Beijing Shuai Jiao
北京摔跤The Beijing branch of Chinese jacket wrestling. High throws over the back and sweeps, technically rooted in the Manchu buku wrestling of the imperial guard.
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About Beijing Shuai Jiao
Beijing shuai jiao is one of the three main regional branches of Chinese jacket wrestling. The name translates as to throw to the ground, and it is fought in a jacket called dalian, which the opponent grips; there is no ground fighting, and the throw alone decides the bout. The Beijing branch differs from the others in that it works with high throws over the back, sweeps, and arm locks. This has an explanation in where it came from: it continues the Manchu buku, that is, the wrestling of the imperial guard. It is documented that Emperor Kangxi established the Shanpuying unit in Beijing, where three hundred wrestlers were maintained solely for this art. When the Qing dynasty fell, wrestling ceased to be a court matter and its former members began teaching publicly; the Tianqiao school, founded by Wan Yongshun, dates from that period. Neither the founder of the branch nor the year of its origin is documented, and the catalog therefore leaves both fields empty — Beijing shuai jiao did not arise from one person's decision but from the transfer of court practice into the city. It was Ma Liang who gave the whole discipline its modern form with a manual in 1917; the name shuai jiao was chosen by the Central Guoshu Institute in 1928, when the rules were unified, and the first official competition was held in 1935.
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