Exploring our common grappling heritage

Is it possible to revive a dead folk-wrestling style?

Over the course of human history, countless little facets of our collective cultural heritage have been lost as empires have risen and...

The Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, is the coldest place on Earth outside of Antarctica. A 3-million-km2 expanse of unforgiving taiga...

Lavell Marshall is a world champion and 5-time US national champion in Shuai Jiao, a form of Chinese jacket wrestling. For the...

The first in a series of podcasts looking at some of the obscure folk-wrestling styles from around the world. This one explores...

On the Podcast page, you can stream every episode or download them in MP3 format and listen later. It’s also available on...

In the western world, our conceptions of Vietnam are often limited to the Vietnam War - that prolonged and devastating conflict in...