What exactly are the rules of Cornish Wrestling?
As we”ve already seen you must first shake hands, get in a hitch and not wrestle at all on the ground. As with other styles of wrestling, the aim in the Cornish manner is to defeat your opponent. To do this you must either “back” your man or effect a win over him by points. A “back” is scored when a man has been picked up and dropped flat on his back so that at least three of his four “pins” hit the ground simultaneously. “Pins” are the shoulders and hips. A “back” will win a contest whenever it takes place and the bout is over. As mentioned before, a “back” is signified by the sticklers raising their sticks straight up in the air. There”s no arguing or disputing the sticklers” decision. You score points when a shoulder or hip hits the ground; one point for one pin and two points for two pins down. If, after a set time, no back has been scored, the stickers confer and compare the number of pins that they have recorded. Again, two out of three sticklers can carry the result in the event
