A type of martial arts that combines the technique of all wrestling disciplines, with minimal restrictions on the use of painful and suffocating techniques. It is considered a European modification of Japanese jiu-jitsu wrestling

This type of struggle does not include striking and using weapons. The desire to finish the fight ahead of schedule, with the help of a painful or suffocating technique, is a distinctive feature of grappling, unlike other types of wrestling, the main purpose of which is either positional dominance (freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling), or getting points for a certain number of throws and other technical actions (judo and sambo), after which the athlete a victory is awarded.