Reviving The Sports of Kings | Sh Ibrahim Osi Efa
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- 15th June 2014 - A free workshop session to gain vital insights into the Sunnah arts and sports. With practical demonstrations by champion Bulgarian wrestler, ALATIN MILAZIMOV followed by a main lecture on Sunnah sports & wrestling by the renowned Ustadh Shaykh IBRAHIM OSI-EFA.
Biography | Alatin Milazimov
Alatin Milazimov was born in Ustna, Polovdiv and descends from a line of Ottoman Turks who settled in modern-day Bulgaria when it was under Ottoman rule. Bulgaria is renowned for its love of wrestling. Alatin is one who shares that love and has devoted his time and wealth in practising the sport and training others. One could comment that the sport is in his blood as one of his uncles, Nejdet Zalev, won the Silver Medal in Freestyle Wrestling (bantamweight) in the 1960 Summer Olympics which were held in Rome.
He first started training at the tender age of seven and by the age of ten, won his first Gold Medal at a regional competition. He repeated this feat a year later and became a Junior National Champion at the age of twelve. During the next few years, he entered numerous competitions, most notably the DKMS competition, where he came second, and the Bulgarian National competition, where he came third. As each year passed, his skill developed and by the age of fifteen he won the latter competition for the first time.
Soon after, he decided to train with adults and his travels took him to Germany where he competed with bantamweight wrestlers that were two years his senior. He then went to Turkey and spent eight months training with another of his uncles (Burhan Sabancioglu) who was a World & European Champion in Freestyle wrestling. Whilst there, he took part in a national competition and came third. After returning to Bulgaria, he took part in national competitions at both Junior level (where he came first) and Adult level (where he came fourth). When he reached eighteen, he managed to come second in the same competition and third in an international competition (held in Moldova). Thereafter, he was conscripted to the Bulgarian Army and served for eighteen months which forced him to put his wrestling career on hold.
In 1997, he left the army and resumed his career in wrestling by becoming a coach in the sport. He coached numerous teams throughout his career, but one of his great achievements was to coach a team that came third in the national competition in Bulgaria. This same team then came first in 1998. Over the next few years, his team dominated the competition and usually competed for the top three spots. A significant number of individuals that made up the team went on to become professional wrestlers themselves and from amongst them there were the likes of Emin Eminov who became a European Champion. Emin Eminov along with others from his team, most notably Metin Hidir and Tefik Rustemov, went on to represent Bulgaria in the national team.
Alatin’s career in coaching saw him become president of the main wrestling club in Polovdov (the second largest city in Bulgaria). He achieved much in that role where a number of his students regularly contended for the top five places (the highest being third) in national competitions over a number of years. In addition, one of his younger students won a gold medal in one of the junior competitions.
Alatin currently resides in his home tome and continues to train others in wrestling.
What type of martial arts are recommended for women besides archery and horseback riding? Is wrestling recommended too?
Thanks for your question. We know there is running (races) which is a encouraged Sunnah, fitness training, spear play, archery, swimming, and horse riding. "Teach your children swimming and archery, and tell them to jump on the horse's back." Hunting also. This can all be confirmed for you. We can make contact with the scholar. In regards wrestling, it might be but I am not sure - we would certainly know martial arts would be recommended.
TheBlessedHub Thank you for your response. When you say martial arts what does that include exactly? I think of kung fu or qi gong. Does that count according to the sunnah. Please let me know.
Yes, martial arts is of course a broad term so it could be anything, rightly so. This does include wrestling and archery. In fact according to some sources archery can be traced back to Adam (as). As far as "sunnah" we are aware of as above: archery (some refer as walking), swimming, horse-riding etc..
Everything else is traced either to the companions and thereafter. E.g. 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (r) was known for his martial arts (ninjutsu). Then there's the arts such as wing chun, Judo, Tae Kwon Doe, Grappling- American Combat, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, karate, striking & boxing etc..There are many arts like Silat that are often traced to Muslim origins.
Among the Chinese Martial Arts - or to use your term “kung fu” - Tan Tui is worth considering in the context of transmitted formulas. To mention another example, the Green Dragon Sword style of Wang Ziping belongs both to kung fu and to the practice with swords.
Again, we will confirm things with the scholars for you. This is an interesting read: sunnahmuakada.com/2014/06/12/1001-years-of-missing-islamic-martial-arts/
TheBlessedHub WOW! SO fascinating. You just made my day. Jazakullah Khair, May Allah preserveTheBlessedHub and everyone affiliated. Can't wait to read the article!
TheBlessedHub how do you link ninjutsu to Ali (ra)?