I did my first wrestling competition. Wrestling is a lot harder than BJJ in my opinion why? because i am still learning the score system and the rules of wrestling and lots more. i have done Bjj for 5 years now but i have only done wrestling for 3 months this is why i am still used to the score system in bjj because i have done bjj longer.
In wrestling its better if you use shoes to wrestle people because if you do not have wrestling shoes your feet will burn and it will be painful. The goal in wrestling is to pin people but in BJJ the goal is to submit the opponet like a armbar , triangle and choke.
Wrestling is a lot stricter than BJJ how? , wrestling has many cameras to replay the fight to see who got the point and who didn’t get the point but in BJJ it is different. In BJJ if you score a point that’s it you have the point unlike in wrestling you may loose the point or keep the point.
The pace , In Wrestling you are aggresive , explosive and fast but in BJJ you are slow thinking about what you are going to do then finally submit the opponnet.
Referees , Wrestling has many referees looking into the range of 3 – 10 officals depending on the level of competition but in BJJ there are only 3 referees because Bjj is not that strict in rule sets unlike wrestling.
Overall i love both sports i just have to get used to the score system in wrestling.