Turkish Wrestling

[Josh]

www.turkishwrestling.com


this seems pretty cool. Though i don't go for the whole islamic prayer thing, this is interesting.

 

[barriecusvein]

does seem quite cool, although im not sure whats going on in these pics!

http://www.turkishwrestling.com/images/05-1/04.jpg

http://www.turkishwrestling.com/TF8/tf8-2b-137.jpg

 

[green meanie]

does seem quite cool, although im not sure whats going on in these pics!

http://www.turkishwrestling.com/images/05-1/04.jpg

http://www.turkishwrestling.com/TF8/tf8-2b-137.jpg

Um, making a few equipment adjustments?

 

[arnisador]

Cool! Thanks for the link.

 

[shotman]

Frightening to think what they grip on inside of the pants:idunno:

 

[Aaron Fields]

The gripping inside the pants is due to the fact that the bodies are covered in olive oil. This style of wrestling, like so many folk styles, has huge cultural context. The turks have a huge wrestling tradition.

Aaron Fields
Seattle Jujutsu Club, Hatake Dojo
Sea-Town Sombo
www.seattle-jujutsu.org

 

[yipman_sifu]

It is one of the arts that the master Emin Boztepe used to practise, that's why in EBMAS there are solutions to many grabs as we know, and that is due to the master's experience in such fields of fighting.

 

[scottcatchot]

cool link. Aside from the mess and funny comments about being lathered in olive oil, it would be a good way to train how to gain hold of someone who is extremly sweaty and therefore slippery.