kabaddi, additionally spelled kabbadi or kabadi, recreation performed between two groups on reverse halves of a subject or courtroom. Particular person gamers take turns crossing onto the opposite group’s aspect, repeating “kabaddi, kabaddi” (or an alternate chant); factors are scored by tagging as many opponents as attainable with out being caught or taking a breath earlier than returning to at least one’s dwelling territory. Indigenous to South Asia, kabaddi is often known as hu-tu-tu in western India, ha-do-do in japanese India and Bangladesh, chedu-gudu in southern India, gudu in Sri Lanka, and theechub in Thailand.
It has been speculated that the sport originated in prehistoric occasions, when the event of human reflexes was essential for self-defense and searching. The traditional Indian epic poem Mahabharata, in its account of the legendary battles of Kurukshetra, tells of a navy operation—a doomed raid by Arjuna’s son, Abhimanyu, on an enemy camp—that has been famous for its resemblance to kabaddi. For a few years kabaddi was performed for bodily train by pupils in Indian gurukuls (Vedic faculties run by gurus). Although minor variations emerged, the sport’s principal goal of raiding the enemy territory remained frequent.
The essential guidelines of kabaddi have been formalized in India within the early twentieth century and printed in 1923. The sport obtained worldwide publicity when it was demonstrated by an Amravati-based sports activities group on the 1936 Olympic Video games in Berlin, and it was included as an occasion within the Indian Olympic Video games held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) two years later. Following its formation in 1950, the Kabaddi Federation of India organized nationwide championships for males starting in 1952 and for girls starting in 1955. Within the late twentieth century the recognition of organized kabaddi started to develop past India’s borders, partly by means of the efforts of the Novice Kabaddi Federation of India, shaped in 1972. That very same 12 months kabaddi was designated the nationwide recreation of Bangladesh. With the institution in 1978 of the Asian Novice Kabaddi Federation, a regional championship was organized, and nationwide kabaddi groups started to compete within the Asian Video games in 1990.
By the early twenty first century worldwide competitors sometimes concerned seven gamers per group acting on an oblong courtroom, though different types (akin to “round” kabaddi) remained well-liked in India and elsewhere. The primary Kabaddi World Cup, staged in Mumbai (Bombay) in 2004, hosted nationwide groups from Asia, Europe, and North America.
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