Under bright lights at Mongolia's national stadium in Ulaanbaatar, Namsraijav Batsuuri grapples fiercely to defend his title in a traditional wrestling competition that is part of the famous Naadam festival.Batsuuri was once an aspiring sumo wrestler, but a challenging period in Japan forced him to return home, where he found the grappling success he long sought overseas.With similarities to Japanese sumo and other types of folk wrestling, bokh, as Mongolia's national combat sport is known, is one of the mainstays of the annual Naadam cultural celebration.Unlike sumo, competitors in bokh ma…READ FULL ARTICLE
