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Post Last Edit by HangPC2 at 28-5-2011 16:23
Seni Mempertahankan Diri dari Iran
Zurkhaneh (House Of Power)
Zurkhaneh or Zourkhaneh (Persian: زورخانه ; literally house of strength) is the Iranian traditional powerhouse (gymnaism), in which the national and traditional Iranian sport, Varzesh-e Pahlavani (Sport of the Warriors) or Varzesh-e Bāstāni (Sport of the Ancients) is practiced.
Zourkhaneh is not only a place for physical exercises but also a place for learning chivalrous behaviors. The Zourkhaneh-participents are first expected to be pure, truthful, and good tempered and then strong in body. The Zourkhaneh and Varzesh-e Pahlavani have their roots in Iranian culture, date back to at least two thousand years ago.
Pahlavan Pourya-ye Vali and Pahlavan Takhti were among the modern famous Zourkhaneh athletes.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zourkhaneh
International Zurkhaneh Sports Federation
http://www.zurkhaneh.com/eng/
Varzesh-e Pahlavani (Sports Of Warrior)
Varzesh-e Pahlavani ( Persian varzesh-e pahlavānī ورزش پهلوانی ) meaning the Sport of Warriors, also known as Varzesh-e Bastani ( Persian varzesh-e bāstnī ورزش باستانی ) , meanin the Sport of Ancient, is the Traditional Iranian Martial Arts, which was originally an academy of physical training and a nursery for warriors against foreign invaders similar in purpose to Korean, Japanese and Chinese martial arts.
For past 4,000 years Iranians have aquired this traditional sport, and enriched it with, various disciplines of moral, ethic, philosophy, and mystic values of Iranian civilization and culture. Subsequently, Varzesh-e Pahlavani has emerged as a unique moral and physical institution, having incorporated the pre-Islamic rituals of Zoroastrianism as well as Mithraism, with spiritual richness of Sufism, and distinctive heroism of Iranian nationalism. The heroes of this academy are known as the Pahlavāns (the Warriors or Heroes).
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varzesh-e_Pahlavani
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