Japanese kenjutsu ("techniques of the sword") became kendō ("the way of the sword"). Like the highly evolved civilizations of which they are a portion, standard Asian sports are ancient and many. From the Islamic Middle East across the Indian subcontinent to China and Japan, wrestlers—mostly but not exclusively male—embodied and enacted the values of their cultures. The wrestler’s strength was always more than a merely individual statement. Additional generally than not, the guys who strained and struggled understood themselves to be involved in a religious endeavour.