The Wrestler's Body

[Masakatsu Funaki #1]

Joseph S. Alter, The Wrestler's Body:
The Wrestler's Body: Identity and Ideology in North India

Everyone should atleast read chapter five, "The Discpline of the Wrestler's Body" (Specifically Jor)

 

[spalterego]

WTF.

First . . . really confused person to read that and wonder why the heck you thought that interesting.

 

[Masakatsu Funaki #1]

WTF.

First . . . really confused person to read that and wonder why the heck you thought that interesting.

To each his own I suppose.

 

[spalterego]

It is just so far off of the practical aspect of the sport. I read the chapter you suggested as well as skimmed some others and the author really comes off (to me at least) as a typical pointy headed intellectual who had to write a scholarly paper about something and this is what he came up with.

I've seen some Indian wrestling and it seemed fairly interesting but this monograph was pretty esoteric.

 

[Masakatsu Funaki #1]

It is just so far off of the practical aspect of the sport. I read the chapter you suggested as well as skimmed some others and the author really comes off (to me at least) as a typical pointy headed intellectual who had to write a scholarly paper about something and this is what he came up with.

I've seen some Indian wrestling and it seemed fairly interesting but this monograph was pretty esoteric.

I think the author is just trying to touch base with all aspects of the sport, including the spiritual.

 

[spalterego]

Yeah but he used too many big words. We all know cauliflower ear causes hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

 

[Masakatsu Funaki #1]

Yeah but he used too many big words. We all know cauliflower ear causes hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

lol, valid point.

 

[smileyman22336]

Hi.

 

[Orion]

Hi.

Hows it goin?

 

[smileyman22336]

Hows it goin?

Good, you?

 

[K Ja]

A/s/l?

 

[Afro thunder]

A/s/l?

idk my bff jill

 

[Belatucadros]

idk my bff jill

well played

 

[Simco]

I think it's Rose.