Alysh
Alysh(Kyrgyz:Алыш) is a Turkic term forCentral Asianfolk wrestlingor "belt wrestling"regulated byUnited World Wrestling.[1]
Alysh is an upright wrestling style. Competitors wear trousers, jackets and belts, and must hold on to their opponents' belts at all times. Their objective is to throw their opponents onto the mat. Throws are given scores between 1 and 6, based on what part of the opponent lands on the mat. The first player to win 6 points wins the match. Since 2008, Alysh is recognized byFILA,the world governing body for wrestling (theUnited World Wrestling (UWW)predecessor) as "wrestling alysh".[2]
The development of the involvement of sports clubs with illegal drug traffic in SouthKyrgyzstanis largely associated with IFWA and its former presidentBayaman Erkinbayev. Erkinbaev also became a member of parliament in Kyrgyzstanin 2005.He was assassinated in September of the same year.[3]
Notable belt wrestlers
[edit]- Gregory Rudelson(born 1988), Israelijudokaand belt wrestler
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^emmanuel."Alysh".United World Wrestling.Retrieved2024-04-09.
- ^"Disciplines".United World Wrestling.Archived fromthe originalon 2023-05-18.Retrieved31 October2014.
- ^A. Kupatadze (2008) "Criminal Networks in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and Young Male Sportsmen", M. Demet Ulusoy (ed.),Political violence, organized crimes, terrorism, and youth,NATO, IOS Press,ISBN978-1-58603-903-5,p. 183
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