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Cuju
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2025-04-18
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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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