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Naban: Burmese wrestling. Bok Cham Bab is a folk wrestling style from Cambodia. Benjang Gulat is a Sundanese form of wrestling popular in rural Indonesia. Đấu vật or Vật cổ truyền: Vietnamese wrestling. Origins from Hà Tây province of North Vietnam; Bultong, the indigenous style of the Igorot People in Northern Luzon of the ...
It is often performed at local fairs and holiday celebrations. In 2012 at Šventoji Lithuanian Wrestling Federation, Lithuanian Alysh Federation and International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) organized demonstration championships of ristynės. [1] The name of ristynės mean roll and wrestle.
Styles of folk wrestling, traditional styles of wrestling, which may or may not be codified as modern sports. Most cultures have developed regional forms of grappling.
Gouren is a style of folk wrestling which has been established in Brittany for several centuries. It is practiced mainly in Brittany, but also in some neighboring regions, in particular through international meetings organized by the FILC (Fédération Internationale des Luttes Celtiques), for example in Cornwall, in Scotland and a Gouren skol has opened in New Orleans, in the United States.
Alysh (Kyrgyz: Алыш) is a Turkic term for Central Asian folk wrestling or "belt wrestling" regulated by United World Wrestling. [1] Alysh is an upright wrestling style. Competitors wear trousers, jackets and belts, and must hold on to their opponents' belts at all times. Their objective is to throw their opponents onto the mat.
Kurash on a Sabantuy. Köräş (also kuresh, koresh, küreş, güreş and similar variants) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practiced in Central Asia.. Köräş wrestlers (Turkish:Güreş Tatar: көрәшчеләр, köräşçelär; Altay: кӱрешчилер, küreščiler) use towels to hold their opponents, and their goal is to throw their opponents off the feet. [1]
Two Ifugao bultong champions who also excelled and became famous in other combat sports are: Ronald Bingwaoel – former member of the Philippine sanshou team and one of Asia's best sanshou fighters in the 1990s.
Mongolian wrestling, known as Bökh (Mongolian script: ᠪᠥᠬᠡ; Mongolian Cyrillic: Бөх or Үндэсний бөх), is the folk wrestling style of Mongols in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and other regions where touching the ground with anything other than foot or palm of hand loses the match. [1]