Hunteruh
There are many moves in Mongolian Wrestling, ᠪᠥᠬᠡ (“Bokh”) and one of the most signature is ᠬᠥᠨᠲᠦᠷᠬᠦ or хөнтрөх, pronounced “Hunteruh”. Place one leg between your opponent’s feet, turn and twist. Simple as that. There are probably as many variations of Hunteruh as there are wrestlers. There are also those that call it ᠲᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷᠤᠤ or тонгороо, pronounced Tongoroo.
Erdenchogt demonstrating on Mergenbiliq, both Coaches of Mongolian Wrestling
It appears it may have been called ᠮᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ Murimbi in Manchurian. As we know in the late 1800s the wrestling art began to be taught to Hui and Han Chinese giving rise to Bokh’s little brother Shuai Jiao（摔跤，摔角）from the Manchu Buku (wrestling). In Mandarin Chinese it is 崴 Wǎi. The 保定快跤 Baoding Fast Wrestling branch often teaches the thigh to thigh version as 甩 Shuǎi. Calf knocking against the opponent’s shin is known as 彈 Tán (sometimes considered a different class of technique).
When you cut across both of the legs, it is known as 蹩 Bié.
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Demo found at: https://youtu.be/ZqSE5A7CZFw?si=skaxCiRpyBHxmZ5Z
At first glance many people might dismiss this technique. Perhaps it’s not flashy enough. It doesn’t have the same feel as a “drop seoi nage” or “uchimata” in Judo. It doesn’t have the wow factor of lifting and dumping from a high crotch or launching someone with a suplex. It comes from a very different crucible.
In the most prevalent style of Bokh in Inner Mongolia (China) you cannot touch the ground with anything but the soles of your boots or your lose. You can’t grab the legs. There’s no weight classes, no time limit and a lot of the competitions are outside on the sand, dirt, grass and gravel. Throwing yourself to the ground in order to score a takedown is usually foolish. Hunteruh is a primary move here. In Shuai Jiao there are similar rules, and while there are weight classes, leg grabs, time limits and wrestling mats - you cannot touch with anything but the soles of your shoes or you lose - Hunteruh, or Wai, is very popular and a classic technique. Mongolia’s Khalkha national Bokh is interesting in that both hands and feet can touch but nothing else - and leg grabs are allowed. Yet here too, this move shines.
Hunteruh as used in Khalkha Bokh
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Aside from the basic shape of the technique, there are so many ways to do it. Some angle out wide and give the opponent an enormous space to fall into. Others shift in close and utilize the lengthening of the waist, rolling low and then twisting out to unbalance and flip their rival. Some explosively pop the shin of their opponent and quickly snap them forwards. Others bump the opponent’s leg with their thigh or hip even to jolt them and send them into the earth with a deeply committed twist and turn of the waist and shoulders. Everyone has their favorite movement mechanics and tactical setups and it works whether you intend to throw and stay standing or you are going to pressure through into pinning the opponent on the ground. You can keep twisting and pressuring it through on a resistant opponent, you can do it twice in rapid succession, you can also easily combo it with other techniques such as a slick sweep as the opponent swings around trying to regain their balance. The fact it is a classic move in a truly unforgiving art speaks to its efficacy.
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