Koa-Choung

Koa-Choung was a extremly popular and traditional sport of Tesaki. It was as much a sport as it was a religious ceremony, only being fought during festival days. Koa-Choung was a female exclusive sport, it's male counterpart being Rui-Choung.

History
Koa-Choung was said to have first started when a female Zanari called Roma-Jishi (whose name literally ment 'Fake Name' in Old Zanari) complained about the females not getting to partcipate during events. The complaint was taken to the High Priest, who in turn went to speak with the Emperor. So the Emperor declared that since Esde loves all of his creations, women were allowed to participate in the more honored yet less bloody Koa-Choung, which ment 'Women Red Prayer' when translated roughly to Basic.

Roma-Jishi opened up the first Koa-Choung school, and she herself won sixteen title matches in the row, in the name of Liyalu.

So afterwards, Koa-Choung had ingrained itself into the fabric of Zanari society, matches being preformed during festivals or celebrations and broadcasted all over the planet.

After Humans and Yuuzhan Vong became part of Tesaki, the sport seamlessly accepted them into it, not even having seperate matches for the different species.

Tradition, Rules, and Regulations
Tradition was important to Koa-Choung, so very little had changed over the thousands of years it had been played. Each match was started with the opponents first putting on the vestments required by law and regulation which consisted of a brassiere like tube top and a skirt that reached the ankles with long sheath like socks worn. This made the sport rather popular to male spectators. The contestants would then proceeded to the ring,where they would all stand at the edge opposite from one another, facing in the directions of North, South, East, and West.

Regulations of Koa-Choung were as follows;


 * Being pushed from the ring is an automatic loss.
 * No arm blades or other weapons were permitted.
 * Traditional Koa-Choung clothing only.
 * Tearing of clothes was allowed, but the clothing could not be used as a weapon.
 * Killing the opponents was absolutely forbidden.
 * Blood spilt during the matches, when cleaned during the periods between each match, was to be dripped into a small bowl called a tem-saui.