Bultong is the

Ifugao Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ifugao; tl, Lalawigan ng Ifugao), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the ...

name for their sport of traditional

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. It is often played during town and provincial fiestas. Bultong falls under the international classification of

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Two Ifugao bultong champions who also excelled and became famous in other combat sports are: * Ronald Bingwaoel – former member of the

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sanshou team and one of Asia's best sanshou fighters in the 1990s. He also became a

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mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, winning his match in URCC 2 in April 2003. * Jason Balabal – current Philippine wrestling team member and 2009

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gold medalist in

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, 84 kilogram division. Sanshou gives points for wrestling take-downs, aside from kicks and punches, but does not allow ground fighting.

References

*Barton, R. F
"Ifugao Law"
University of California Publications on American Archeology and Ethnology. The Internet Archive. February 15, 1919 *Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Erlinda Napiloy, Sports Director, Ifugao State University. Conducted in March 2007. *Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Jason Balabal. Conducted in December 2007. * Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Melvin Sia, Bultong Photographer, January 2008. *Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Juan Alberto Balde, President, Wrestling Association of the Philippines. Conducted in September 1998. *Mallari, Perry Gil."FMA CORNER: Various forms of Filipino Indigenous Wrestling" FMApulse.com,November 23, 2009.http://www.fmapulse.com/content/fma-corner-various-forms-filipino-indigenous-wrestling?page=1. 7."Pacific Island Traditional Wrestling." Coreeda Association of Australia

(Accessed on December 13, 2010) &"Belt wrestling." Olympic Council of Asia, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613032921/http://ocasia.org/Sports/SportsT.aspx?GSCode=125 (Accessed on January 15, 2011)

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