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Narodna borba
Narodna borba (Народна борба) is a traditional wrestling style, originating from Bulgaria.grips on the opponent's garments grip fighting/changing grips during the match.
Techniques
We don't know much about Narodna borba's arsenal of techniques, except that .Objective
Pin the opponent's back to the ground (for a certain time).Competition
The matches traditionally take place on grass (or a wrestling mat). We don't yet know what the usual match duration is.We don't know if any weight classes are established. Neither, if women are allowed to participate in Narodna borba competitions or not.
Some external resources on Narodna borba:
- An article titled "The Bulgarian traditional wrestling" (in Bulgarian)
- An article about the 2019 traditional wrestling tournament in Chelopech (in Bulgarian)
- A series of article covereges of traditional wrestling tournaments (in Bulgarian)
- A few photos from the annual traditional wrestling tournament in Asenovgrad
- Footage of the 2019 edition of the annual traditional wrestling tournament in Asenovgrad