ASTW NEWS 11.05.11
Hello All Again welcome to the e-newsletter for the Australian Society of Traditional Wrestlers, a united group focusing on the promotion of all the non-aligned grappling combat sports played in this country & indeed any style of wrestling. Check out more info at the Facebook site for the Coreeda Association of Australia, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=393164422541 and if you are interested in the history of wrestling, purchase a copy of the book “From the Dreaming to the Dreamers” from Sid Harta Publishers because as the Buddhist saying goes “If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions, if you want to know your future, look into your present actions.” http://sidharta.com/books/index.jsp;jsessionid=4661FE25FEE062C33175E26F44DE8442?uid=66
The ASTW currently consists of the following organisations;
1. Coreeda Association of Australia http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_home.html (Affiliated with the World Martial Arts Union < http://www.womau.com/ >) Contact Gavin Dickson at
2. Australian Sumo Federation http://sumoaustralia.com.au/ (Affiliated with Oceania Sumo Union & International Sumo Federation
3. Australian Ssireum Association http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_ssireum_federation_of_australia.html (Affiliated with World Ssireum Federation
4. Association of Australian Celtic Wrestlers http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_panceltic_wrestling.html (Affiliated with Fédération Internationale des Luttes Celtique < http://www.filc-ifcw.com/ >) Contact Mardo Gray at
5. Turk Wrestling Australia http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_turk_wrestling_australia.html (Affiliated with Türkiye Geleneksel Spor Dalları Federasyonu < http://www.gelenekselfed.gov.tr/tur/default.asp >) Contact Latif Sagol at
6. Australian Uzbek Kurash Federation http://www.kurash-oceania.com/ (Affiliated with International Kurash Federation < http://kurash-ika.org/en/main >) Contact David Stone at
7. Australian Kabaddi Federation http://ozkabaddi.com/ (Affiliated with International Kabaddi Federation < http://www.kabaddiikf.com/ >) Contact Bobby Mangat at
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8. Australian Zurkhane Sports Federation http://www.zurkhaneh.com.au/ (Affiliated with International Zurkhane Sports Federation < http://izsf.org/beta/ >) Contact Khashayar Heidari at
9. Australasian Shuai Jiao Union http://www.jirongzhangmartialarts.com.au/ (Affiliated with International Chinese Kuoshu Federation < http://www.ickf-kuoshu.org/ >) Contact Dr Jirong Zhang at
10. Australian Belt Wrestling Association http://www.kanojudoschools.com/ (Affiliated with the Oceania Belt Wrestling Association & the International Belt Wrestling Association < http://www.beltwrestling.org/ >) Contact Carlo Knoester at
11. Australian Pankration & Grappling Committee http://auspankration.com/about/grappling/ (Affiliated with Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées < http://www.fila-grappling.com/ >) Contact Terry Williams at 12. Australian Sambo Federation http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_australian_sambo_federation.html (Affiliated with the Oceania Sambo Federation & Federation International Amateur Sambo < http://www.sambo.com/index- en.html >) Contact Victor Serga at < [email protected] > 13. Australian Chin Lai Paih Association http://www.waccf.org.au/ (Affiliated with the International Chin Lai Paih Association < http://vocrnews.blogspot.com/2010/02/62nd-chin-national- day-celebration-in.html >) Contact James Mang Hram at 14. Australian Swiss Wrestling Club http://www.swiss.org.au/ (Affiliated with the Eidgenössischer Schwingerverband < http://www.esv.ch/news.php >) Contact John Jaeggi at 15. Mongol Bukh Australia http://www.mongol.org.au/ (Affiliated with the Pan Mongol Bukh Association < http://www.mongolbukh.mn/ >) Contact Jack Batkhuyag at < [email protected] > 16. African Wrestling & Sports Federation of Australia http://www.awsfaustralia.org/ (Affiliated with Traditional Sports Federation of Nigeria 17. Kushti Australia http://www.unitedwrestlingclub.com/ (Affiliated with the World Kushti Community < http://kushtiwrestling.blogspot.com/ >) Contact Kuldip Bassi 18. Glimasamband Astralia http://www.iaa.asn.au/en/e_index.htm (Affiliated with International Glima Association < http://internationalglima.com/ >) Contact Simmi at the Icelandic Association of Australia< [email protected]> 19. Australian Kazakh Kures Association http://ksoanetwork.ning.com/ (Affiliated with World Kazakh Kures Federation) Contact Andrew Fernyhough at the Kazakh Society of Australia 2 20. Australian Beach Wrestling Committee (Affiliated with Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées Yes the ASTW continues to expand & three new groups have been created since the last mail out, bringing us now to 20 separate organisations. Glimasamband Astralia was formed with a specific mandate to develop the Icelandic national sport of Glima in conjunction with the cultural organisation, the Icelandic Association of Australia. Glima is an unusual type of belt wrestling in which the wrestlers must maintain a completely upright posture throughout the match & it is now being embraced throughout Scandinavian countries as a lost martial art of the Vikings. The