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In the form that survived into the twenty first century, Afghan buzkashi is characterised by a dusty melee by which tons of of mounted tribesmen fought over the headless carcass of a goat. The winner was the hardy rider who managed to grab the animal by the leg and drag it clear of the pack. Since buzkashi was clearly an inappropriate passion for a civilized monarch, polo crammed the bill. Persian manuscripts from the sixth century refer to polo performed through the reign of Hormuz I (271–273). St Peter's Peacocks Have Taken Over Sports Much much less well-known in the West are varma adi (“hitting the important spots”) and other martial arts traditions of South Asia. In the early trendy era, as unarmed fight grew to become out of date, the emphasis of Asian martial arts tended to shift back toward religion. Japanese kenjutsu (“techniques of the sword”) grew to become kendō (“the method of the sword”). A baby sees a flat stone, picks it up, and sends it skipping across the wa...