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2023 International Ethnosports Festival

Background of the event Implementation of the "Plans for the Promotion and Development of National Sports" project in Uzbekistan Presidential Decree No. PD-259 on May 25, 2022, To promote and popularize Uzbek sports and folk games (Ethnosports), we intend to extensively engage children and teenagers, strengthen international relations, and contribute to the revitalization of Uzbek tourism in Uzbekistan Festival Overview   - Event name : International Ethnosports Festival International Ethnosports Festival *Decided to be held every two years   - Period : For 4 days from September 7, 2023 (Thursday) to 10 (Sunday)   - Place : Ichan Kala Cultural Complex in Horism Province, Hiba Province, Uzbekistan *UNESCO World Heritage/Silk Road Oasis City Center   - Scale : Target of 1,500 people in 65 countries * Senior 250 (Minister, Vice Minister, President of the National Sports Association, etc.) Executives and 1,250 athletes   - Host/Organized : Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports in Uzbekistan Key Schedule   - September 7 (Thu): Interview with delegates, check-in of accommodation   - September 8 (Fri) 08:00 to 09:00: Parade (from Hiba Train Station to "Lee Chan-Kala")                       09:00-17:00 : Event                       14:00-20:00: Exhibitions, performances, and events                       17:00: Opening Ceremony   - September 9 (Sat) 09:00 to 19:00: Exhibitions, performances, and events                       19:00-22:00: Closing Ceremony   - September 10 (Sun): Delegates and overseas participants leave the country Major program   - (Popular culture and arts performance and exhibition): tightrope walking, wedding customs, Korean traditional music (macom), dance, literature, etc   - (Exhibition of handicrafts): Paper making, fabric making, ceramics, woodworking, etc   - (Woodsbeck Sports 12)     : Kurash, Strongman Games, Uzbek martial arts, Uzbek jangsanati (mute), mas wrestling, falconing, archery, equestrian racing, horse wrestling, horse archery, etc. Demonstrations and games *World Championship 2, International Tournament 9   - (Uzbek Folklore 8)     : Demonstrations of folk games such as tag, tug-of-war, and chicken fight (shoulder pushing) *More than 200 teenagers participate   - (Uzbek Food and Melon Festival)     : a cooking contest, a melon exhibition Benefits for overseas participating teams   : Accommodation, meals, and local transportation (Tashkent Airport ⇌Hiba) *Depending on protocol targets, hotels, restaurants, and transportation will vary

07/18/2023

2023 Martial Arts Open School in Moldova

International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement under the auspices of UNESCO (ICM) in partnership with Stauceni Sport School, Stauceni City Hall. - Period : 2023. For 4 weeks in June - Place : Kishinou Stăuceni District Sports School - Target : Taekwondo, karate wrestling, soccer, rugby, tennis, about 185 youth players - Host : ICM - Organaized : Mr. VATAMAN ROMAN (currently Director of Sports School, Stăuceni District, Kishinou) - Contents : Mr. VATAMAN ROMAN (now director of the Stăuceni District Sports School, Kishinou), a participant in the 2013 cultural partnership and a facilitator of the Moldova Member Trin Compromise Council was selected as a participant in the 2023 Martial Arts Open School hosted by ICM and led the Open School program consisting of traditional Korean martial arts TaekKyeon and cultural classes for about 185 teenagers at the Stăuceni District Sports School.

07/17/2023

Kun Bokator is listed in the Seagames 2023 which will be held in Cambodia. To celebrate and inspire more support, Kun Bokator Federation and Ream Production produced a music video titled "Warriors" featuring Bokator martial arts and historical evidence carved on ancient temple's walls. ↓Watch videos on YouTube↓          >>Kun Bokator    

04/21/2022

Summer 2021 (Vol.33) WoMAU News

02/03/2022

Martial arts Elements (Archive)

