From the Islamic Middle East throughout the Indian subcontinent to China and Japan, wrestlers—mostly however not completely male—embodied and enacted the values of their cultures. The wrestler’s energy was at all times greater than a merely private statement. More typically than not, the boys who strained and struggled understood themselves to be involved in a religious endeavour. Prayers, incantations, and rituals of purification have been for centuries an essential facet of the hand-to-hand combat of Islamic wrestlers.
- The 6-4 guard, the Horizon League defensive participant of the year this past season, reunites with Dennis Gates at MU.
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