Bultong
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Bultong [1] is the Ifugao name for their sport of traditional wrestling. It is often played during town and provincial fiestas. Bultong falls under the international classification of belt wrestling.
Notables[edit]
Two Ifugao bultong champions who also excelled and became famous in other combat sports are:
- Ronald Bingwaoel – former member of the Philippine sanshou team and one of Asia's best sanshou fighters in the 1990s. He also became a Universal Reality Combat Championship mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, winning his match in URCC 2 in April 2003.
- Jason Balabal – current Philippine wrestling team member and 2009 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, 84 kilogram division.
Sanshou gives points for wrestling take-downs, aside from kicks and punches, but does not allow ground fighting.
References[edit]
- ^ "Sumo and Pacific Island Traditional Wrestling". Cobeeda Association. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
Further reading[edit]
- Barton, R. F. "Ifugao Law" University of California Publications on American Archeology and Ethnology. The Internet Archive. February 15, 1919
- Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Erlinda Napiloy, Sports Director, Ifugao State University. Conducted in March 2007.
- Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Jason Balabal. Conducted in December 2007.
- Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Melvin Sia, Bultong Photographer, January 2008.
- Sevilla III, Karlo Silverio. Interview with Juan Alberto Balde, President, Wrestling Association of the Philippines. Conducted in September 1998.
- Mallari, Perry Gil."FMA CORNER: Various forms of Filipino Indigenous Wrestling" FMApulse.com,November 23, 2009.http://www.fmapulse.com/content/fma-corner-various-forms-filipino-indigenous-wrestling?page=1.
7."Pacific Island Traditional Wrestling." Coreeda Association of Australia. http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_pacific_island_traditional_wrestling.html (Accessed on December 13, 2010) &"Belt wrestling." Olympic Council of Asia, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613032921/http://ocasia.org/Sports/SportsT.aspx?GSCode=125 (Accessed on January 15, 2011)
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