The Physical Body DVD Outtakes 1/2 - Hanuman Akhara in Delhi, India
Unused/outtakes of Kushti (Indian Wrestling) training footage
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My review of The Physical Body 1 DVD
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The Physical Body DVD Outtakes 1/2 - Hanuman Akhara in Delhi, India
Unused/outtakes of Kushti (Indian Wrestling) training footage
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My review of The Physical Body 1 DVD
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kellen Bassette
Is it required to wear a speedo to practice this?
I think he was trying to hide to get out of doing the jumps. :o
I might be a little g@y after watching that video. :confused: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raipizo
He was actually doing an impression of a sea turtle and laying a clutch of eggs. Isn't it obvious?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kellen Bassette
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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Originally Posted by Stickgrappler
Thank you for sharing the kusthi training video. Brings back many fond memories.
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...es-part-3.html
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Originally Posted by Stickgrappler
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
I didn't realize wrestling and pole dancing were so intimately related...:p
Looks like a great strength workout though...
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Originally Posted by Vajramusti
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...es-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!
2 more outtakes from a Kushti dvd of their oldschool training/conditioning methods
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uJHnHsZM7R...youttakes4.jpg
http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03...akes-part.html
Rope Mallakhamb
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SQdYop2KT5...youttakes5.jpg
http://www.stickgrappler.net/2014/03...s-part_13.html
Jor – Paired practice
Enjoy!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j4hXOpH6my...youttakes6.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...ical-body.html
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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/...s-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/...s-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/...s-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/...s-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/...s-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/...s-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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