Mongolian wrestling, known as Bökh is the folk wrestling style of Mongols. Bökh means “durability“. It was a military sport intended to provide mainly strength, stamina and skills training to troops. Bokh is the most important of the Mongolian culture's historic “Three Manly Skills“, that also include horsemanship and archery. Genghis Khan considered wrestling to be an important way to keep his army in good physical shape and combat ready. The court of Qing Empire (1646--1911) held regular wrestling
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