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Episode 7: Great Giants of the Middle World: Sakha Khapsagai

Episode 7: Great Giants of the Middle World: Sakha Khapsagai

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

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The Kimura Traps of Angkor

The Kimura Traps of Angkor

The traditional wrestling of Cambodia, Bok Cham Bab, has a history stretching back to the days when the Khmer Empire was the...

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Why no BJJ, judo, sambo, or Greco-Roman on the folk wrestling map?

Why no BJJ, judo, sambo, or Greco-Roman on the folk wrestling map?

When I first released the “Grappling Around the World” map that details 74 folk-wrestling styles on 6 continents, one question that kept...

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

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Episode 4: “O Sword, Forged in Khevsureti”: Georgian Chidaoba

Episode 4: “O Sword, Forged in Khevsureti”: Georgian Chidaoba

The Caucasus mountains, a 750-mile-long chain of rock and ice stretching between the Black and Caspian seas, have traditionally been regarded as...

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Episode 5: By Law Shall Land Be Built: Icelandic Glíma

Episode 5: By Law Shall Land Be Built: Icelandic Glíma

One of the last major landmasses to be settled by human beings, Iceland is nowadays a thriving modern nation that boasts a...

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