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Finger Wrestling in Bavaria
Angelika Jakob
Series description

Finger wrestling is an honest sport for real powerhouses. The rules are simple and there is hardly any trickery involved, as speed, good fingers and concentration are all that’s required. Everything is clear and simple: the strongest wins, and the best pulls everyone over the table...

Biography

As a professional photographer and author, I work internationally for magazines and NGOs, including brand eins, NZZ, Brigitte Woman, GIZ, Terra Mater, Servus and Bayern Tourismus. I have travelled around the world for numerous illustrated books published by WWF and Pro Sport Verlag, and I have contributed reports in words and pictures.

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Light-heavyweight champion Josef Utzschneider, from Ohlstadt, Bavaria, Germany, trains in a garage with a 51kg concrete weight.
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Light-heavyweight champion Josef Utzschneider with the homemade concrete weights he uses for training.
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German finger wrestling championship, Bavaria, Germany.
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The loser of a duel at the German finger wrestling championship in Bavaria, Germany.
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Young talent. Boys pretend to have a finger wrestling award ceremony in Bavaria, Germany.
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A spectator’s traditional hat with pins. German finger wrestling championship, Bavaria, Germany.
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Winner Josef Utzschneider, light-heavyweight champion of the German finger wrestling championship, TSV Halle Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany, J.
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German finger wrestling championship, Bavaria, Germany.