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International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD)
Special Issue on Innovative Development of Modern Research
Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470

Important Steps towards the Development

of Our National Heritage - “Wrestling”

Shodiqulov Sirojiddin Makhmaqobilovich

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Physical Education and Sports, Karshi State University, Karshi, Uzbekistan

ABSTRACT “Futuvvatnomaisultoniy”, Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur's
During the former Soviet era, not enough attention was paid “Boburnoma” thosewho have wrote facts about wrestling. In
to our national struggles and their development, which the 9th and 16th centuries, wrestling was a popular sport
were part of our national and cultural heritage. On the among the people because of invaluable work of Pakhlavon
contrary, instead of preserving it, it has been used for Mahmud and Sadiq Polvon, who lived in that period.
planned purposes. As a result, the centuries-old forms of
There is also a type of Uzbek people’s individual wrestling
national wrestling have been shortened, and two of them
have survived to the present day. But since independence, called belt wrestling. There are many archeological finds and
historical manuscripts related to it. A statue found 5,000
as in other areas, important steps have been taken to
years ago in ancient Mesopotamia depicts wrestlers
develop the struggle, which is our national heritage. This
article addresses this issue. competing in belt wrestling. It should be noted that during
the Soviet era, attempts were made to artificially squeeze the

KEYWORDS: Greek wrestling, freestyle wrestling, judo, sambo, Uzbek national wrestling (kurash) out of the people’s way of
Uzbek wrestling, belt wrestling, International Wrestling life. By the end of the 1990s, these attempts were thwarted.
Association and others In 1991, KomilYusupov, a member of the wrestling dynasty
and an international master of sports in several types of
According to the established rule, a one-on-one fight wrestling, developed the following rules of Uzbek wrestling
between two athletes is a wrestling. The art of wrestling has (kurash) in accordance with international standards:
been known in many nations since ancient times. Wrestling Wrestlers compete in a 14 x 14 m to 16 x 16 m stand on a
was especially popular in Greece and was a regular feature of blue-green wrestling (kurash) rug with a red “danger line” at
the ancient Olympic Games. Various forms of national the edge.
wrestling exist in Greece, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Iran,
Afghanistan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and a number of other countries. The
basic rules of modern sports wrestling were developed in
several European countries in the late 18th - early 19th
centuries. Historically, the International Amateur Wrestling
Federation (IAWF) (it now has 144 member countries, of
which Uzbekistan has been a member since 1993) was
founded in 1912.
Greek wrestling, freestyle wrestling, judo, sambo and other
types of wrestling are widespread in the international arena.
In recent years, Uzbek wrestling has also gained worldwide
recognition as a separate type of wrestling. Wrestling is one
of the means of educating a person to be strong, agile,
resilient and strong-willed. Wrestling is allowed from 12 olds
according to doctors’ advises. Archaeological finds and
historical manuscripts confirm that wrestling has long been
an integral part of the Uzbek way of life. A cylindrical pottery
from the Bronze Age found in ancient Bactria, southern
Uzbekistan, depicts two wrestlers, one of whom is playing
the other. Another archeological find from the same period
shows wrestlers wrestling. These unique findings indicate
that wrestling was a part of the way of life of our ancestors The winner is determined by the methods used and the
even 1.5 thousand years ago. evaluation of their behavior on the field. It is not allowed to
use suffocating or painful methods in wrestling.
According to Greek and other historians, in ancient times the
daughters chose the groom by fighting with the boys. Later, One of the wrestlers wears a blue jacket, the other a green
the girls tried the groom in a wrestling match to test his jacket (women wear a white T-shirt inside the jacket), a belt
bravery and courage. The conditions of Barchin in Alpomish, 4-5 cm wide is tied, men: 60, 66, 73, 81, 90, 100 kg and over
one of the Uzbek folk heroic epics, are a clear example of this. 100 kg, women: 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78, and over 78 kg.
Also, Mahmud Kashgari's “Devonulug’oitturk”, Alisher
The International Congress of the International Wrestling
Navoi's “Xamsa”, “HolotiPahlavon Muhammad”,
Association (IWA) in Tashkent in 2003 set the official
ZayniddinWasifi's “Badoeʼ ul-vaqoe”, Hussein VoizKashifi's

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