Kushti (Indian Wrestling)

[Stickgrappler]

The Physical Body DVD Outtakes 1/2 - Hanuman Akhara in Delhi, India


Unused/outtakes of Kushti (Indian Wrestling) training footage
(http://www.vimeo.com/84266195)


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My review of The Physical Body 1 DVD (http://www.stickgrappler.net/2007/12/review-physical-body-dvd-indian.html)

[Kellen Bassette]

3:23...why is that guy burying himself in the sand?? :confused:

[GoldenBrain]

3:23...why is that guy burying himself in the sand?? :confused:

I think that guy was training to be a curb. The sand looked like it was kicked up by the guy jumping over him. They were probably doing buddy exercises with one on the ground and the other jumping. At some point I bet they switch. That along with the horrible punishment on their knees just blows me away. I like buddy exercise but there is no way I'd trust even my Sifu to do continuous jumping like that over my lower back. One misstep due to fatigue and you could be paralyzed.

[Raipizo]

Is it required to wear a speedo to practice this?

[Kellen Bassette]

I think he was trying to hide to get out of doing the jumps. :o

[MightyB]

Is it required to wear a speedo to practice this?

I might be a little g@y after watching that video. :confused: :eek:

[Raipizo]

I think he was trying to hide to get out of doing the jumps. :o

He was actually doing an impression of a sea turtle and laying a clutch of eggs. Isn't it obvious?

[Stickgrappler]

lol at the replies ... my guess is he is trying to keep cool?

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Physical Body DVD Outtakes 2 - Jori/Gada swinging

http://vimeo.com/86132755

"The second part in our Physical Body outtakes series focuses on Jori and Gada swinging at the Morchali Birbaba Akhara in Varanasi"



Enjoy!

[Vajramusti]

lol at the replies ... my guess is he is trying to keep cool?

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Physical Body DVD Outtakes 2 - Jori/Gada swinging

http://vimeo.com/86132755

"The second part in our Physical Body outtakes series focuses on Jori and Gada swinging at the Morchali Birbaba Akhara in Varanasi"



Enjoy!
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Thank you for sharing the kusthi training video. Brings back many fond memories.

[Stickgrappler]

Vajramusti et al:

Part 3 of Vincent Giordano's The Physical Body DVD out takes (raw training footage) from Kushti (Indian wrestling) - this one focuses on the Mallakhamb (wrestler's pole)

Enjoy!

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03/kushti-physical-body-outtakes-part-3.html

[Vajramusti]

Vajramusti et al:

Part 3 of Vincent Giordano's The Physical Body DVD out takes (raw training footage) from Kushti (Indian wrestling) - this one focuses on the Mallakhamb (wrestler's pole)

Enjoy!

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03/kushti-physical-body-outtakes-part-3.html
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Many thanks Stick grappler. The link did not completely open for me but I will try again later.
I have seen good kusthi in my time
joy chaudhuri

[Kellen Bassette]

I didn't realize wrestling and pole dancing were so intimately related...:p
Looks like a great strength workout though...

[Stickgrappler]

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Many thanks Stick grappler. The link did not completely open for me but I will try again later.
I have seen good kusthi in my time
joy chaudhuri



www.stickgrappler .net /2014/03/kushti-physical-body-outtakes-part-3.html (with an intentional space before and after '.net'

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03/kushti-physical-body-outtakes-part-3.html

trying again

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oh wow! Chaudhuri sifu! i saw in your sig, tempewingchun - immediately i recall you were based in Tempe, ages ago from WCML -- then i see you sign off as such.

*puts left palm to right fist and bows deeply*


used to read your WCML posts and IKF articles and loved them!

[Stickgrappler]

2 more outtakes from a Kushti dvd of their oldschool training/conditioning methods

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uJHnHsZM7Rw/UyGjJE9MPYI/AAAAAAAAFoM/yB_kAGBZyNw/s1600/physicalbodyouttakes4.jpg


http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03/kushti-physical-body-dvd-outtakes-part.html

Rope Mallakhamb

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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SQdYop2KT5o/UyGiLJKSZNI/AAAAAAAAFoA/XkyjZoBHsIY/s1600/physicalbodyouttakes5.jpg

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03/kushti-physical-body-dvd-outtakes-part_13.html

Jor – Paired practice




Enjoy!

[Stickgrappler]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j4hXOpH6myY/U0IE3UdICNI/AAAAAAAAFu8/8AKF-uwW4q4/s1600/physicalbodyouttakes6.jpg

Exploring the relationship of Yoga’s Sun Salutation to Kushti’s (Indian Wrestling) training in Part 6 of The Physical Body DVD outtakes:

http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/04/kushti-indian-wrestling-physical-body.html

[GeneChing]

Pictures Reveal Ancient Mud Wrestling Tradition (http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel-and-adventure/2018/01/pictures-reveal-ancient-mud-wrestling-tradition)
Despite declining popularity, the sport remains a way of life for some men. Tuesday, 16 January
By Catherine Zuckerman
Photographs By Matthieu Paley

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/sites/uk/files/styles/image_885/public/01-pakistan-wrestlers-DSCF1873.jpg

Far from the slopes of Pyeonchang, South Korea, and the buzz of the approaching winter Olympics, India and Pakistan for centuries have been hosting a sport few people have heard of today. A form of competitive mud wrestling known as kushti or pehlwani, its roots may date to as far back as the 4th century B.C., though interest in the sport has been declining for at least two decades.

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/sites/uk/files/styles/image_885/public/07-pakistan-wrestlers-DSCF2014.jpg
Rasheed Bukhari is an accomplished pehlwan who has traveled to Germany to compete. His fellow wrestlers massage him with oil after practice to increase blood flow in his muscles.
PHOTO BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

That may be “because of the lifestyle and resources it demands” or because kushti is simply not as fashionable as it once was, says University of Oslo anthropologist Paul Rollier.

Rollier characterizes the sport—which he writes about in his book, Wrestlers, Pigeon Fanciers, and Kite Flyers—as “a way of life, almost a devotional practice” that does require discipline. Sex, alcohol, and tobacco are forbidden. And a specific, dairy-rich diet is meant to provide the proper nutrition to support the wrestlers’, or pehlwans’, rigorous training demands.

“Nowadays in urban Pakistan few people practice pehlwani,” says Rollier.

Still, devotees exist. In Lahore, for example, a group of men gather routinely at an outdoor pit called an akhara to train. There they engage in an intense workout that involves climbing, pushups, and digging and leveling the earth into a flat surface. Afterward, the pehlwans critique each others performance, massage their considerable muscles with oil, and prepare for the next time they'll need to put them to use.

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/sites/uk/files/styles/image_885/public/02-pakistan-wrestlers-DSCF9611.jpg
Adil, center, trains with his fellow pehlwans.
PHOTO BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/sites/uk/files/styles/image_1900/public/03-pakistan-wrestlers-DSCF1905.jpg
Pehlwans practice in an akhara, or outdoor earthen pit, on the edge of Lahore’s Walled city.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/sites/uk/files/styles/image_1900/public/06-pakistan-wrestlers-DSCF9555.jpg
A pehlwan prepares to train by climbing up a tree. This training area, near a Sufi shrine in Lahore’s Walled City, is next to a recycling station.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/sites/uk/files/styles/image_1900/public/04-pakistan-wrestlers-DSCF9530.jpg
A Lahori pehlwan glistens with oil, applied via massage to aid in muscle relief.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHIEU PALEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC





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