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Wrestling and Grappling: China<br />

Wrestling or grappling is the nucleus for Chinese bare-handed martial arts,<br />

going back to the dawn of Chinese civilization. It has consisted of various<br />

forms and been called by different names over the centuries based on<br />

changing times, China’s vast geographical setting, and multiethnic society.<br />

From earliest times it was a basic military combat skill that complemented<br />

weapons techniques.<br />

Chinese wrestling’s mythological origins are found in the fight between<br />

the Yellow Emperor and Chi You, the inventor of weapons. Chi You’s followers<br />

are said to have donned animal-horn headdresses to butt their opponents<br />

in hand-to-hand combat. Thus, one of the earliest names for<br />

wrestling was juedi (horn butting). Another early term, used as a verb, bo<br />

(to seize or strike), to describe bare-handed fighting, including wrestling,<br />

was apparently also used as a noun to describe boxing. Thus, we can see the<br />

Wrestling and Grappling: China 705

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