Mas - Wrestling
Mas-Wrestling – it is a kind of martial art from Yakutia. Its essence consists in pulling of a stick by two athletes. Athletes sit down against each other, their feet abut on a board and by the command of the referee try to pull over the opponent on his side or to pull out a stick from the opponent’s hands.
The pledge of a victory is to keep balance and bring out of balance the opponent. For this purpose there is a movement legs along the board (athletes call it “to run on the board”), act body and hands, when the stick is unscrewed by horizontal and vertical (by rules only up to 90 degrees).
It is important that the opponent didn’t pull out a stick in the first seconds with the fast movement. For this purpose athletes have to have such qualities as ability to react quickly, make decisions quickly, counterattack. The athlete can even pull over the opponent on his side, for this purpose there is an action when the athlete, planting the feet on a board of an emphasis and raising the center of body weight makes additional lever effort. Each match goes up to two victories and can consist of two or three bouts.
Competitions are held on a platform of 4 x 5 m, no more than 0,8 m high. Requirements to sports equipment, the equipment and the training venue and competition venue are determined by rules. On all inventory and equipment there are certificates of conformity state standard specifications. Technical specifications on their production are also approved.
The modern name of this kind of martial art was offered by the first Olympic Champion in free-style wrestling from the Sakha people Roman Dmitriyev. “Mas” in translation from Yakut means “wooden stick”, “Wrestling” from English – “struggle”. From his easy hand, with the new name the Yakut Mas-Wrestling surely spreading on the world.
Uniqueness and advantages
At the seeming external simplicity, Mas-Wrestling helps athletes to develop comprehensively and harmoniously as during a bout all groups of muscles are involved. At systematically engaged Mas-wrestlers is formed the muscular corset allowing maintaining serious loadings.
The Yakut Mas-Wrestling as a way of check of power and endurance of the person exists in singular in the world as the incredible technique and functionality of work of all groups of muscles is in it.
In comparison with the last century the rules of Mas-Wrestling have strongly changed. The stick was just pulled earlier, sitting still. Later enthusiasts have begun to try to use different methods, run on the board with the purpose to beat the opponent out from balance, introduced restriction on time, etc. All this promoted rapid growth of popularity of the revived sport, it became more spectacular and dynamic, now competitions and television broadcastings from the place of events steadily attract interest of the most general public.
Mas-Wrestling – democratic sport as men, women, children and veterans can compete in it.
For engaging in Mas-Wrestling isn’t necessary the expensive inventory, also specially equipped sports constructions aren’t required. It is possible to organize competitions easily in the summer in the open air, and in the winter – on the small platform in any room.
One more advantage of Mas-Wrestling – its injury prevention. Nothing threatens the athletes who are well warmed before a bout unless it is possible to break callosities on palms which are formed at constantly engaged athletes.
