Classic design life size marble two wrestlers sculpture

The two young men are engaged in pankration, a type of wrestling similar to today’s mixed martial arts sport. These two characters are wrestling and are now called “crossbody” in modern folk wrestling.

Ancient Greek fighting is Pankration, which is a native Greek fighting technique. This is a martial art event of the ancient Olympia Games, and it is a fighting game where Boxing, Wrestling, and other techniques can be used at the same time.

Ancient Greek combat was also a basic subject of military training in ancient Greece, such as the heavy infantry of Sparta and the army of Alexander the Great. Their soldiers had all undergone this training. Later generations of Romans also incorporated ancient Greek fighting into their competitive competitions.

Although this is just a sculpture, I can still imagine and restore the scene at that time. It must be an exciting fight. The upper wrestler wraps his opponent’s left leg with his left leg, crosses his opponent’s body, and raises his opponent’s right arm. In the famous modern wrestling action series, the upper wrestler will now try to raise the opponent’s arm above his head to force a fixed action called the “guillotine”. Their muscle structure is very clear and exaggerated because of their physical strength and continuous effort.