Shuai Jiao(Chinese Wrestling)

[Luigi]

So I found out about Shuai Jiao, which is one of the most ancient forms of Chinese Martial Arts and employs full contact sparring. It is jacket wrestling like Judo, but its short sleeved and has no restrictions on grabbing the legs or on grips, so its in many ways like freestyle wrestling. This is what it looks like:



Here is a mini documentary on its history:







It may interest you to know that one of China's most successful MMA fighters is Shuai Jiao champion Honggang Yao:

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Honggang-Yao-75368

It may also interest you to know he has a protege from America who writes raps about him:



Here are some other useful links:

General info:
https://sites.google.com/site/mixedmart ... ial-artist

General info:
http://sjnation.com/site/

Bio on the only Westerner to win a world championship:
http://www.mattfurey.com/bio.html

An article on facebook on it. Click it to flip the pages:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... permPage=1

Pics:

[Professor Diet Butcher]

[Edge Guerrero]

- Is Shuai jiao big in China?

[Luigi]

- Is Shuai jiao big in China?

Mildly popular. Most universities will have a team. Less popular than mainstream sports and the combat sports Sanda and Kickboxing. Probably comparable to something like volleyball in the West.

[Edge Guerrero]

- Is Shuai jiao big in China?

Mildly popular. Most universities will have a team. Less popular than mainstream sports and the combat sports Sanda and Kickboxing. Probably comparable to something like volleyball in the West.

- Taekwondo is popular in China no?
They are pretty good at it.

You think that Shuai jia doesn't becomes more popular because China is huge into wrestling?

[Luigi]

- Is Shuai jiao big in China?

Mildly popular. Most universities will have a team. Less popular than mainstream sports and the combat sports Sanda and Kickboxing. Probably comparable to something like volleyball in the West.

- Taekwondo is popular in China no?
They are pretty good at it.

You think that Shuai jia doesn't becomes more popular because China is huge into wrestling?

Iv never known China to be huge into TKD or wrestling, though Im no China expert. China does really well in womens wrestling and good at mens in lower weight classes, but I dont really associate them with elite wrestling. Its a lot like Canada, we win medals in womens wrestling but we know its only because the women train with the men here while most places seperate them.

[Edge Guerrero]

Iv never known China to be huge into TKD or wrestling, though Im no China expert. China does really well in womens wrestling and good at mens in lower weight classes, but I dont really associate them with elite wrestling. Its a lot like Canada, we win medals in womens wrestling but we know its only because the women train with the men here while most places seperate them.

- I always tought they were good at it, since is a olimpic sport. :oops:

[Luigi]

They do love their olympics. You would probably know better than me, the only TKD guys I know about are the ones who transition to kickboxing and mma.

[Luigi]

After searching around some Chinese sites, I just found an hour long Chinese(with subtitles) documentary on Shuai Jiao called "Goodbye Chinese Wrestling." Link:

http://www.wuzhenet.com/contents/65/1321.html

Also found a Chinese wiki-like page that details it, including comparisons to Judo and Mongolian wrestling:

http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=I8dT0gR ... is4oWa#7_3

If you want to do some web searching of your own, these characters work: 中国式摔跤

Edit: Just found results of 2015 international championship. Between China and Hong Kong they won every medal besides womens 56 kg and mens 90 kg which went to Mongolia. The weight classes are: Men: 52, 60, 65, 70, 75, 82 and 100 kg. Women: 48, 52, 56 and 60 kg.

http://wrestling.sport.org.cn/zgssj/201 ... 71013.html

http://sports.163.com/15/0527/07/AQJUH44B00052UUC.html

[Professor Diet Butcher]

Check out these "Stone Lock" excercises they do. They might very well be the predecessor to the Russian kettlebell. These Stone Locks were actual locks for those huge ass wooden doors they had in the olden days.