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Mas Wrestling

Mas wrestling is a traditional strength and leverage sport from Yakutia/Sakha. Two athletes sit opposite each other, brace their feet against a board and pull on one shared stick; the goal is to take the stick or pull the opponent over the board.

LevelVariant FamilyWrestling Family CategoryCombat sport / strength duel

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Classification

Category Combat sport / strength duel

Family Wrestling Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Mas wrestling is a traditional strength and leverage sport from Yakutia/Sakha.

Geeignet für Fits if you like short direct strength duels, you want to train grip strength and trunk tension, you find unusual traditional sports compelling.

Cost Best started through a club/event with platform, board and coach; do not replace it with a normal wrestling mat. Club/event fee, platform access, stick/board, soft shoes and grip/strength training. Mas wrestling federation, strength/wrestling club with mas setup or ethnosport/event context. The sport is not Olympic mat wrestling; platform, board and shared…

First progress Basic principle after one session; efficient leverage and grip work take several weeks.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

Mas stick, jamb/foot board, stable platform, soft shoes, coach/referee and gradual loading for back and hands.

First steps

Start only with platform, foot board, mas stick and coach: first basic seat, grip, foot pressure and short controlled pulling rounds.
Look for a mas wrestling federation, strength/wrestling club with mas setup, workshop or ethnosport event.

Look for a mas wrestling federation, strength/wrestling club with mas setup, workshop or ethnosport event.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags mas-wrestling, combat-sport, ringen-familie, kampfsport-kraftduell, combat-sport-strength-duel

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Take the shared stick or legally pull the opponent over the board.

Teilnehmer

Two athletes.

Teamgröße

Individual duel; team ranking by event.

Spielfeld

Platform with jamb/foot board.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Round win by stick/position advantage and referee decision.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

mas stick
jamb board
platform
soft-soled shoes

Wichtige Regelpunkte

illegal board contact
equipment breach
start/grip violation
unsporting behaviour

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

International Mas-Wrestling Federation
International Mas-Wrestling Federation (IMWF)

MAS Wrestling Mas Wrestling USA · sport-guide · medium
International Rules of Mas-Wrestling 2025 International Mas-Wrestling Federation via Mas Wrestling USA · rulebook · high
Mas Wrestling World Ethnosport · rule-guide · medium