The History of Footbaal

During the dynasty of the Chinese emperor Huang-ti, it was customary to kick the skulls of defeated enemies. The skulls, which were later to be replaced with leather balls, had to be kicked by Chinese soldiers forbetween two stakes driven into the ground at the first sign of beams. The sport was called tsu-chu, which inChinese means (tsu) "a ball made ​​of leather stuffed" (chu). The sport was created for military training purposes, on the Yangtze, a member of the guard of the Emperor, the Xia Dynasty in 2197 BC