FILA Grappling FILA Grappling FILA Grappling was a non-striking hybrid combat sport sanctioned by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA). A form of submission wrestling influenced by freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo, and sambo, it applied submission holds and choking techniques in order to make the opponent abandon the fight. FILA ceased sanctioning the sport in 2013. Since various forms of submission fighting are traditionally practiced both with and without gi, FILA implemented both trends in order to cover the full spectrum of techniques associated to each particular style. Therefore, FILA tournaments generally had gi and no-gi
European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation The European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe) is a non-profit federation based in Brussels which has granted the awards of European Capital, City, Community and Town of Sport every year since 2001. These awards are given for a period of one calendar year. The European Capital of Sport is awarded to a municipality that has an official population of 500,000 or more inhabitants in the European continent: The European Community of Sport is a title awarded to a community consisting of a maximum of three municipalities, which together have a