It is important that the opponent does not snap out the stick in the first seconds. Athletes need to have the ability to react and make decisions quickly in order to counterattack rapidly. An athlete can even throw his opponent to his side, for this there is a technique when the athlete, pushing his feet into the Jamb Board and lifting the center of the body weight, creates an additional leverage force.

Each meeting lasts up to two rounds and may consist of two or three bouts.The modern name for this type of martial art was proposed by the first Olympic freestyle wrestling champion from the Sakha people, Roman Mikhailovich Dmitriev. The word “mas” means “wooden stick” in Yakut and “wrestling” means “wrestling” in English.