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Gennady Saakov Timur Tanaschuk Peter Ben Rozen

Gennady Saakov Timur Tanaschuk Peter Ben Rozen

KURASH UZBEK-BUKHARA WRESTLING STYLE

Basic Techniques Manual with illustrated step-by-step instructions

2005 Gelendzhik

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УДК 769 ББК 75.715 C12

Gennady Saakov, Timur Tanaschuk, Peter Ben Rozen, KURASH (UzbekBukhara wrestling style), Basic Techniques Manual with Illustrated Step-byStep Instructions;March 2005; Gelendzhik, Russia.

Kurash is a traditional Uzbek wrestling style dating back to 1500 BC, a truly speedy, dynamic and exciting sport to watch and participate. The book gives a concise description of grips and throws practiced in this wrestling style, and proposes the new wrestlers’ rating approach to be discussed.

ISBN 5-224-03325-X

© Timur Tanaschuk, 2005

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Contents Acknowledgements............................................................................................ 3 Preface................................................................................................................ 4 History................................................................................................................. 4 Age and weight categories of wrestlers ............................................................. 4 Bout duration ..................................................................................................... 5 Main Kurash terms.............................................................................................. 5 Ranks (Proposition to be discussed) .............................................................................. 5 Part I – Grips....................................................................................................... 6 Part II – Throws .................................................................................................. 6 About the Authors............................................................................................ 19

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Acknowledgements

With Gratitude To All Kurash Contributors of Past, Present, and Time To Come.

It would not be possible to develop Kurash into the worldwide passion without the intuition, knowledge, and will of Islam Karimov, the Honorary President of the IKA, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Thanks to Kurash Usta, the International Rank Judo and Sambo master Komil Yusupov, whose esteem of Kurash and stubborn diligence resulted in the creation and heading of the IKA as its President.

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Preface The growing popularity of the Uzbek jacket wrestling style Kurash, namely its Bukhara style, and a number of Kurash training schools having been already organized in different countries made it necessary to popularize its standard Basics in the Manual proposed to the attentive international Kurash students.

History Kurash is a traditional Uzbek wrestling style dating back to 1500 BC. It was enjoyed at different gatherings and occasions by people in everyday clothes, hence the modern kurashchi’s (wrestler) attire, consisting of a blue or green jacket, pair of loose fitting white pants, and a belt. Two decades ago Kurash was revived by a well-known Uzbek Kurash Usta, International Rank Sambo and Judo master Komil Yusupov, who had started research to learn the Kurash heritage and developed new Kurash rules which could meet international standards of wrestling competitions. Traditionally, Kurash rules prohibit ground wrestling. Once the knee of one of the wrestlers touches the floor, the referee stops the bout and contestants should restart their struggle from the initial upright standing position. It is not allowed to grapple legs, use joint-locks, chocking and strangling techniques. This makes Kurash a truly speedy, dynamic and exciting sport to watch. It also helps players to avoid many injuries and, taken as a whole, Kurash is one of the safest styles of martial arts to practice. The International Kurash Association (IKA) was established in 1998 ( web-site address: www.kurash-ika.com ). Kurash has followers across the world — from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Russia through Great Britain, India, Japan and South Africa. Presently the IKA unites four Continental Federations and more then 40 national Kurash federations in Asia, Africa, America, Australia and Europe.

Age and Weight Categories of the Wrestlers 1. 1. Participants of competitions are divided into the following age and weight categories: 2.

Male: a. Boys (12-13 years): 33, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 65, 70, +70 kg. b. Teenagers (14-15 years): 38, 42, 46, 50, 55, 60, 65, 71, 77, 83, +83 kg.

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c. Juniors (16-17 years): 42, 46, 50, 55, 60, 65, 71, 77, 83, 90, +90 kg. d. Adults (18-35 years): 60, 66, 73, 81, 90, 100, +100 kg. e. Veterans - 36-45, 46-55, 56-60, 61-65 years and older - 60, 70, 80, 90, +90 kg; 3.

Female: 1. Girls (12-13 years): 30, 33, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 57, +57 kg; 2. Teenagers (14-15 years): 33, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 57, 63,+63; 3. Juniors (16 – 17 years): 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, +70 kg; 4. Women (more than 18 years): 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78, +78 kg.

4. Irrespective of the weight category, all kurashchi over 16 years can participate in competitions in absolute weight category, considering the given sanction of the Chief Referee.

Bout Duration 1. For men – 5 minutes of pure time (time of wrestling); 2. For teenagers and wrestlers older than 35 years – 4 minutes of pure time; 3.

Children, wrestlers older than 56 years and women – 3 minutes of pure time.

Main Kurash Terms Kurash Uzbek-Bukhara – wrestling style originated in Uzbek region of Bukhara; Gilam – wrestling mat on which Kurash is practiced; Yakhtak – wrestler’s garment consisting of a blue or green jacket, pair of loose fitting white pants and a belt; Bilvok – belt; Tazim – courtesy bow; Tasha – body throw; Kurashchi – combatant, wrestler independent of his/her sex; Epchil – wrestler applying a throw, a thrower; attacker Sust – opponent

Ranks (Proposition to be discussed) White bilvok (belt) Red bilvok Red bilvok with a violet left-end chevron Red bilvok decorated with a violet left-end chevron and a golden right-end chevron 6

- Apprentice - Master - International Master - Usta (Highest Honor)

Part I – Grips Standard grip is described as for a right-handed wrestler, and can be mirrored by a lefthander. Grips lock on the opponent’s jacket, not his body.

Sleeve – lapel grip - right sleeve (over, under, or above the elbow) is caught with the left hand, and the opponent’s left lapel is gripped with the right; Sleeve – collar grip - right sleeve (over, under, or above the elbow) is caught with the left hand, and the opponent’s left side of the collar is gripped with the right; Sleeve – shoulder grip - right sleeve (over, under, or above the elbow) is caught with the left hand, and the opponent’s left shoulder seam is gripped with the right; Sleeve – midback grip - right sleeve (over, under, or above the elbow) is caught with the left hand, and the opponent’s belt in the middle of his back is gripped with the right; Double - lapel grip - both lapels of the opponent are gripped with the opposite hands of the attacker; Double - sleeve grip - both sleeves (rims, or over, under, above the elbow) of the opponent are gripped with the opposite hands of the attacker; Lapel – armpit grip – right lapel of the opponent is taken with the left hand, and his left armpit is gripped with the right hand. Same-side grip – attacker’s right or left hand catches correspondingly right or left sleeve/shoulder seam/lapel of the other wrestler; Opposing grip – attacker’s right or left hand catches correspondingly left or right sleeve/shoulder seam/lapel of the other wrestler; Overgrasp – a grip made over opponent’s arm or body; Undergrasp – a grip made inside out of the opponents arms.

Part II – Throws Standard throws are described as for a right-handed wrestler, and can be mirrored by a left-hander. Outer leg recoil Holding a rim of the sust’s right sleeve with the left hand and pulling on the lapel, the epchil unbalances his/her opponent to the right-upper corner by applying a complex in-upward pulling motion. After a short advancing step with the left leg, the epchil, keeping a body contact with the sust, makes an advance with the right leg placing it behind the sust’s left heel. (Fig.1)

Fig.1 In one continuous motion, while pulling on the opponent’s sleeve and lapel, the epchil bends forward and twists to the left side. (Fig.2)

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Fig.2 Leaning further forward, he makes an upward recoil with the stiff right leg (making a springing back and upward directed leg jerk) (Fig.3),

Fig.3 catching the sust’s right leg and throwing the unbalanced sust toward own left toes on the gilam (Fig.4).

Fig.4

Front ankle sweep The epchil grips the opponent’s inner sleeves above the elbows. Making a forceful hand jerk to the right-upper corner, the epchil unbalances the sust, and makes an advancing step to the left with his left foot. This sudden jerk should shift the sust’s balance to his right toes. (Fig.5)

Fig.5 The epchil prolongs his tug while leaning own body back and winding to the right. At the same time, he makes a sweep with his right sole at the sust’s left ankle and pulls him to the right-bottom corner with both hands. (Fig.6) The sust makes a breakfall on the gilam.

Fig.6

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Side ankle sweep The epchil grips the opponent’s sleeves above the elbows and pushes him to the left corner, forcing the sust to balance on the right foot with his left foot without support. The thrower makes a sweeping motion with a sole of his right foot inward, catching opponents left ankle with the front part of the sole and driving it farther left-upward in a swift close contact manner. (Fig.7)

Fig.7 At the same time the epchil makes a mighty jerk on the sust’s sleeves in the rightbottom corner and throws him in a winding motion on the gilam. (Fig.8)

Fig.8 Inner heel sweep The thrower grasps the sust’s right sleeve below the elbow with his left hand and the left lapel with the right hand. Pushing the opponent to the left side, the epchil makes him keep a balance on the right foot. (Fig.9)

Fig.9 Concurrently the attacker makes a sweeping motion with a sole of his right foot from the inside out, catching opponents right heel with the front part of the sole and driving it farther left-upward in a swift close contact manner. (Fig.10)

Fig.10 Dragging the opponent’s foot in a circular motion along the gilam farther backward, the epchil continues own left-side winding momentum and throws the sust down on the gilam. (Fig.11)

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Fig.11 Front tripping The epchil makes a sleeve – lapel grip and pulling the sust in the upper right corner, makes him unbalanced and standing on the toes. (Fig.12)

Fig.12 Pivoting on the left heel leftward, and keeping the hold with the both hands, the epchil places his right leg (bent in the knee) in front of the sust’s right leg. (Fig.13)

Fig.13 Popliteal part of the epchil’s leg should be in contact with the sust’s knee. (Fig.14)

Fig.14 Completing the winding motion of the body and pulling with both hands in the leftbottom corner, the epchil trips the sust’s knee and throws him over on the gilam. (Fig.15,16)

Fig.15

Fig.16

Outer sickle throw The epchil grips the sust’s shoulder seams with the both hands and pushes him to the left to make him balance on his right foot. At the same time the epchil changes the position of his right foot a bit to the left and forward with toes pointed at the sust’s right foot. (Fig.17)

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Fig.17 With a left-upper stroke of the right foot instep, he catches the opponent’s left foot on the heel tendon and undercuts it while continuing the right-downward pulling with the hands. The sust makes a breakfall on the gilam. (Fig.18)

Fig.18

Inner sickle throw The thrower makes a sleeve-lapel grip. With a hard out-downward push the epchil forces his opponent to balance on the heels with toes in the air. Advancing with the left leg slightly bended in the knee (like making a curtsy) the epchil entwines the sust’s left leg with his right leg, from the inside outward, making a close contact of the popliteal part of his knee, calf, and instep on the opponents shin and foot. (Fig.19)

Fig.19 With a mighty stroke of the right leg in a circular upward-to-the-right motion, the epchil straightens his left leg, at the same time pushing the sust with both hands outdownward on the gilam. (Fig.20,21)

Fig.20

Fig.21

Outer hip reaping The epchil grasps the sust’s right sleeve with his left hand, taking hold of the left side of the opponents collar with the right hand. Pulling to the left side makes the sust balance on the toes of his right foot. (Fig.22)

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Fig.22 Pivoting to the left, the epchil changes leg position to the opposite and makes a close contact with the sust’s body. (Fig.23)

Fig.23 Bouncing with the right leg back-upward, the epchil undercuts sust’s thigh or shin and continues the throw, controlling him with both hands to the left-bottom corner on the gilam. (Fig.24-27)

Fig.24

Fig.25

Fig.26

Fig.27

Inner thigh reaping The epchil grasps the sust’s right sleeve under the elbow with his left hand, taking hold of the left side of the opponents collar with the right hand. Pulling to the leftupper corner, he makes the sust balance on the toes. Pivoting to the left on the right foot, the epchil changes leg position to the opposite and makes a close contact with the lower part of the sust’s body while pulling him inand-upward. (Fig.28)

Fig.28 Having changed the balance from the right foot to the left one, the epchil bounces with the stiff right thigh upward, (Fig.29) 12

Fig.29

undercutting sust’s inner left thigh to the left-upward. (Fig.30-32)

Fig.30

Fig.31 Fig.32 Pulling the opponent with the hands and body to the left-bottom corner, the epchil throws him on the gilam. (Fig.33,34)

Fig.33

Fig.34

Carrying cross-back throw Having made a sleeve – lapel grip the epchil pulls the opponent to the right-upper corner to make him balance on his left toes. (Fig.35)

