Surprisingly, the small hairdresser 'defeated' many strong opponents

Today, February 7, the 10th day of the first lunar month, Sinh village (also known as Lai An village, Hue city ) is bustling with drum beats and cheers for the traditional wrestling festival to begin. Thousands of people from all over the place flock here to watch the wrestling and are ready to go up to the stage to compete if needed.

People from all over come to Sinh village to see the first animals of the year.

This festival has been held by Sinh villagers for hundreds of years, as a traditional cultural activity rich in martial spirit, encouraging the training of health, courage, confidence and intelligence of the young people in the village.

The wrestlers participating in this year's festival are people in good health, coming from all over Hue City, there are even wrestlers from Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai ...

Any audience can register to compete.

Mr. Phan Hieu (27 years old, residing in Huong Phong commune, Phu Xuan district, Hue city) is one of the familiar faces at Sinh village wrestling festival.

Returning to the At Ty spring wrestling festival, the wrestler with a small body (1.65 m tall, 60 kg) "treated" the audience with beautiful, eye-catching competitions.

Mr. Phan Hieu easily defeated many strong opponents.

In the first round, Mr. Hieu faced a wrestler who was physically superior to him, 1.75 m tall and 75 kg in weight. However, after only 2 minutes in the ring, with experienced performances such as lifting the armpits and showing the ribs, Mr. Hieu knocked his opponent down in a "dirty back and white belly" position.

The unique feature of the Sinh village wrestling festival is that any audience can register to participate, so right after that, a "big" audience member from Sinh village registered to go to the wrestling ring to compete with Mr. Hieu.

Mr. Hieu showed many beautiful and fierce wrestling moves to defeat his opponent.

This guy left a strong impression on the audience with his bright smile.

Both wrestlers quickly got into the fight, competing fiercely, attractively and beautifully. But after only 3 minutes, the big wrestler was easily defeated by Mr. Hieu.

What makes many viewers interested in this agile wrestler is not only his skillful skills and competitive experience but also his bright smile...

In the third round, he faced a wrestler from Binh Dinh, who had superior height and physique. After 30 minutes of struggling in the ring, Mr. Hieu was defeated by his opponent, temporarily stopped playing but still received applause from the audience.

The audience excitedly followed the dramatic matches.

Leaving the competition floor, Mr. Hieu shared with Thanh Nien reporter: "Every year I participate in this wrestling festival to improve my health and bring joy to everyone, so winning or losing is not too important. The opponent who beat me was very strong and experienced," Mr. Hieu said.

Mr. Hieu shared that he is a barber but loves sports . Every day, he jogs and goes to the gym to maintain his health. He also won the youth championship in Sinh village wrestling twice.

To win, wrestlers must defeat their opponents with strikes that leave them "dirty on the back and white on the stomach."

The Sinh village wrestling festival takes place all day long. If a wrestler loses, another wrestler will immediately take over. Basically, the Sinh village wrestling festival follows the principles of traditional wrestling competition. Wrestlers who want to pass the qualifying round must win against 3 opponents.

To win, wrestlers must defeat their opponents with a strike that leaves them "dirty on the back and white on the belly" (meaning part or both of their backs are dirty, with their stomachs facing up). The first-place wrestler receives areca nuts, betel leaves, wine, a pig's head, a flag, a medal, and prize money.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hoi-vat-lang-sinh-bat-ngo-chang-tho-toc-nho-con-ha-nhieu-doi-thu-nang-ky-185250207161913424.htm