Bokh: Images of Mongolian Wrestling
Mongolian Wrestling was the art practiced by the barbarians that the Chinese built The Great Wall to prtect themselves from.
Wrestling in Mongolia is one of the “3 Manly Skills” along with horsemanship and archery and as such skilled wrestlers are revered in Mongolia and champions treated as near gods.
The rules according to Wikipaedia:
The object of a match is to get your opponent to touch his upper body, knee or elbow to the ground. In the Inner Mongolian version, any body part other than the feet touching the ground signals defeat. There are no weight classes or time limits in a match. Each wrestler must wrestle once per round, the winners moving on to the next round.
The technical rules between the Mongolian version and what is found in Inner Mongolia have some divergence. In both versions a variety of throws, trips and lifts are employed to topple the opponent. The Inner Mongolians may not touch their opponent’s legs with their hands, whereas, in Mongolia, grabbing your opponent’s legs is legal. In addition, striking, strangling or locking is illegal in both varieties.
In the case of a sacrifice throw, the first wrestler to touch the ground, regardless of who threw whom, is the loser.
Here are some cool images that i found on an image search. Hope you find some inspiration in here!
Keep Smilin’
Michael
