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Par | By Jason Santerre
Jeu d’âne
Goat Games
Bouzkachi, le nom du sport
Buzkashi, the name of Afghan-
national de l’Afghanistan, se
traduit
sommairement
istan’s national sport, trans-
par
lates into something like goat
grabbing. Laugh if you must,
« agrippe l’âne ». Vous pou-
but here is a sport with cen-
vez rire, mais voici un sport qui
turies’ worth of history played
compte des siècles d’histoire
by men who are more warrior
et qui est pratiqué par des
than athlete. The object of the
hommes qui se rapprochent
game is to do just as the name
plus du guerrier que de l’athlète.
implies: grab a goat. Don’t
Le but du jeu est de faire exacte-
worry, it’s very much dead.
ment comme l’implique le nom :
agripper un âne. Mais ne vous
Now carry the goat carcass
inquiétez pas, l’animal est bien mort. Maintenant, il faut apporter la
across the goal line. Sounds easy enough. But sounds are deceiv-
bien, détrompez-vous, car vous devez non seulement porter ladite
your legs while riding horseback and with several other riders try-
carcasse d’âne jusqu’au fil d’arrivée. Ça vous semble plutôt facile? Et
chose sans vie, mais vous devez le faire avec vos jambes, en montant
à cheval et avec d’autres joueurs qui essaient par plusieurs moyens de
vous enlever votre âne. g
ing. Not only must you carry said lifeless form you must do so with
ing many tricks to get your goat.
To outsiders, Buzkashi looks like something out of a historical
film about the life and times of Genghis Khan. Makes sense. The
sport’s roots run deep in warfare and cavalrytraining techniques. Riders must be in fine
shape and horses must be of a certain breed
to handle the close encounters and spirited
melees. If you like horses as much as trying
something taxing and new, this might be the
sport for you.
Punch Drunk
Just when you thought you had heard and
seen it all, along comes Zui Quan, otherwise
known as drunken boxing. Practitioners actually stutter-step, waddle, sway to and fro,
and fall down like a sailor stumbling out of
the saloon after six weeks at sea.
But these seemingly unsteady and un-
focussed movements are Zui Quan’s secrets
to success. A fighter must keep a clear mind in
order to conceal combative strikes in a drunkard-like motion. Confusing the opponent is
key to winning the upper hand. To witness a
fine display of Zui Quan, watch the 1978 Hong
Kong martial arts film, Drunken Master starring a very young and very sober Jackie Chan.
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