folkstyle
adjEtymology From folk + style.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports US Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.
- But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships.2009 May 3, The Associated Press, “A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility”, in New York Times: