National wrestling kuresh: rules, competitions. Belt wrestling

Tatar wrestling kuresh is the main sport of the Turkic peoples. This martial art is an important element of the holidays of Djien and Sabantuya. It has one more name - wrestling on the belts.

Historical facts

Martial art originated in Uzbekistan more than three thousand years ago. In the old days, this sport was just fun for the locals. Competitions were held during weddings and city holidays. After a while, wrestling on belts turned from ordinary entertainment into a separate sporting field and became a method of physical training. In each district of Uzbekistan they came up with their own rules.

In the eighties of the twentieth century, athlete Komil Yusupov decided to investigate the rules of the Uzbek struggle and, on their basis, create the only world standards. And already in the nineties of the last century kuresh began to recover as a separate type of martial art.

In April 1999, the first world championships in kuresh were held.

Already in 2008, the international association included one hundred and fourteen countries.

Rules of wrestling kuresh

Both opponents are in the rack and are fighting according to the accepted rules. Each executed throw will be judged by the judges.

If both opponents have the same number of points, then the winner will win, who received the highest score for the last reception.

If one participant has both an assessment and a punishment, then the advantage is the evaluation.

Fighting kuresh is conducted on tatami. The methods that begin inside the safe zone and end beyond its borders are evaluated.

The competition is held based on the Olympic rules, which make up the system without comforting fights.

How long is the fight?

Men who have not attained the age of thirty-five are struggling for four minutes. For adolescents and men over thirty-five years of age, one fight is given, equal to three minutes. Women and wrestlers over fifty-six years old are also involved in the fight for three minutes.

Interesting Facts

The national wrestling kuresh in Bashkortostan has long been known and loved by everyone. Batyrs always arranged very interesting and exciting fights. To date, it is believed that the roots of this struggle go back to the depths of the centuries. A lot of Turkic peoples in old times spent holidays and festivities, arranging such competitions on them. This tradition spread and eventually passed to the East Slavic peoples.

In the Middle Ages wrestling kuresh was an excellent military training for nomads. At the training sessions such methods were considered, which made it easy to knock the escaping enemy off the saddle. With each year such actions became more perfect. Each wrestler came up with special tricks and tricks that helped him to act faster and more efficiently. Of course, everyone tried to keep their inventions in secret.

Belt wrestling is a sport

Thanks to the invented system of constant rules, kuresh has become a very promising sport. To date, there is an international Federation, as well as regularly held world championships, Europe and national competitions.

What is the difference between wrestling kuresh and other sports? This sounds very unusual, but throughout the match, rivals hold each other by the belt, using the godfather. According to the rules, any actions are allowed that will help the wrestler put an opponent on the mat. In this case, there is a special condition - each participant of the competition can not let go of his opponent's belt. The victory will be won by the fighter who throws his opponent on the back.

The national wrestling kuresh is the main sport in the Republic of Bashkortostan. About twenty thousand people are engaged in this kind of struggle . More than seventy sports candidates and about thirty masters of sports have already been prepared.

About competitions

The Federation of wrestling kuresh during the fight allows you to use a variety of throws, footsteps, twists, hooks, podsady and stall. All these techniques can be done standing, holding on to the belt of your opponent. In the classical struggle, you can not perform technical techniques related to the work of your feet.

The goal of the whole match is to throw the opponent on the back. In this case, a clean victory will be assigned.

The duel is conducted on a special carpet, which has a smooth smooth surface. The tatami marks the protective and working areas.

The working area has the shape of a circle, with a diameter of six to nine meters. It is located in the center of the carpet. At national and world competitions, the diameter of the circle can be only nine meters. Also on the tatami there is a protective zone, which is shared by the line of "passivity". Usually it is painted in red and has a thickness of about one meter.

Two corners on the carpet are painted in different colors. One of them is blue, and the other is green.

Clothes for participants

Combat kuresh involves the use during training and competition of special costumes, which consist of white trousers, blue or green shirt and red belt. In children and adolescents, this belt has a length of about one hundred and ten centimeters. In adult athletes - about one hundred and sixty centimeters. Usually the belt has a width of four to seven centimeters.

Each athlete puts on his feet a special soft shoes. These can be slippers or "wrestlers" with a non-slip sole. If your shoes have metal elements, then they must be cut off. Before a fight, you can give a handkerchief to a second. They can be used to receive minor injuries during a fight.

Proper clothing is a prerequisite, without which the wrestler is not allowed to fight.

About the fight

The fight kuresh ends only after a short whistle of the referee.

The battle ends in several cases:

• The time for the match was over;
• One of the wrestlers was awarded a clean victory;
• An obvious technical advantage of six or more points;
• disqualification.

Prohibited Actions

When issuing a penalty, the arbitrator must disclose the reason.

You can get a note for several reasons:

1. The athlete is in a low protective rack.
2. The soldier kneels down for reception.
3. Using elements of passive struggle.
4. Talk during the fight.
5. Performing receptions "outside the tatami."

Also, an athlete may be disqualified for several reasons:

1. The use of shock equipment.
2. Implementation of traumatic techniques in order to harm your opponent.
3. Explicit application of unsporting behavior.
4. An attempt to deceive the judges.
5. Fictitious struggle.
6. Leaving the carpet without the permission of the judges.

Belt wrestling is an exciting and entertaining sport, which is gaining popularity every year. Why do not you try?