The ancient form of martial arts – prestigious kurash competitions are now regularly organized on five continents of the world.
By the Asian Olympic Council, Kurash has been officially included in the Program of the Children’s, Beach, Indoor and Martial Arts and Summer Asian Games.
All of us are happy that the terms “kurash”, “halol”, “ta’zim”, “to’xta”, and “yonbosh” have taken a strong place in the international sports dictionary as a historical legacy of kurash, which is revered as a symbol of bravery, tolerance, nobility and honesty.
On July 15 of this year, the International Kurash Institute, in cooperation with the International Kurash Association, held an international online seminar for referees of the kurash federations of Southeast Asian countries at the kurash complex of the Uzbekistan State University of Physical Education and Sports. 76 kurash referees from the kurash federations of Southeast Asian countries: China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Macau, Pakistan and more than 10 other countries participated in this seminar online through the ZOOM platform.
The opening ceremony of the event was attended by Shakhrillo Mahmudov, the deputy minister of sports of Uzbekistan, Mahmudjon Boltaboev, Rector of the University of Physical Education, Mansur Mirzaev, the head of the IKA department, Ravshan Dastirov, the chairman of the Uzbekistan Belt Kurash Federation, and Habibulla Tadjiev, the Rector of the International Kurash Institute.
Distinguished guests spoke about the significant development of kurash today, its popularity, its place and prestige in the world sports arenas, and future plans.
In the seminar, experienced experts of the International Kurash Association and the International Kurash Institute, Mr. Mohammad Reza Nassiri, the head of the IKI Scientific Department, and Mr. Kim Eurjoong, an international kurash referee and expert of the IKI Educational Department, taught all the rules and instructions of kurash refereeing in a theoretical and practical manner.
The main goal of this international online seminar is to train and retrain referees of kurash federations in the Southeast Asian region, to further improve the knowledge and skills of referees before prestigious international competitions scheduled to be held based on the current schedule of the IKA, as well as scientific research on kurash refereeing to provide information about new training manuals and important news.
It should be noted that this year the International Kurash Institute plans to hold a series of offline and online international seminars and trainings for referees of world kurash federations.
