In the Naadam, for practical reasons, all matches are contested at the same time, meaning that the competition is structured in rounds/stages. If you lose a match, you’re eliminated from the tournament. Thus, an anniversary year Naadam, with 1024 participants, will take 10 rounds to produce a champion:
- Round 1 – 1024 wrestlers
- Round 2 – 512 wrestlers
- Round 3 – 256 wrestlers
- Round 4 – 128 wrestlers
- Round 5 – 64 wrestlers
- Round 6 – 32 wrestlers
- Round 7 – 16 wrestlers
- Round 8 – 8 wrestlers
- Round 9 – 4 wrestlers
- Round 10 – the 2 remaining wrestlers clash in a match to determine the champion.
The rank a wrestler can earn depends on which round he reaches:
- “National Falcon” – for reaching round 6
- “National Hawk” – for reaching round 7
- “National Elephant” – for reaching round 8
- “National Garuda” – for reaching round 9
- “National Lion” – for reaching round 10
- and finally, “National Champion/Giant” for winning the final round.
If a wrestler manages to repeat his achievements the following years, his rank gets decorated with further epithets (such as “Grand National Champion” or “Long lasting National Champion”).
Bokh is said to have about 45 base techniques, known as mekh. They are as follows:
- Achih
- Busgakh
- Gud tatakh
- Guydakh
- Dugtrakh
- Dunguildakh
- Duuguurdekh
- Degeedekh
- Yovrokh
- Zailakh
- Mordokh
- Murikh
- Mushgikh
- Ulmiidukh
- Umsukh
- Usgiidukh
- Ukhiildeh
- Saltaadakh
- Suvikh
- Suilakh
- Suljikh
- Sejikh
- Tavkhaidakh
- Takhimdakh
- Toigdokh
- Tomokh
- Tongorokh
- Tokhokh
- Tumbaraidah
- Uurekh
- Khavirakh
- Khavsrakh
- Khaichlakh
- Khartsagdakh
- Khaduudakh
- Khongodokh
- Khumrukh
- Khuntrukh
- Khutgakh
- Chumugdukh
- Egemdekh
- Ethekh
- Khul Avakh
- Shahaj Tatakh
- Seeren dungui