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Wearing the Wrestler's Clothes: Comparing Chinese Shuaijiao and Inner Mongola Bökh Wrestling Outfit.
Emanuele Papa 31/05/24 At times, when talking about the relationship between Inner Mongolian bökh and modern Chinese wrestling, people...
Emanuele Papa
May 31, 20246 min read
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Wrestling discovery #1: 1960s Wrestling Manual 摔跤谱
Researching the roots of a specific wrestling style can often be both difficult and discouraging at times. However, even a small finding...
Emanuele Papa
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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顾汧 《扑交行》Gu Qian “Wrestling Ballad”
Translated by: Emanuele Papa This poem from the Qing scholar Gu Qian 顾汧 (1646-1712) is a very important historical testimony of wrestling...
Emanuele Papa
Sep 18, 20223 min read
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Life of a Wrestler #1: Seng Ge 僧格 ᠰᠡᠩᠭᠡ
Emanuele Papa 13/08/22 Seng Ge 僧格 ᠰᠡᠩᠭᠡ was born on May 26th of 1925 in the home of Batusuhe, a herdsman of the Zhelemie clan from...
Emanuele Papa
Aug 10, 20224 min read
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Shuaijiao and the First edition of the National Games of the People's Republic of China
Emanuele Papa 28/07/2022 From September 13th to October 3rd 1959 the first edition of the National Games of the People's Republic of...
Emanuele Papa
Jul 28, 20222 min read
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