Special Thanks To:
Hannelore Franck of Yper Museum, Geert Souvereyns of Musea Brugge, Bernard Pauwels of Kortrijk Erfgoed en Musea, Stephane Debonne, Claude Vandewoestyne of Stedelijke Oudheidkundige Commissie Wervik – Geluwe, the staff of Kortrijk 1302 Museum, Wervik, Beernem and Geluwe Libraries and to my friends Bernard Vandamme of Bruges (Belgium), Paul Lengkeek of Utrecht (Netherlands) and Jannes Huizing of Groningen (Netherlands), also to my friends from Limburg, Belgium, namely Luk Indesteege, Jos Sterk and Karel Velherst of Bibliotheek Hasselt (Limburg, Belgium).
Dear Friends, I am happy to present this historical document which contains very important information regarding the rules of the traditional Austrian Ranggeln Wrestling competitions from the 1870s. The document is an extract from the story called “Der Kernschuss” written by Dr. A. Silberstein. The language of the document is German. Enjoy the read! Thanks. Ruslan C Pashayev
Dear Friends,
I am happy to present the newspaper articles from the 1841 Dr. Franz Wild's “Baierscher Eilbote“, printed in Munich, Germany.
Dear Friends,
I am happy to present the article on Ranggeln traditional style of wrestling from the 1908 book by Karl Adrian called "Salzburger Volksspiele Aufzüge und Tänze"
SAVING THE LEGACY: THE PREHISPANIC BALLGAME
Arturo Iván Sánchez Monroy
Archeologist from the National School of Anthropology and History from Mexico
Member of Mexican Federation of Traditional Sports and Games.
Dear Friends,
I am happy to present a 1822 "Sporting Magazine" article about the traditional Devon Style of Wrestling called "Wrestling In The West".
Enjoy the read.
Wrestling For The Boar’s Head. 1800’s Hornchurch, Essex, England.
Foreword.
This article is dedicated to my dear friend, the four-time British Heavyweight Pro Wrestling Champion, Mr. Tony St. Clair.
Wrestling in the Salzburg Mountains
(THE OLD RULES OF RANGGELN WRESTLING)
Special thanks to my dear friends Rosi Hörhager, Günther Heim and Eva-Maria Schweiger.
INTRODUCTION OF PRO WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NIMES, FRANCE, XIV CENTURY