CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS OF SOME TRADITIONAL WrestlingS OF THE ASIAN CONTINENT

Abstract

The subject of this research will be to examine the principles of practice of some of the traditional wrestlings of the Asian continent, the clothes used in wrestling, the techniques used, their dates and rules, and find and compare their reflections on today's wrestling. This research is a qualitative research. Our research aimed to find the reflections of the traditional wrestling of the Asian Continent to today's wrestling by obtaining information from old sources. Alktabah (Oman) wrestling includes pulling and pushing movements and other techniques that disrupt the balance of the opponent, and the winning and losing handshakes as an indicator of sportsmanship are an indicator of sportsmanship that has come to today's wrestling. In Ba Choukhe or Ba Cuxe (Iranian Khorasan) wrestling, the wrestler who does not come to the mat after 3 calls is deemed to have lost the match, 1 point is awarded for holding the ground after the opponent is placed in the “par terre” position (hands and knees on the ground). In Greco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestling, points are given in the same way and "par terre" is used in our country's wrestling and is written as parter. In Kurash Uzbek wrestling, similar to Turkish oil wrestling, the opponents go 3 rounds around the wrestling arena before the start of the match (it can be perceived as a resemblance to the "peşrev" movement in today's oil wrestling), and just like in oil wrestling, the heights (categories) start from the children (lower weight) and start with the lowest. It was passed to the last elders and the wrestling was accompanied by music (such as providing rhythm with drums and clarion today). In Azerbaijani wrestling Gules, to the accompaniment of drums and zurna, athletes swing their arms completely up and down. As a sign of respect, they touch their shoulders 3 times and greet each other politely. This wrestling bears a great resemblance to the oil wrestling that is still practiced today. In Kyrgyz wrestling, in Kurash, if the wrestler avoided wrestling, as in today's wrestling, the escaping person would receive a warning and the opposing opponent was given 1 point. In this wrestling match, as in the current Greco-Roman wrestling, when the gap of 8 points is widened, the wrestling ends automatically and the side with 8 points is considered the winner. As a result of receiving 3 warnings in Turkmen wrestling Goresh, the wrestler who received the warning would be deemed to have lost the match. The same rule is still applied in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, which is made today, and it shows a similarity with this wrestling. In Mongolian wrestling Mongol Bokh, the person who lost the traditional wrestling match was eliminated from the match, just like in oil wrestling, the match was said goodbye with a single defeat. Iranian wrestling pahlavani has a lot of similarities to Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, they wore the same jersey but additionally they wore palvani pants that extended from the waist to the knees, the match was ended with a 10-point advantage as in freestyle wrestling. In this wrestling, points were given to the wrestler in the same way when the wrestlers were dragged out of the mat and thrown out of the mat, or when the opponents pushed each other. In Russian wrestling Sambo, when a part of the body except the feet touches the mat, the ground position is counted and some throws do not give points to the athlete when they are made from the ground position. There are also rules in this way in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling.