Gatka

Gatka is a form of martial art associated primarily with the Sikhs of the Punjab and other related ethnic groups, such as Hindkowans. It is a style of stick-fighting, with wooden sticks intended to simulate swords. The Punjabi name, gatka, refers to the wooden stick used and this term might have originated as a diminutive of a Sanskrit word, gada, meaning "mace".

Malla-yuddha

Malla-yuddha is the traditional form of combat-wrestling originating in India. It is closely related to Southeast Asian wrestling styles such as naban and is one of the two ancestors of kushti. Indian wrestling is described in the 13th century Malla

Batuo

The dhyana master Buddhabhadra was the first abbot of Shaolin Monastery, who hailed from Southern India

Gulam

Gulam was an Indian practitioner of pehlwani. Gulam participated in early catch wrestling tournaments in Europe. At 5 feet 9 inches and 280 pounds, Gulam wrestled in Paris in 1900 at the time of 1900 World's Fair

Corcilius

Corcilius is a German surname recorded from the 18th century in the German Rhineland, more specifically in the county of Wied-Neuwied

Tarikh-i Dost Sultan

Ötemish Hajji was a historian of Khwarezm, author of Tarikh-i Dost Sultan, a narrative account of the history of the Ulus of Jochi, including the conversion of Uzbeg Khan, leader of the Golden Horde, to Islam in the early 14th century

Axalphorn

Axalphorn is a peak of the Bernese Oberland, at an altitude of 2321 m. The summit is on the municipal border between Brienz and Brienzwiler. The Axalp ski resort is on the northern slope of Axalphorn. On the Axalphorn ridge, west of the summit, is the

Erhard von Appenweiler

Erhard von Appenweiler was a 15th-century Basel chronicler and cleric. A native of Appenweiler near Colmar, his presence as chaplain at Basel Minster is recorded from 1429. He was made chamberlain at local commandery of the Order of Saint John in 1443. On

Welsh chronicles

A number of medieval chronicles of the history of Wales survive, notably the 9th century Historia Brittonum and the 10th century Annales Cambriae. These early chronicles are written in Latin, while from the 12th century, some are composed in Middle

Book of prophecies

A Book of prophecies or Chrismologion is a genre of literature of the Renaissance and the Early Modern period which collects prophecies or methods of divination

Jakub Landovský

Jakub Landovský, is a Czech politician, lawyer, and university pedagogue, who is currently an ambassador to NATO since 5 August 2019. He had served as the Deputy Minister of Defense from 2015 to 2019