International Glima Association was formed in 2008, currently with 6 member nations & an annual Glima World Championship. When notified that a new group was being created to promote the sport in Australia they became quite excited by the prospect but also surprised that one was forming so far away from the Northern European Glima epi-centre. I will continue to keep information about this sport posted on this mail out & if you would like to learn more, get involved or even try the sport either contact myself or Simmi via the above email. Please do check out this video of what the sport looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_haS_FaTekE The Australian Kazakh Kures Association was developed under a similar principle, to link the sport with the Kazakh Society of Australia & develop it as a cultural activity amongst expatriate Kazakhs living in Australia. The president of the World Kazakh Kures Federation has given his support to this development and hopes to see Australians competing at a future World Kazakh Kures Championship. Although Kazakh Kures is an ancient sport, it has only recently been developed for an international circuit & is now recognised as a traditional wrestling style by FILA. Again this video gives a clear representation of the sport http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjLgYaGHa_s&feature=related The other group, the Australian Beach Wrestling Committee was formed with a different basis. Following along the lines of the Australian Pankration & Grappling Committee, with the idea to work closely with Wrestling Australia Inc to develop competitions, especially a national championship, in the FILA sport of Beach Wrestling, the Australian Beach Wrestling Committee has a long way to go before this comes to fruition. Noting the Australian passion for beach sports & surf culture it is surprising that this concept hasn’t already developed and new partnerships are already being formed with associate members of Surf Lifesaving Australia. Here is some video footage of the Beach Wrestling World Championship in Budva Montenegro last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_RjaKJNA3s The other essential events to report are that the ASTW now has its first official sponsor, the martial arts supplier Weapons Plus whose contact details can be seen below & our traditional wrestling events are now being reported in a new national magazine called “Rumble”, which although focusing on Professional Wrestling is also a broad spectrum media covering the international MMA scene & the Australian martial arts scene in general. I hope you are able to support Weapons Plus who are willing to import any & all equipment required for the Australian martial artist & you enjoy the information provided by Rumble Magazine, the first time that anyone has tried to unify the diverse Australian wrestling community in print media. 3 News 18.01.11 Mt Druitt Wrestling & Grappling Club; official opening of a multi-style combat grappling academy at Mt Druitt PCYC & the first indigenous run club in Australia, which is also the current HQ for the Coreeda Association; checkout the Facebook site for more details http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mount-Druitt-Wrestling-Grappling-Club/186543231370539 22.01.11 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Trials in Melbourne & Sydney; checkout the website for results http://www.adcombat.com/news/2011-01-26/adcc-world-championships-one-step-closer-adcc- australian-trials-results 26.01.11 Pan-Celtic Wrestling World Championships at the Celtic Australia Day gathering under the Harbour Bridge at Milsons Point in Sydney; congratulations to the professional MMA fighter Brian Ebersole who represented Ireland for this title http://www.celticcouncil.org.au/ 29.01.11 Wrestling Australia Inc, the Australian Sports Commission recognised National Sporting Organisation for wrestling has a newly elected committee with a traditional wrestler, Kuldip Bassi, as president & this should augur a positive new era for these sports in this country http://kushtiwrestling.blogspot.com/ 30.01.11 House of Power official opening at 3 Applebee St, St Peters in Sydney, the first ever traditional Persian zurkhaneh gymnasium established in Australia; if this of interest to you please call Kashi on 0295578333 for more information & checkout his instructional video below plus the Aussie team competing at the Zurkhaneh World Championships in Korea in 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-gkdcLzLhc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIICaClGkcU&feature=related 06.02.11 Tsagaan Sar Mongolian White Month & Chinese New Year Celebrations with a tournament in Mongolian Wrestling as run by Mongol Bukh Australia in Sydney at Belmore Park near Central Station & for the first time Aussies were invited to compete http://networkedblogs.com/bcr6M 16.02.11 Nittaidai Sports University visit to Sydney Uni from Japan & the sumo team can be seen on this video http://www.youtube.com/user/cwmisc#p/u/7/HQNACstzJDg 24.02.11 Oceania Wrestling Championships in Apia Samoa; for results see this website http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=2-1077-0-0-0&sID=13410 26.02.11 Anatolian Festival at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne with Yagli Gures (oil wrestling) performance as per this website & video link, while you can also watch their performance on Australia’s Got Talent http://www.istanbul.org.au/TurkGunu.