The Badminton Magazine 1896-10: Vol 3 Iss 15 (1896)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 52
GAMES OF THE FAR EAST 431 history, which goes back to a date earlier than the Christian era. A certain Kehaya, a man of huge strength and stature, in fact the Goliath of his time, challenged all the world to wrestle with him. Provoked by his boasting, the Emperor found an antagonist … who kicked Kehaya in the ribs and killed him. Eight centuries later the Imperial throne itself was wrestled for, not by the claimants in person, but by their champions. About the same time the office of champion wrestler was instituted. The holder had a fan—imagine a Cornish or North-country…
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