Yeah, great abs too.
No knee wraps, holy crap!
Maybe we should do something similar with our H.S. phys ed program. ;)
I take it this is a Zoroastrian thing?
Sick wrestlers, Can’t wait to see some of them compete in MMA
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I wonder if Alexander and his soldiers brought the idea of gymnasiums to Persia?
The Zurkhaneh is the Iranian equivqalent of Karate. Similar to the Asian rulers forbidding weapons, the Arabs forbade weapon training when they overran ancient Iran.
As a result. sports arenas with deep round wrestling pits became the secret gathering places for “sports wrestling” which in fact was body hardening for warfare disguised as a sport.
Initially it was anti-Islam but over time became perverted to a mix of Islam and a form of Sufism with increasing emphasis on certan Islamic “saints”.
Shaban Jaffari (known as Shabban ‘bimokh’ = the brainless, indicating fearles as much as anything derogatory) was one of the most famous of these Zurkhaneh (means house of strength) athletes and a lower class social leader.
In the restoration of the Monarchy in the 1950’s he spearheaded suport for the monarchy and rabble roused in that direction, earning a postion of favor with the late Shah.
Shaban died recently as a historical person of the people.
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Martial arts bump.