wrestling.
The grapplers oil their bodies, which make them very difficult to grasp.
Sometimes in order to secure leverage for a throw, a wrestler is
permitted to thrust his hand into his opponent's leather trousers. There are no draws and the match continues until one grappler wins.
Many forms of Asian wrestling use belts as a means to grip the opponent and lift and throw him (such as in sumo).
There was usually no ground fighting, except in the far east.
Competitions took place in a special yard, smoothed for wrestling.
Names for most Middle-Asia kinds of wrestling originate from the Turkish word "kurash", such as Uzbek kurash, tatarian kuresh, kazakh kures, and azerbaidjan gurassu.
Techniques and rules are very similar to each other.
The fight is finished when opponent is thrown to the ground.
Buryats have their own kind of wrestling - buhe barildaan ("wrestling of strong men"). And, Tuvinians have kyuresh, karakyuresh, lamakyuresh etc.
