Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Playedbetween two teams of seven players, theobject of the game is for a single player onoffence, referred to as a "raider", to run intothe opposing team's half of a court, tag outas many of their defenders as possible,and return to their own half of the court, allwithout being tackled by the defenders,and in a single breath. Points are scoredfor each player tagged by the raider, whilethe opposing team earns a point for

stopping the raider. Players are taken outof the game if they are tagged or tackled,but can be "revived" for each point scoredby their team from a tag or tackle.

Kabaddi

Kabaddi game

Highestgoverning body

International KabaddiFederation

Nicknames Kaudi, Pakaada,Hadudu, Bhavatik,Saadukuda, Hu-Tu-Tu,Himoshika, sadugudu

Characteristics

Contact Permitted

Team members 7 (per side)

Mixed gender Yes, separatecompetitions

Type Team sport, Contactsport

Equipment None

Two major disciplines of kabaddi exist;Punjabi kabaddi, also known as "circlestyle", refers to traditional styles of thesport that are played on a circular fieldoutdoors. The "standard style" is morecommon in professional competitionssuch as the Asian Games, and is played ona rectangular, indoor court.

Venue Kabaddi court

Presence

Country or region Indian Subcontinent

Olympic Demonstration sport :1936 Olympics

It is popular in the Indian subcontinent andother surrounding Asian countries such asIran and Pakistan. Although ancientaccounts of kabaddi appear in thehistories of both modern-day India andIran, the game was popularized as acompetitive sport in the 20th century byIndia; it is the state game of the Indianstates of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana,Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab,Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.It is also the national sport ofBangladesh.[1]

The game is known by its regional namesin different parts of the Indian

subcontinent, such as kabaddi orchedugudu in Andhra Pradesh, kabaddi inKarnataka, Kerala and Telangana, haduduin Bangladesh, bhavatik in Maldives, kauddior kabaddi in the Punjab region, hu-tu-tu inWestern India, hu-do-do in Eastern India,chadakudu in South India, kapardi in Nepaland kabaddi or saduguda in Tamil nadu.The word "kabaddi" is derived from theTamil word "kai-pidi” (ைகப��, "to holdhands").[2]

The exact origins of Kabaddi are disputed,with theories suggesting that Kabaddi

History

originated from either the Vedic period ofIndian history, or the Sistan region ofpresent-day Iran. The game was said tohave been popular among the Yadavapeople, an abhang by Tukaram stated thatthe god Krishna played the game in hisyouth, while the Mahabharata contains anaccount of Arjuna similarly being able tosneak into hostile areas and take outenemies unscathed. There are alsoaccounts of Gautama Buddha havingplayed the game recreationally. Despitethese conflicting claims, India has beencredited with having helped to popularizeKabaddi as a competitive sport, with thefirst organized competitions occurring in

the 1920's, their introduction to theprogramme of the Indian Olympic Gamesin 1938, the establishment of the All-IndiaKabaddi Federation in 1950, and beingplayed as a demonstration sport at theinaugural 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi.These developments helped to formalizethe sport, which had traditionally beenplayed in villages, for legitimateinternational competition.[3][4][5]

After being demonstrated again at the1982 Asian Games in Delhi, kabaddi wasadded to the Asian Games' programmebeginning in 1990.[6]

Standard style

In the international team version ofkabaddi, two teams of seven memberseach occupy opposite halves of a court of10 by 13 metres (33 ft × 43 ft) in case ofmen and 8 by 12 metres (26 ft × 39 ft) incase of women. Each has five

Variations

A standard kabaddi court, during the 2006 AsianGames.

supplementary players held in reserve. Thegame is played with 20-minute halves, witha 5-minute half break in which the teamsexchange sides. During each play, knownas a "raid", a player from the attackingside, known as the "raider", runs into theopposing team's side of the court andattempts to tag as many of the sevendefending players as possible. For a raid tobe eligible for points, the raider must crossthe bob line in the defending team'sterritory, and return to their half of the fieldwithout being tackled. Whilst doing so, theraider must also chant the word "kabaddi",confirming to referees that their raid isdone on a single breath without inhaling. A

30-second shot clock is also enforced oneach raid.[7][8][9][2]

A point is scored for each defendertagged. If the raider steps beyond thebonus line marked in the defending team'sterritory, they earn an additional point. Ifthe raider is successfully stopped, theopposing team earns a point instead. Allplayers tagged are taken out of the game,but one is "revived" for each point a teamscores from a subsequent tag or tackle(bonus points do not revive players).Players who step out of the boundary orlobbies are also out. A raid where nopoints are scored by the raider is referred

to as an "empty raid". By contrast, a playwhere the raider scores three or morepoints is referred to as a "super raid". If ateam gets all seven players on theopposing team out at once ("All Out"), theyearn three additional points, and theplayers are placed back in thegame.[7][8][9][2]

