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    Ssireum (Korean: 씨름; Korean pronunciation: [ɕ͈iɾo̞m]) or Korean wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea that began...
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    Hongman Choi (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Ssireum)
    Hongman Choi, is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and former ssireum wrestler. In Asia, he is called "Che Man", "Techno Goliath", "Korean Monster"...
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    Chuseok (section Ssireum)
    Yunnori, Nyout, and Yout), archery, ssireum,(Korean wrestling), and juldarigi; folk games vary by region. Ssireum (씨름) is the most popular Korean sport...
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    Notable examples of unarmed martial arts include taekwondo, hapkido, ssireum, and taekkyon. For armed martial arts, Korean archery, Kumdo, Korean swordsmanship...
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    Examples of popular traditional games include jegichagi, neolttwigi, ssireum, tuho, and yut. Korean traditional games originated from folk beliefs....
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    Seolnal. Korea Ssireum Association is a governing body of Ssireum. Kang Ho-dong and Lee Man-ki are famous Ssireum Wrestlers. Korean Ssireum Wrestlers are...
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  • Like Flowers in Sand (category Ssireum)
    people who are struggling to bloom in their lives against the backdrop of ssireum city of Geosan. It aired on ENA from December 20, 2023 to January 31, 2024...
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  • Lee Eon (category South Korean ssireum practitioners)
    February 1981. Lee began practicing ssireum while in elementary school, going on to win gold medals at Korean national ssireum competitions in 1997 and 1998...
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    Korea (section Ssireum)
    to employ leverage, avoiding the pure use of strength against strength. Ssireum is a traditional form of wrestling that has been practised in Korea for...
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    Kang Ho-dong (category South Korean ssireum practitioners)
    professional Ssireum (Korean wrestling) matches. Early in his wrestling career, he lost many matches. However, on July 8, 1989, at the 44th national ssireum championships...
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