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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)

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.

Trynta

Trynta is a Moldavian national wrestling form. Moldova to this day, in every village on holidays, boys, youths and adult men compete in strength, dexterity, and daring by Trynta. The winner usually receives a live ram. The historical appearance of Trynta was in the times of Stefan the Great (1457-1504) as a national labor conscription process. It was also reflected in some novels of the 15th century, but there was no official organization. The fight rules and skills were handed down in each village of Moldova. In the 1950s, a group of Moldovan sports specialists was gathered under the influence of the trend of creating their own national sports on the basis of the traditional folk types of wrestling. A classification was developed, standardized uniform and requirements were established.

Bokator

Formally referred to as lobokkatao, bokator is an ancient Cambodian martial art that was developed by Angkor as a close-quarter combat system. It is also engraved on the walls of Angkor Wat temple. Bokator was designed with one main purpose: to win on the battlefield. It uses a diverse array of elbow and knee strikes, shin kick, submission, and grapple. Fighters are basically can use every part of the body to attack their opponents, and a bamboo stick or short bat may be used. Fighters wear krama(scarf) around the waist, and sangvar(blue and red silk cords) toed around the biceps. The color of the krama signifies the combatant’s level: white – green – blue – red – brown – black – gold. There are about 10,000 movements from 341 sets which are based on the study of life in nature, by observing animals(horse, eagle, monkey, snake, lion, elephant, duck, etc.) and mimicking their styles and natural weapons like a fang, tusk, and claw. Once upon a time, before the century, there was a small village in the jungle that was being preyed upon and attacked by a man-eating lion. To protect the village, a local warrior who was armed only with a knife, tracked down the lion and killed it with the techniques that would become known as Bokator. The term itself translates into “pounding a lion”, with bok meaning to pound and tor meaning lion. However, the second half of the 20th century was a hard time for Bokator because it had been deliberately neglected by the Pol Pot regime(1975-1979). Those who practiced traditional arts were systematically exterminated by the Khmer Rouge, fled as refugees, or stopped teaching and hid. After the Khmer Rouge regime, the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia began and native martial arts were completely outlawed. Grandmaster San Kim Sean is largely credited with reviving the bokator. During the Pol Pot era, San had to flee Cambodia under accusations by the Vietnamese of teaching hapkido and bokator and starting to form an army, an accusation of which he was innocent. In 1995, he returned home to revive the dying bokator but he found that it was still too dangerous to teach bokator, so he went into seclusion in the mountains where he spent his time meditating. In 2001, he moved to Phnom Penh, got permission from the new king, and began teaching bokator to local youth. Then he went on a journey searching for the remaining masters to document all the techniques. He brought the masters and formed the Cambodia Youth Kun Federation in 2004. The first national championship was held in Phnom Penh in 2006 at the Olympic Stadium.

Mallyuddha

Mall-yuddha or Malla-kridha is the traditional South Asian form of combat-wrestling, today is commonly known as ‘Kushti’ in India. Word ‘mall’ in Sanskrit means "wrestler" or "fighter" and yuddha means "combat." Thus, ‘mall-yuddha’ literally means “wrestling combat”, and ‘mall’ or ‘malla’ in its origin was a title awarded to fierce and courageous fighters. Mall-yuddha is the combat version while Mall-krida is the sport version. Matches were traditionally codified into four types which progressed from purely sportive contests of strength to actual full-contact fights known as Yuddha. Malla-yuddha incorporates grappling, joint-breaking, punching, biting, choking, and pressure point striking. It is divided into four styles, each named after Hindu gods and legendary fighters: - Hanumanti concentrates on technical superiority while - Bhimaseni focuses on sheer strength. - Jambuvanti uses locks and holds to force the opponent into submission, - Jarasandhi concentrates on breaking the limbs and joints. Due to the extreme violence, this final form is generally no longer practiced. The second form, wherein the wrestlers attempt to lift each other off the ground for three seconds, still exists in south India. Mallyuddha in South Asia has a history of at least 5000 years making it the oldest known codified form of fighting in the region. Competitions held for entertainment were popular among all social classes, with even kings and other royalty taking part. Wrestlers represented their kings in matches between rival kingdoms; deathmatches before the royal court served as a way to settle disputes and avoid large-scale wars. As such, professional wrestlers were held in high regard. In pastoral communities, people would even wrestle against steers. Traditional Indian wrestling first began to decline in the north after the medieval Muslim invasions when influences from Persian wrestling were incorporated into native malla-yuddha. Under the Mughal rule, courtly fashion favoured the Persianate pehlwani style. Traditional malla-yuddha remained popular in the south, however, and was particularly common in the Vijayanagara Empire. The descendants of the Jyesti clan continued to practice their ancestral arts of malla-yuddha and vajra-musti into the 1980s but rarely do so today. Mallayuddha has survived in south India however, and can still be seen in Karnataka and pockets of Tamil Nadu today.

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