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck14vqkz8ag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuEJ0BUwf-o 4 05.03.11 Turk Wrestling Australia Gallipoli Club official opening at Gallipoli Mosque Auburn NSW http://parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/good-oil-on-turkish-wrestling/ 05.03.11 Australian Federation of BJJ QLD Championship Brisbane http://bjjcomp.com/ 06.03.11 South Coast Wrestling Championship Lake Illawarra PCYC NSW http://www.pcycnsw.org/lakeillawarra 12.03.11 Shoyoen Japanese Gardens Dubbo Sumo & Mongolian Wrestling Demonstrations as seen on this video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44bwYJnyco 13.03.11 International Sport Karate Association Pankration & Grappling Tournament at the Whitlam Centre in Liverpool NSW http://infinitemma.com/community/index.php/forum/viewthread/16622/ 13-29.03.11 Osaka Ozumo Honbasho televised nightly at Sapporo Restaurant Crows Nest NSW http://www.sapporo.com.au/ 18.03.11 Australian Federation of BJJ Victorian Championship Melbourne http://bjjcomp.com/ 20.03.11 Budo Ryu Kempo Club Kids Sumo Tournament St Marys RSL Youth Club NSW http://mt-druitt-standard.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/st-marys-sumo-youth-to shine/ 20.03.11 NSW Wrestling Championship Campbelltown PCYC NSW http://www.nswwrestling.com.au/?m=201104 20.03.11 Chin National Day Lai Paih tournament Perth WA http://chincommunity.com/ 20.03.11 Australian Federation of BJJ WA No Gi Championship Perth http://bjjcomp.com/ 03.04.11 City of Sydney Wrestling Championship Hornsby PCYC NSW http://www.pcycnsw.org/hornsby 10.04.11 Oz Warrior Pankration & Grappling Tournament Nowra NSW http://ozwarrior.com/ 10.04.11 Australian Federation of BJJ SA Championship Adelaide http://bjjcomp.com/ 5 11.04.11 Rumble Magazine; launch of a new national magazine dedicated to wrestling in its many forms, specialising in professional wrestling but with lots of info about MMA, Sumo & much more http://www.rumblemagazine.com.au/ 16.04.11 Australian Federation of BJJ NSW No Gi Championship Sydney http://bjjcomp.com/ 22.04.11 National Kabaddi Championship at the Australian Sikh Games in Adelaide SA http://gurunanakadelaidegames.com.au/newsindetail.php?newsid=34 24.04.11 Oceania Sumo Championships on the Gold Coast QLD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AVXoRHMYGs&feature=relmfu http://www.jdphotographics.com/Sports/Sumo-Wrestling 01.05.11 International Sports Jujitsu Association Pankration & Grappling Tournament at Kellyville NSW http://www.sportjujitsu.org/SPORT-JUJITSU.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K_4O9d4eK9o#at=62 Up & Coming Events 8-22.05.11 Tokyo Ozumo Honbasho televised nightly at Sapporo Restaurant Crows Nest NSW http://www.sapporo.com.au/ 07.05.11 Queensland Wrestling Championship Windsor QLD http://www.wrestlingqld.org.au/calendar2011.pdf 08.05.11 Australian Federation of BJJ WA Championship Perth http://bjjcomp.com/ 14.05.11 Australia Challenge invitational wrestling tournament in Adelaide SA http://www.wrestlingsa.com.au/index.php/blog/ 14-15.05.11 Shuai Jiao World Championship Tainan Taiwan http://www.ickf- kuoshu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79:2011internationalkuoshutournam entcontestrulesandregulations&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 11-12.06.11 JFA Australian Judo Championships in Perth WA http://www.ausjudo.com.au/jfa/global 17.06.11 Icelandic National Day Glima display at Toukley NSW http://www.iaa.asn.au/en/e_index.htm 6 20.06.11 Australian Federation of BJJ NSW Championship Sydney http://bjjcomp.com/ 25-26.06.11 Australian Wrestling Championships in Melbourne Vic http://vic.wrestling.com.au/2011_Australian_National_Championships.pdf 22.06.11 Seoul World Ssireum Championship Seoul South Korea http://worldssireum.com/mboard/board.asp?board_code=eng_schedule&mode=view&seq=201 27.06.11-03.07.11 650th Kirkpinar Festival Edirne Turkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obt6t4so424 08.07.11 Inaugural First Nations Coreeda Championship in Bourke PCYC NSW http://www.pcycnsw.org/bourke 10-13 International Sports Specialist Inc Down Under Sports Freestyle & Beach Wrestling tournament on the Gold Coast QLD http://issi-usa.net/Sports/Wrestling.aspx 11-13.07.11 Naadam Festival Ulaanbaatar Mongolia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgtGn8fSmLg 10-24.07.11 Nagoya Ozumo Honbasho televised nightly at Sapporo Restaurant Crows Nest http://www.sapporo.com.au/ We now have our first official sponsor in; Weapons Plus - Martial Arts Supplies Website: www.weaponsplus.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/WeaponsPlusAustralia Twitter: www.twitter.com/weaponsplus Email: [email protected] Phone: 0423335885 Please support them so they can continue to support us & I leave you with another quote from Lee Kemp "Wrestling has positively impacted my life in many ways, but perhaps the one singular thing that I gained from wrestling that stands out the most is wrestling provided me with the opportunity to learn mental toughness" Hasta La Vista Gavin 7 This newsletter has been mailed to 3255 subscribers. 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