Chinese Wrestling

picture info	Chinese Wrestling Shuai Jiao () is the term pertaining to the ancient jacket wrestling Kung-Fu, wushu style of Beijing, Tianjin and Baoding of Hebei Province in the North China Plain which was codified by Shan Pu Ying (善撲营 The Battalion of Excellency in Catching) of the Nei Wu Fu (内務府, Internal Administration Unit of Imperial Household Department). In modern usage it is also the general Mandarin Chinese term for any form of wrestling, both inside and outside China. As a generic name, it may be used to cover various styles of wrestling practiced in China in the form of a martial arts system or a sport. The art was introduced to Southern China in the Republican era (see Republic of China (1912–1949)) after 1911. History Over 6,000 years ago, the earliest Chinese term for wrestling, "jǐao dǐ" (w:zh:角抵, 角抵, ''horn butting''), refers to an ancient style of military Kung-Fu in which soldiers wore horned headgear with which they attempted to butt, throw and defeat their enemies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Jacket Wrestling Jacket wrestling is a form of wrestling and one of the oldest form of sports that has been practiced in both Europe and Asia going back many centuries. It generally involves two contestants wearing jackets and belts attempting to Takedown (grappling), take each other down in an attempt to pin their opponent. The style of combat is typified by a lack of groundfighting, due to the rules often causing an opponent to lose if they touch the ground with something other than their feet. The method of combat has also been referred to as "belt-and-jacket wrestling", for its common use of a belt or sash in addition to or instead of a jacket. The two most popular contested styles of jacket wrestling today are Judo and Sambo (martial art), Sambo. History ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' has stated that, "The three basic types of wrestling contest are the belt-and-jacket, catch-hold, and loose styles, all of which appear to have originated in Ancient history, antiquity. Belt-and-jacket styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Belt Plaque With Design Of Wrestling Men, Ordos Region And Western Part Of North China, 2nd Century BC, Bronze - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC02172 Belt may refer to: Apparel * Belt (clothing), a leather or fabric band worn around the waist * Championship belt, a type of trophy used primarily in combat sports * Colored belts, such as a black belt or red belt, worn by martial arts practitioners to signify rank in the kyū ranking system Geology * A synonym for orogen (e.g. orogenic belt) * Greenstone belt * A large-scale linear or curved array of belt of igneous rocks (e.g. Transscandinavian Igneous Belt) * A large-scale linear or curved array of mineral deposits (e.g. Bolivian tin belt) * Metamorphic belt :* Paired metamorphic belts Mechanical and vehicular * Belt (mechanical), a looped strip of material used to link multiple rotating shafts * Conveyor belt, a device for transporting goods along a fixed track * Belt manlift, a device for moving people between floors in a building or grain elevator. * Seat belt, a safety device in automobiles and on the plane * Timing belt, part of an internal combustion engine * Serpenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who unified other Jurchen tribes to form a new "Manchu" ethnic identity. The dynasty was officially proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China and Outer Manchuria). It seized control of Beijing in 1644, then later expanded its rule over the whole of China proper and Taiwan, and finally expanded into Inner Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912 when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing dynasty lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Chinese Martial Arts This article contains a concise listing of individual systems of Chinese martial arts. Listings of various branches of a martial art system are located on a corresponding Wikipedia page which details the history of the system. The following list of Chinese martial arts is by no means exhaustive. Alphabetical listing * Babu Lian Huan Quan (8-step chained boxing) * Ba Fa (Eight Methods) * Ba Gua Zhang (Eight Trigrams Palm) * Ba Ji (Eight Extremities) * Bai Mei (White Eyebrow) * Bei Tui (Northern Legs) * Chang Quan (Long Fist) * Cha Quan Chin Na Chow Gar * Choy Gar Choy Li Fut Chuo Jiao (Strike Foot) * DiSom * Di Tang Quan Drunken Monkey Drunken Fist * Duan Quan (Short-range Fist) Eagle Claw Emei Quan * Fanzi (Rotating) * Feng Shou (Wind Hand) Five Ancestors Five Animals Fujian White Crane Guzhuangquan * Fu Jow Pai (Tiger Claw Style) * Fut Gar (Buddhist Family) * Hei Hu Quan (Black Tiger Fist) * Hua Quan Hung Fut Hung Gar Jow-Ga Kung Fu Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]