"LUCHA CANARIA - Canarian wrestling" Top 5 Page for this destination Canary Islands Favorite Tip by Maria_75

Favorite thing: There have been references to the practice of canarian wrestling back to the time of the old settlers of the Canary Islands. They used it to dissolve domestical conflicts or arguments of property of lands.

This sport is performed in a sand circle. Two luchadores (fighters) try through the use of techniques like luchas, contraluchas and mañas, to demolish their opponent. The loser is the one that touches the sand with any part of its body, except for the feet.

The special clothes used for canary fight is rolled up long trousers (coiled) in the thigh, where the opponent takes a hold. A shirt below the waist completes the clothes, and they don't use any footwear.