the FILA rules took place in Milan on 20 December 2009. The competition was successfully organized by the Italian Grappling Federation chaired by Mr. Francesco Saverio Longo (www.figr.it) and placed under the responsibility or Mr. Dino Fuoco from...
2° World Grappling Championship in Fort Lauderdale
/ Posted on 15 December 2009
by Anne Pellaud
USA Grappling welcomed the 2° World Championship in Gi and No-Gi in the sunny city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 11 to 13 December 2009. The No-Gi competition was dominated by a very strong US team that came well prepared for this challenge and won 11 gold medals out of the 13 available. In...
1° Hungarian Grappling Open
/ Posted on 24 November 2009
by Anne Pellaud
The first Hungarian Grappling Open for Cadets, Juniors and Seniors that took place in the lovely city of Budapest on 21 November 2009 was a huge success. Over 80 athletes from 11 countries (namely Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Austria, Greece, Ukraine, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia,...
Important Update of the FILA Grappling Regulations
/ Posted on 23 September 2009
by Anne Pellaud
In the course of the year, FILA has closely observed the application of the International Grappling Regulations. Their simplicity and the high rate of submission victories in FILA tournaments are particularly good indicators of their effectiveness. Even though...
World Wrestling Games in Siauliai (LTU)
/ Posted on 19 September 2009
by Anne Pellaud
The 4th World Wrestling Games took place in Siauliai (LTU) from 11 to 13 September 2009 and brought together a total of 250 athletes from 41 countries. The organizing committee put up a very professional event in the brand new Siauliai Arena that offered outstanding conditions for...
New Head of Grappling Pan-America
/ Posted on 24 July 2009
by Anne Pellaud
FILA is happy to announce that Mr. Jason Townsend, Head of Grappling Pan-America, accepted the position of competition manager for the first Youth Olympic Games that will take place in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010. This unique event will bring together cadets from...
1° European Championship & Veteran World Championship
/ Posted on 01 July 2009
by Anne Pellaud
The 4th World Wrestling Games will take place in Siauliai (Lithuania) from 11 to 13 September 2009. In order to make this competition more attractive for the grappling community, FILA decided to host the first senior European Championship and the first veteran World Championship on that occasion....
Swiss Budo Open in Lucerne
/ Posted on 25 June 2009
by Anne Pellaud
The first Swiss Open of the year took place in Root (Lucerne) on 21 June 2009. A total of 70 grapplers from 8 teams (i.e., Yogaka MMA Academy, Yogaka Team Croatia, BTT Genève, Fight Gym Aarau, MMA Zürich, Gladiatoria, Base Concept Lausanne, and Sambo Fribourg) took part in the...
Great Success for the Austrian Grappling Open
/ Posted on 11 June 2009
by Anne Pellaud
The Austrian Grappling Open, first tournament organized under the FILA rules in Austria, took place in Dornbirn on 6 June 2009. The competition brought together over 120 beginner and advanced grapplers from 5 countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Switzerland) and was extremely well...
