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by
Ciro Santilli
(@cirosantilli,
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)
Cuju (蹴鞠)
Lit. "to kick (leather) ball".
Figures notbaly in
Water Margin
, where it is played by
Gao Qiu
. The novel also suggests that it was considered a lesser art, e.g. as opposed to the scholarly
Four arts
and the "proper" martial arts.
Figure 1
.
Source
.
Video 1
. Ancient Chinese Football Freestylers by Tifo Football (2021)
Source
. Mentions that it was popular in the
Ming dynasty
, but then, if you will, the ball fell off a bit.
Video 2
. Bernardo cuju challenge by Manchester City (2019)
Source
.
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