Belt wrestling

Belt wrestling
FocusWrestling
Famous practitionersGilgamesh, Kozhomkul, Ivan Poddubny, Qajymuqan
Olympic sportNo

Belt wrestling is a form of wrestling that is one of the oldest historically recorded sports. It involves two belted contestants aiming to take each other over by grappling with a belt.[1] There are hundreds of national belt wrestling styles, but contemporary most widespread and internationally competed are Alysh and Kurash, developed by the previously nomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia. United World Wrestling recognized Alysh wrestling as the primary international belt wrestling style. It is regulated globally by the International Federation of Wrestling on Belts Alysh, the sport's governing body. Although the sport has been practiced for millennia, and local championships were held in various places of the world, it was until 2001 when Bayaman Erkinbayev started its international version, and it was called "Alysh". Until 2005, Rif Gaynanov and Bayaman Erkinbayev developed this style together, and then the ways separated. Two different styles appeared named "Alysh" and "Kurash" belt wrestling. Since then, the sport has been included in the 2013 Summer Universiade program, recognized by the Asian Olympic Council, and contested at the Asian Games and Asian Indoor Games. The sport's executives struggle to promote it to the level of an official Olympic sport.

History

Gilgamesh engages in a form of belt wrestling with Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh written around 2000 BC about a king of Sumer who lived around 2800 to 2600 BC.[2] One of the oldest recorded illustrations of wrestling is a bronze statuette, dated to around 2600 BC, found in 1938 at Khafaji, near Baghdad and now stored in the National Museum of Iraq.[3][4] Chinese Tangshu chronicles also mention belt wrestling in Medieval China circa the 11th century. In the 11th century the scholar and philosopher Avicenna wrote about this type of wrestling.

Competitions

Multi-sport events

Worldwide

Regional

Sub-Regional

World Belt Wrestling Championships

IBWA - INTERNATIONAL BELT WRESTLING ASSOCIATION [5]

Senior

The first edition of the championships in 2002 saw competition in the openweight, therefore only two events were contested (men and women.) The 2003' championships were subdivided into weight classes, but because of the rules of the host country no women competition was allowed. Since 2003 the prize money totalling several hundred thousand U.S. dollars was contested among participating teams. Since the 2005' edition onwards the championships were contested in freestyle (belts) and classic style (kushaks.) The 2008' edition saw championships contested at an open-air competition area, on sand, in 45 °C (113 °F) air temperature.[6]

Alysh
EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
I 200221–22 SeptemberKyrgyzstan Osh, KyrgyzstanSuyumbayev Stadion221 Russia
Turkmenistan
II 200319–21 DecemberIran Tehran, IranAzadi Indoor Stadium4 Russia
III 200417–18 DecemberTurkey Istanbul, Turkey9 Russia
IV 200528 September – 2 OctoberRussia Kazan, Tatarstan, RussiaBasket-Hall2544200+ Russia
V 20063–5 NovemberKazakhstan Almaty, KazakhstanBaluan Sholak Sports Palace2543130 Russia
VI 20079–13 OctoberRussia Ufa, Bashkortostan, RussiaUfa Arena60
VII[7] 200818–22 NovemberTogo Lomé, TogoStade de Kégué1540+ Russia
2009[a]11–13 SeptemberLithuania Šiauliai, LithuaniaŠiauliai Arena4
VIII[8] 24–26 OctoberUzbekistan Tashkent, UzbekistanUzbekistan Sports Complex2668400+ Russia
2010
IX 201113–16 OctoberKyrgyzstan Bishkek, KyrgyzstanKozhomkul Sports Palace1919175
X 201226–30 SeptemberKazakhstan Astana, KazakhstanDaulet Sports Complex1932300+
XI 201313–16 NovemberRussia Salavat, Bashkortostan, RussiaNeftehimik Sports Palace1738300+ Russia
XII 201419–24 NovemberTurkmenistan Ashgabat, TurkmenistanGalkynysh Sports Complex
XIII 201519–22 NovemberRussia Kazan, Tatarstan, RussiaAk Bars Martial Arts Palace1918140+
XIV 201628–30 October[9][10][11]Russia Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, RussiaIce Sports Palace1943250+ Russia
XV 201721–24 JulyKazakhstan Astana, KazakhstanDaulet Sports Complex Russia
XVI 201826–27 OctoberRussia Kazan, Tatarstan, RussiaAk Bars Martial Arts Palace38200
XVII 201917–24 DecemberKazakhstan Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanDaulet Sports Complex1227275 Kyrgyzstan
XVIII 2020TBATBATBD
Kurash
EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
I 201021–23 MayRussia Kazan, Tatarstan, RussiaAk Bars Martial Arts Palace516 Russia
II
III 20146–7 DecemberRussia Orenburg, RussiaOlimpiysky Sports Palace25
IV[12] 2015Russia Kazan, Tatarstan, RussiaAk Bars Martial Arts Palace2064 Russia
201931 October –
3 November		Russia Kazan, Tatarstan, RussiaAk Bars Martial Arts Palace1342230
Russia Minger, Tatarstan, RussiaMINGER Sabantuy Grounds
Goresh
EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
I 2009[b]11–13 SeptemberLithuania Šiauliai, LithuaniaŠiauliai Arena4
II 201510–15 DecemberRussia Orenburg, RussiaOlimpiysky Sports Palace30160+ Turkmenistan
III 201629–30 OctoberRussia Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, RussiaIce Sports Palace131938 Russia
2019SeptemberRussia Ufa, Bashkortostan, RussiaDynamo Stadium
Multi-style
EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
20159–12 OctoberPoland Białystok, Poland23
2016[c]7–8 SeptemberKyrgyzstan Cholpon-Ata, KyrgyzstanEquestrian Hippodrome23
2018[d]1–3 SeptemberKyrgyzstan Cholpon-Ata, KyrgyzstanEquestrian Hippodrome23
2020[e]Turkey Turkey

