Bōjutsu vs Freestyle wrestling
Bōjutsu and Freestyle wrestling side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.
| Bōjutsu | Freestyle wrestling | |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Ryukyu Kingdom | — |
| Founder | — | British Empire |
| Type | budō and jutsu | amateur wrestling |
| Competition at the Olympics | — | Yes – 30 Olympic events recorded |
| Notable practitioners here | 1 | 562 |
| Top countries of practitioners | Japan | Russia, Soviet Union and Iran |
| Weight classes | — | Yes |
Bōjutsu
Bōjutsu (Japanese: 棒術, lit. 'staff technique') is the martial art of stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff. Staffs have been in use for thousands of years in Asian martial arts like Silambam. Some techniques involve slashing, swinging, and stabbing with the staff. Others involve using the staff as a vaulting pole or as a prop for hand-to-hand strikes.
From the Wikipedia article Bōjutsu (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman. High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling. U.S. collegiate women's wrestling is conducted under freestyle rules.
From the Wikipedia article Freestyle wrestling (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q961126, Q327223. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.