Infighting - Infighting

Japanese: インファイティング - いんふぁいてぃんぐ
Infighting - Infighting

...A sport in which opponents wearing gloves on both hands fight each other in a ring with ropes stretched over it to determine the winner. In Japan, it has also been called boxing.
【history】

[origin]
According to John G. Grombach, an American boxing expert, the technique of punching with closed fists was first systematized in what is now Ethiopia. The prototype of boxing, which was practiced as a training for soldiers more than 10,000 years ago, was later introduced to Egypt, Crete, and Greece, where it became popular.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "infighting" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…両手にグローブをはめた対戦者が,ロープを張ったリング上で打ち合って勝敗を決めるスポーツ。日本では拳闘といわれたこともある。
【歴史】

[起源]
 アメリカのボクシング研究家グロンバックJohn G.Grombachによると,こぶしを固めてなぐり合う技術が,初めて体系化されたのは現在のエチオピアにあたる地方だとしている。1万年以上前に兵士の訓練として行われたボクシングの原型は,その後,エジプト,クレタ,ギリシアに伝わって盛んになった。…

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