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Seoul Sights

Jangchung Gymnasium

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  • Address
    • 200-102 Jangchung-dong
  • Transport
    • line 3 to Dongguk University, Exit 5
  • Phone
    • 02 2237 6800

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Ssireum is Korean-style wrestling, more like Mongolian wrestling than Japanese sumo. Wrestlers start off kneeling, then grab their opponent’s piece of cloth – satba (tied around the waist and thighs) – and try to throw each other to the ground. Major ssireum competitions are held at Jangchung Gymnasium during the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays.

 

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