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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Examples of popular traditional games include jegichagi, neolttwigi, ssireum, tuho, and yut. Korean traditional games originated from folk beliefs....
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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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Sport in South Korea (section Ssireum)
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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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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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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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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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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