Schwingen, also known as Swiss wrestling and natively as Hosenlupf, is a style of folk wrestling native to Switzerland, more specifically the pre-alpine parts of German-speaking Switzerland. Wrestlers wear Schwingerhosen with belts that are used for taking holds. Throws and trips are common because the first person to pin his or her opponent's shoulders to the ground wins the bout.
Schwingen
Wrestling match between two Swiss mercenaries. From the Luzerner Chronik of 1513 (detail of a page depicting idle mercenaries passing their time outside Einsiedeln while waiting to be paid).
Turner Schwinger (dressed in white) and Sennen Schwinger Swiss Wrestling
A folk wrestling style is any traditional style of wrestling, which may or may not be codified as a modern sport. Most cultures have developed regional forms of grappling.
Two wrestlers demonstrating a wrestling technique, 1913
Cornish wrestling in Cornwall, 2006.
Wrestlers on the traditional Naadam festival in Mongolia, near Ulan Bator
Yağlı güreş (Turkish oil wrestling) tournament in Istanbul