Coreeda

Coreeda is a combination of Aboriginal dance with a unique wrestling game. It is a team sport that calculating the team members' scores by summing them up. The scores of six competitors representing each weight class from each team are added to the team scores. The word “Coreeda” means ‘kangaroo spirit’ in the Ngiyampaa language of Cobar region, NSW, Australia, and is based on a story told by the elders of that region: As a solution to the endemic warfare and reprisal killings that were taking so many lives, an old man named Beereun observed the Red Kangaroos fighting and realized that peace could be found if warriors simply put down their weapons and fought within the strict rules of play; thus the sport of wrestling was created. Centered on the great kangaroo hunts that brought many different tribal groups together for festive gatherings, the young men of the region were made to compete to dissipate their aggressive tendencies and display themselves for potential marriage arrangements. The Coreeda Festivals were occurring until the 1870s when the discovery of copper mines in the region brought European settlers and the destruction of the tribal way of life. The Coreeda Association was founded in 1998 as an attempt to revive the lost forms of traditional wrestling that were practiced in pre-colonial Australia by aboriginal people.

Pangration

Pangration is an ancient Greek martial art that combined techniques of both boxing and wrestling, as well as additional elements, such as the use of strikes with the lower extremities to create a broad fighting sport similar to today’s mixed martial arts. It was chosen for the regular event in the Ancient Olympic Games. The origins of pangration are to be found in ancient Greek mythological traditions, according to which Heracles and Theseus, are the inventors of the sport since they first used their techniques to confront the Nemea Lion and Minotaur respectively. Pangration was included in the Olympic Games in 648 B.C. and it constituted an integral part of all major and local athletic contests in the Classical and Roman periods, from Italy to Anatolia and from the Black Sea to Egypt. pangration became the most popular sport of antiquity because of the large demands it required from the athletes, the diversity it provided as a spectacle, and the excitement it created at the audience. These characteristics are evident in its ancient name, pangration, which literally means “to dominate totally.” Pangration revived globally after the 2nd World War. Today pangration is developed by the World Pangration Athlima Federation (WPAF), established in 2002, as well as by hundreds of other international, national and local organizations that provide training and encourage the perpetuation of this ancient sport. The Greek Pangration Athlima Federation (GPAF) was officially established in 1996. Its main objective is the promotion, circulation, and organization of pangration in its traditional as well as its modern form. One important feature of modern pangration sport is that the regulations and rules are constituted in a way that the protection of the athletes is obtained in the most sufficient degree. The preservation of many ancient elements in the conduction of modern pangration has a significant social and cultural function and meaning because it keeps alive the connection with the past and the roots of the sport. In that way, the people who are practicing the sport today recognize it as part of their cultural heritage. The methods and techniques of pangration have survived throughout the centuries, from generation to generation and today it constitutes a popular sport providing to all people involved a sense of identity and continuity.

Korosu

Korosu is a martial art that is made up of various offensive and defensive maneuvers; in some cases, weapons are also incorporated. This martial art is usually trained by those involved in espionage, counterintelligence Corps and the border guards and KGB agents. This system was founded in the 1940s by a personnel officer of the Soviet Military espionage department, Colonel Nilopor Korotki(1908-1971). It is based on the various systems of self-defense and attack, both without weapons and with various weapons and firearms.

Thang-Ta

Thang-Ta is a unique traditional martial art and a martial education of India which is originated from Manipur, a tiny state in northeast India. Thang-Ta integrates the arts of Thang(sword), Ta(spear), Sharit-Sharak(unarmed combat), Sajen Kanglon(physical exercise), Thengouron(spiritual arts), Ningsha Kanglon(breathing exercise), Layeng Kanglon(natural medicinal education), Hirikonba(medication), and other vital arts of warfare. The actual system Lallup(a group of military forces) was introduced during the reign of King Loyumba(1074-1122 AD). King Punshiba(1404-1432 AD) introduced the permanent and professional military department called Shingchep Meira Haijouroi. King Pamheiba(1709-1748 AD) strengthens and upgraded the Lallup system. Under this system every male above 16 years served the state voluntarily as duty ten days in forty days, therefore each individual person served the state some 90 days in a year. They performed their duties for the state and trained Thang-Ta martial arts as an important subject of physical exercise. Hence every person was compelled by himself to have Thang-Ta martial art training. Today Thang-Ta has emerged as a very popular martial art game in India and attained recognition in the realm of national and international. The Manipuri Thang-Ta, replete with unique forms of fights, naturally evolved against the warlike background of the ancient kingdom. Many thrilling combat demonstrations and performing arts of Thang-Ta which are exotic and display-oriented had been displayed at various cultural centers and functions in different countries of the world.

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