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| '''Shuaijiao''' ({{zh-cpw |c=摔跤 or 摔角 |p=Shuāijiāo |w=Shuai-chiao}}) is the modern term for ] and ] ]. | |||
| The word ''shuai'' stands for "to throw onto the ground" and ''jiao'' may have two meanings; the first and oldest, 角, stands for "horns" and the second and recent, 跤, stands for "wrestle", so Shuaijiao literally means "to throw onto the ground using 'horns'" or "to thrown onto the ground through wrestling". It is considered my many historians as the oldest extant martial arts within China, and perhaps the oldest existing within the world. | |||
| As a fighting art it incorporates ] (joint locks, bars and twists), chokes, footsweeps, throws, groundighting and ]. Students learn the vital points of ], but with a view to grasping, pressing and locking them rather than striking them. | |||
| Wrestling as a ] originated in prehistoric times. In the oldest versions of Shuaijiao that we know of, contestants wore horned headgear which they attempted to butt their opponents with. Legend attributes this to the first Chinese Dynasty in 2852 to 2255 BC. Later, around 1020 BC, historical textbooks describe that every soldier was required to study military strategy, practice archery, and grappling. In ], wrestling had many different names according to the current dynasty; ''Jiaoli'', ''Jiaoti'' and ''Shoubo'' were some of them. By ] wrestling reached such a cultural level that contests were held before the ]. These contests were held as court amusement and used as eliminatory process for selecting superb martial arts instructors for the military. Some contests would last a week or so, with more than 1,000 participants. | |||
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