Junior

EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
200617–19 NovemberRussia Saransk, Mordovia, Russia
201111–14 AugustRussia Astrakhan, Russia
2012Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
20138–11 NovemberRussia Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
201422–24 AugustRussia Ulyanovsk, Russia
201725–28 DecemberRussia Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

Cadet

EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
2005DecemberIran Tehran, Iran
200812–15 DecemberRussia Moscow, Russia
20129–12 AugustRussia Ryazan, Russia
201313–15 DecemberRussia Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia
201413–16 DecemberRussia Tyulyachi, Tatarstan, Russia
201626–28 NovemberKazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan

Belt Wrestling World Cup

EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
200713–14 OctoberRussia Karachayevsk, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
20103–6 DecemberRussia Oktyabrsky, Bashkortostan, RussiaOktyabrsky Sports Palace
201117–20 NovemberRussia Oktyabrsky, Bashkortostan, RussiaOktyabrsky Sports Palace
20128–10 NovemberRussia Ufa, Bashkortostan, RussiaDynamo Stadium22120
20145–7 DecemberRussia Orenburg, RussiaGazovik Sports Palace26300+
201524–28 SeptemberRussia Alushta, Crimea, Russia
201610–11 DecemberBelarus Minsk, Belarus
2017[f]26–28 MayRussia Orenburg, Russia128140 Tajikistan

Regional Championships

African Championships

EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueStylesEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
201718–19 MaySouth Africa Cape Town, South AfricaAL, KK, BW

Asian

EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueStylesEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
I 2011Iran Mashhad, IranKK
20156–7 AugustIran Tehran, IranAL
201625–26 June
  • Amateur Belt Wrestling Federation India holds meeting[13]

European

Pan-American

EditionYearDatesCity and host countryVenueStylesEventsCountriesAthletesTeam champion
201512–15 NovemberArgentina Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBW

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeremy Black; Anthony Green (1992). Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. University of Texas Press. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-0-292-70794-8. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Nigel B. Crowther (2007). Sport in Ancient Times. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-275-98739-8. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Faraj Baṣmahʹjī (1975). Treasures of the Iraq Museum. Al-Jumhuriya Press. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  4. ↑ David Gilman Romano (1993). Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadion. American Philosophical Society. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-87169-206-1. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  5. ↑ https://ibwa-w.com/en/
  6. ↑ Чемпионат мира по борьбе на поясах 2008, Ломе, Того 18-22.11. :: Sporta-Klubi.lv (in Russian)
  7. ↑ "Чемпионат мира по борьбе на поясах 2008, Ломе, Того 18-22.11. :: Sporta-Klubi.lv". 25 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Чемпионат мира по борьбе на поясах 2009 Узбекистан, Ташкент 22-27.10 :: Sporta-Klubi.lv". 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Всероссийская федерация борьбы на поясах". 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Photos of the XIV World Belt Wrestling Championship and the III World Goresh Championship". ibwa-w.com. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Протоколы XIV Чемпионата мира по борьбе на поясах". Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "IV World Koresh Championship 2015". International Belt Wrestling Koresh Federation. 12 July 2020. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. ↑ Excelsior, Daily (15 January 2017). "Amateur Belt Wrestling Federation holds meeting". Daily Excelsior. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

Notes

  1. ↑ 2009 Alysh Belt Wrestling event was a part of the 4th FILA World Wrestling Games.
  2. ↑ 2009 Goresh Belt Wrestling Championships were a part of the 4th FILA World Wrestling Games.
  3. ↑ 2016 BWUWW Championships were a part of the 2nd World Nomad Games.
  4. ↑ 2018 BWUWW Championships were a part of the 3rd World Nomad Games.
  5. ↑ 2020 BWUWW Championships would be a part of the 4th World Nomad Games.
  6. ↑ 2017 Belt Wrestling World Cup was part of the International Festival of National Wrestling styles.


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