Fight with grace. Body aesthetics in wrestling

The article is devoted to wrestling – one of the oldest disciplines of sport. My analysis concentrates on the sports show in aesthetics and theatre categories. Is it possible to wrestle with grace, beautifully? What is the athlete’s body like? Can sport be considered art? Starting with a historical overview of wrestling as a sports discipline, I move on to the category of corporeality and theatralisation in sport competition. I observe the way wrestling looked like in the past and what it looks like today. I describe what is important for the athlete and how he disciplines his body