1. Presented by: Ts. Gantuya

2. At the end of these lesson
students will know about
Mongolian and Japanese
national sports and
compare them

3. Mongolia wrestling is one the three
"manly" sports but actually there
are four types of sports and these are
not truly manly except the wrestling.
They are wrestling, horse racing,
archery and "shagai", here sheep
ankle bones serve as target.

4. • Mongolia wrestling
tournaments have 9 or
10 rounds depending on
the number of 512 or
1024 wrestlers registred
for the compotition that
year. If the wrestler wins
5 rounds , he will be
awarded title “nachin” 6
rounds “hartsaga” 7
rounds zaan”elephant”8
rounds garuda, 9 rounds
arslan”lion” and 10
rounds awarga”Titan”

5. • Archery was an
inseparable part of
Mongolia. History
ever since it was
invented some
20000 years ago.
Today we use 60-
72 gram arrows
and this is ten
times heavier than
those needed for
distant shooting.

6. Asashoryu Dagvadorj
• He was the 68th yokozuna in
the history of the sport in
Japan and became the first
Mongolian to reach sumo's
highest rank in January in
2003. He was one of most
successful yokazuna ever. He
won 25 top division
tournaments championship,
placing him third on the all
time list.

7. • The wrestling ring is a raised clay platform
with bales of straw half buried in the clay
to outline the circular ring. Wrestlers wear
only a thick belt which can be grasped by
the opponent and used to lever the wearer
out of the ring.

8. Six tournaments are held every year, each one
lasting 15 days. Three of the tournaments are
held in Tokyo (January, May, September), and
one each in Osaka (March), Nagoya (July) and
Fukuoka (November).

9. At the top of the sumo wrestlers'
hierarchy (banzuke) stands the
yokozuna (grand champion). At the
moment, there is only one yokozuna,
Asashoryu from Mongolia. Once a
wrestler reaches the rank of
yokozuna, he cannot lose it anymore.
However, he is expected to retire as
soon as his results are starting to
worsen.

10. Horse racing
• Children from the
ages of 5 to 13
are chosen as
jockeys and the
race tests the
horses skill and
riders. The horse
races are broken
down into six
categories based
on the age of the
horses.

11. Sumo clothes
• In sumo, a
mawashi “Japanese”
is the belt that the
rikishi “sumo's
wrestler” wears
during training or in
compotition. Rikishi,
it is made of silk
and comes and
variety of colors.

12. Champion of Mongolia
• Bat-Erdene is
widely regarded in
Mongolia as one
of the successful.
Between 1988-
1999, he has in
total won 11
national level
tournaments in the
Naadam.

13. Wrestling costume
• The traditional
wrestling costume
consist of red
waisecoat open in
the front called a
“zodog “ blue
wrestling trunks
called “shuudag”
and high boots
“gutul”

14. Using present simple,
past simple all forms
of verb

15. To write composition about
my favourite sport

16. We have studied comparing
mongolian and japanese national
sports