Fig.35 Pivoting to the left while holding the sust’s left lapel, the thrower puts his right forearm under the right armpit of the opponent (Fig.36)

Fig.36

and pulls his body onto own back in a curtsey motion until a full contact. (Fig.37)

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Fig.37 Stiffening the legs and making a jack up with the hip, the epchil undercuts the sust’s outer hip and, pulling hard with the arms and body to the left-bottom corner, throws the sust over the back on the gilam. (Fig.38,39)

Fig.38

Fig.39

Sleeves grip carrying cross-back throw The epchil grips both sleeve rims of the opponent’s jacket (Fig.40)

Fig.40 and pulling with the stiff arms in the left-upper corner makes him balance on his toes. (Fig.41-43)

Fig.41

Fig.42

Fig.43

Pivoting to the left while holding the sust’s sleeves, the thrower pulls his body onto own back in a curtsey motion until a full contact. Stiffening the legs and making a jack up with the hip, (Fig.44)

Fig.44 the epchil undercuts the sust’s outer hip and, pulling hard with the arms and body to the left-bottom corner, throws the sust over the back on the gilam. (Fig.45)

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Fig.45 Cross-shoulder throw The thrower makes a forearm sleeve-lapel grip (Fig.46)

Fig.46 and pulls the sust to the right-upper corner to make him balance on the toes. Pivoting to the left, the epchil lets free the lapel, ducks under the sust’s right armpit and makes an undergrasp of the right shoulder-seam with the same hand while pulling the opponent hard on the sleeve to make full right-side body contact. (Fig.47,48)

Fig.47

Fig.48

Straightening the legs and making a jack up with the hip on the opponent’s front hip, (Fig.49)

Fig.49 the epchil undercuts it and pulling hard with the arms and body in a winding motion to the left-downward corner, throws the sust over the shoulder on the gilam. (Fig.50, 51)

Fig.50

Fig.51

Cross-hip throw The epchil grips the opponent’s right sleeve below the elbow with his left hand, and overgrasps the belt/jacket on the sust’s back with the right. (Fig.52)

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Fig.52 Pulling in the left-upper corner he makes the sust balance on the toes. (Fig.53, 54)

Fig.53

Fig.54

Pivoting to the left with the hips and changing the position of the feet to the opposite, the epchil makes a full hip contact. (Fig.55,56)

Fig.55

Fig.56

Pulling hard in the left-downward corner, the thrower rolls the opponent over the right hip and sends him on the gilam. (Fig.57)

Fig.57

Backward cross-chest winding throw Making an udergrasp with both hands on the back side of the sust’s belt or jacket, the epchil advances with the right foot and, placing it between opponent’s feet, pushes him backward to make him balance on the heels. (Fig.58)

Fig.58

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The epchil hooks the popliteal part of the sust’s right knee with his left shin and, springing back in a hard backward pull with the whole body, sends himself and the opponent onto the gilam in a left winding throw calculated so, as to land on the opponent’s back. (Fig.59)

Fig.59

Inner shin entwine throw The epchil undergrasps the opponent’s armpit with his left hand and the belt or jacket at the back with the right hand. (Fig.60)

Fig.60 Pulling the sust upward he makes him balance on the toes while entwining his left leg with the own right leg from the inside out, till the instep locks on the sust’s outer ankle. (Fig.61, 62)

Fig.61

Fig.62

Having advanced with the left toes pointing at the right foot of the opponent, the epchil raises his right leg bending it in the knee and swiveling the body in the rightbackward direction. A synchronously directed pull with both hands finishes the throw, which should end on the gilam with the sust on his back and the thrower in the crowning position. (Fig.63)

Fig.63

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About the authors

Gennady Saakov – International Rank Kurash Referee; Master of Sports of the USSR; Honored Coach of the Uzbek SSR; the USSR National Judo Team Coach (Olympic Center) in 1988-1991; Coach of the National Judo Team of India in 1990; [email protected]

Timur Tanaschuk – USSR Special Forces KUOSVympel veteran; an expert in martial arts. [email protected]

Peter Ben Rozen - International Rank Kurash and Judo Referee; European Kurash Association Referee-Director; Master of Sports of the USSR; Honored Coach of the Uzbek SSR; [email protected]

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