Strength Combat - Battle of Sydney

This is the inaugural Strength Combat tournament which will be held in Sydney.

More details will be posted in the coming weeks. You can also visit http://www.strength-combat.com for details of the three events which make the battle. Get involved

Strength Combat is a new sport, comprising of 3 different battle types.

MAS WRESTLING – This is an ancient Russian sport involving two opponents wrestling over a short stick (MAS in Russian) The aim of this event is to either wrestle the stick off the opponent to win, or to pull your opponent over onto your side of the wooden foot plate.

SCRUMO – This is a totally new event and involves two opponents in a circle binding to each other in a scrummaging position (as in the sport of Rugby). The winner is the person who pushes their opponent out of the ring. This is really a mix of sumo wrestling and rugby scrummaging.

POLE PUSH – This is a an ancient Highland Games sport, where two opponents hold a heavy log each end with handles, and they need to use the log, to try and push their opponent out of the ring to win.