Glima

Glima is an Icelandic version of wrestling.

Special

Glima differs in four respects from other types of wrestling:

• The opponents must always stand upright.
• The opponents circle each other constantly ( similar to a waltz ). This is to ensure that there are sufficient opportunities for attack and made ​​no stalemate occurs.
• It is not allowed to fall on the opponent or push him down. Both will be considered unsportsmanlike conduct.
• The opponents should always look over your shoulder. The struggle is not so much depend on the seeing, but more by touch and feel.

Glima was and is a sport for recreation and physical training, and no " fierce fight ". Some sub-variants, such Löstagsglíma, but also show some harder moves. The story of Glima can be proven to the 12th century, but descriptions in the Edda and Icelandic sagas have an even earlier emergence suspect. The core consists of the eight Glima bragd ( techniques ), from which approximately 50 different types of flips can be derived.

The word is often translated as " The competition of joy" glima. It could be with the words mica ( English), glimma ( Swedish), glimre ( Danish) and Glimt (Norwegian) be used, the " to glow, flicker, flicker " with ( of light or fire) to translate. This could represent the rapid glima techniques.

Glima has the honor code Drängskap that can aspire opponents for fairness, mutual respect and safety.

Organizations

The IGA (International Glima Association) was founded in Reykjavík in 2007 and to make known the goal glima a wider public. Since 2010 there is a German -language website ( see links). The operator of this website is a founding member of the IGA.