Origem da Luta de Braço

Origin of the Sport Arm Wrestling

As for the origin, the Arm Fight is lost in time when we try to find out. What is known is that this challenge between two people using the arm, comes from long before Christ. It proves that civilizations such as the Egyptian, Greek and Roman outlined this practice in paintings, writings and statues, making it difficult to define exactly its origin.

Brazilian Confederation of Arm Wrestling

The Fight of Arm modality had its first official inclusion as a sports practice in the Brazilian Confederation of Bodybuilding in 1977, an entity that administered 3 modalities: Bodybuilding, Basic Power Lifting and Luta de Braço, where it was administered by this entity until 1987, leaving this year a movement emerged for each of these 3 modalities to create their own administration entity, this attempt was necessary because an eclectic entity such as Bodybuilding had many difficulties in managing and having resources for 3 different modalities.

It was then that this year the São Paulo Federation of Arm Wrestling was founded (First Arm Wrestling Federation), founded in 1987 in the city of Campinas by initiative of Mr. Nivaldo F. Cerqueira, Lazaro Washington de Oliveira, Mr. Humberto Panzetti and Paulo Rogério de Oliveira Sabioni, the Federation that coordinated the sport until 1994 and only on August 27, 1994 the Brazilian Confederation of Arm Fight (CBLB) was founded, thanks to the “Zico” law. The C.B.L.B. was founded in the city of Indaiatuba by Humberto Panzetti, Nivaldo Felix Cerqueira, Paulo Rogério O. Sabioni, Lázaro Washington de Oliveira and Gilberto Felix de Cerqueira, a group that formed the first board of C.B.L.B.

With the creation of the organization Luta de Braço Brasileira, it became strong on the international scene, having several of its members in positions of expression in the W.A.F. - World Armwrestling Federation, currently Mr. Humberto Panzetti is the president of the W.A.F entity that brings together 117 countries. The C.B.L.B. is solely responsible for Luta de Braço in the national territory, with the following states being affiliated with it: Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe and Tocantins. The states of Espírito Santo and Ceara are in the process of legalization. Thus, this modality has been achieving quick results, expanding the number of participants and federations.

We currently have about 17,000 affiliates across the country, thus greatly increasing its popularity, the last of the frontiers to be conquered is to make this modality an Olympic and Paralympic sport, for this the more than 117 countries affiliated to the WAF come working to make this dream come true one day.

The Brazilian Confederation of ArmWrestling and Weightlifting had its first statute approved at the General Assembly and duly registered in a notary at its Foundation held on August 27, 1994, in the enjoyment of its rights established by Article 217 of the Federal Constitution, within the standards established by Law No. 8,672 of July 6, 1993 "Zico Law" strictly following the provisions contained in the aforementioned Law. On September 4, 1998, in compliance with the Constitutional Provisions of the Social Order Session III - Sport Article 217 as well as to the provisions of Law No. 9,615 of March 24, 1998 "Lei Pelé" duly regulated by Decree No. 2,574 of April 29, 1998, which institutes general rules on Sport the Brazilian Confederation of Arm Wrestling and Weightlifting had in Assembly General and duly registered in the notary's office the reformulation of its statute to adapt the aforementioned law and on December 17, 2004 to adapt the requirements by the Articles 40 to 61 of Law No. 10,406 of January 10, 2002, with the prerogatives of Article 217 and Law No. 9,615 of March 24, 1998, the Brazilian Confederation of Arm Wrestling and Weightlifting had its statute changed by the Assembly General and duly registered in a notary's office, this statute remains in force fulfilling all formal requirements of the Law.