With the 1st Quarter national Open aptly called new dawn drawing near and along with it the Wrestling Association of the Philippines is debuting other forms of Wrestling recognized by the United World Wrestling. For this feature, we are going to tackle Kazakh Kuresi Wrestling.
In summary, here is how the game is played.
“Techniques: Designed for close combat the techniques were aimed at knocking an opponent off balance from a standing position. This allowed a soldier to use fighting techniques in a real battle at close proximity when he had a weapon in his hands. The Techniques and methods used in Kazakh wrestling have strong similarities with the ones found in Judo and Mongolian wrestling. Victory is achieved when the opponent is thrown flat on the back. Points can also be achieved by throwing the opponent on the side or forcing him to a knee. The goal of Kazakh wrestling is to throw the opponent on the floor while remaining standing or falling atop of him. As a result of this sacrifice throws and throws that cause the thrower to drop to one or two knees are not favored. The wrestlers are not allowed to touch the legs but can freely grab the jacket and the belt of the opponent. (from Wikipedia)