THE HU – ‘’Wolf Totem ‘’ - Mongolian Wrestling

Wrestling is the most important of the Mongolian culture’s historic “Three Manly Skills“, that also includes horsemanship and archery. Genghis Khan considered wrestling to be an important way to keep his army in good physical shape and combat-ready. Cave paintings in Mongolia dating back to Neolithic age of 7000BC show grappling of two naked men and surrounded by crowds. Wrestling was a military sport intended to provide mainly strength, stamina, and skills training to troops. When a male child is born in a family, Mongols wish him to become a wrestler