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Buko-ryû).Wrestling and Grappling: China
Wrestling or grappling is the nucleus for Chinese bare-handed martial arts,
going back to the dawn of Chinese civilization. It has consisted of various
forms and been called by different names over the centuries based on
changing times, China’s vast geographical setting, and multiethnic society.
From earliest times it was a basic military combat skill that complemented
weapons techniques.
Chinese wrestling’s mythological origins are found in the fight between
the Yellow Emperor and Chi You, the inventor of weapons. Chi You’s fol-
lowers are said to have donned animal-horn headdresses to butt their op-
ponents in hand-to-hand combat. Thus, one of the earliest names for
wrestling was juedi(horn butting). Another early term, used as a verb, bo
(to seize or strike), to describe bare-handed fighting, including wrestling,
was apparently also used as a noun to describe boxing. Thus, we can see the
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