Additional rules are used in the ProKabaddi League; if a team has two emptyraids in a row, the next raider must score apoint on their next raid or else they will beout ("do-or-die raid"). Additionally, when adefending team has fewer than four

players left on the field, tackles are worth 2points ("super tackle").[7][8][9][2]

Circle Style

There are four major forms of kabaddiplayed in India which are recognised by theamateur federation. In Sanjeevani kabaddi,one player is revived against one player ofthe opposite team who is out. The game is

Circle Kabaddi

played over 40 min with a 5 min breakbetween halves. There are seven playerson each side and the team that outs all theplayers on the opponent’s side scores fourextra points. In Gaminee style, sevenplayers play on either side and a player putout has to remain out until all his teammembers are out. The team that issuccessful in ousting all the players of theopponent’s side secures a point. The gamecontinues until five or seven such pointsare secured and has no fixed timeduration. Amar style resembles theSanjeevani form in the time frame rule.But, a player who is declared out doesn’tleave the court, but instead stays inside,

and the play goes along. For every playerof the opposition touched “out”, a teamearns a point.[10] Punjabi kabaddi is avariation that is played on a circular pitchof a diameter of 22 metres (72 ft).[11]

The following competitions are played instandard format, for that of circle stylekabaddi, see Punjabi kabaddi.

Kabaddi World Cup

The standard style Kabaddi World Cup isan outdoor international kabaddicompetition conducted by the

International competitions

International Kabaddi Federation (IKF),contested by men’s and women’s nationalteams. The competition has beenpreviously contested in 2004, 2007 and2016. All the tournaments have been wonby India. India defeated Iran by 38-29 inthe final of the championship game toclinch the title of 2016.

Asian Games

Kabaddi has been played at the AsianGames since 1990. The Indian team haswon seven Gold medals, with Iran beingsecond most successful at the game withone gold medal.

Pro Kabaddi League

Pictogram of kabaddi

Play media

(video) Kabaddi being played in Japan, 2015

The Pro Kabaddi League was establishedin 2014. The league modeled its businessupon that of the Indian Premier League ofTwenty20 cricket, with a large focus onmarketing, the backing of localbroadcaster Star Sports, and changes tothe sport's rules and presentation to makeit more suitable for a televisionaudience.[12] The Pro Kabaddi Leaguequickly became a ratings success; the2014 season was watched by at least 435million viewers over the course of theseason, and the inaugural championshipmatch was seen by 86.4 millionviewers.[13][14]

Super Kabaddi League

The Super Kabaddi League is aprofessional standard style kabaddileague in Pakistan. It was established in2018, with 10 clubs based on cityfranchise structure. SKL boasts as beingthe second biggest kabaddi league in theworld. Its first season was a resoundingsuccess.[15]

Women’s Kabaddi Challenge

Women’s Kabaddi Challenge is a Kabaddileague in India started like Pro KabaddiLeague for women’s. Three teams took

part in the inaugural season in 2016 andthe league was played across seven citiesin India.

The first season was played in 2016, from28 June to 31 July and was broadcast byStar Sports in India. The final wasscheduled along with men’s version on 31July.

Final was conducted between StormQueen and Fire Birds. Storm Queensproduced a last-second turnaround todefeat Fire Birds 24-23 in the final.

Asian Kabaddi Championship

AKC's tenth season was played in Gorgan,Iran in 2017 in which India won 10th goldby defeating Pakistan in the finals.

Kabaddi Masters

The inaugural edition of the KabaddiMasters was held in Dubai from 22nd to30th June 2018. It was the first Kabadditournament to be held in the UAE. Itfeatured 6 teams. India won thetournament by defeating Iran in the finalwith a scoreline of 44-26.

Neo Kabaddi league

An Indian 2nd professional kabadditournament.

Kabaddi is a popular sport in India andsurrounding nations. The KabaddiFederation of India (KFI) was founded in1950, and it compiled a standard set ofrules. The governing body for kabaddi inPakistan is Pakistan Kabaddi Federation.In Bangladesh, a variation of kabaddicalled ha-du-du is popular. Ha-du-du hasno definite rules and is played withdifferent rules in different areas. Kabaddi

Popularity

is the National Game of Bangladesh andthe Amateur Kabaddi Federation ofBangladesh was formed in 1973. In Iran,the Community of Kabaddi was formed in1996, in the same year they joined theAsian Kabaddi Federation and in 2001 theyjoined the International KabaddiFederation. The Iran Amateur KabaddiFederation was formed in 2004.

Kabaddi is one of the national sports ofNepal. Kabaddi is played and taught at avery early age in most primary schoolsbeginning in the third grade or so in mostNepali schools. Kabaddi was also playedby the British Army for fun, to keep fit and

as an enticement to recruit soldiers fromthe British Asian community. Kabaddi wasbrought to the United Kingdom by Indianand Pakistani immigrants. The governingbody for kabaddi in the United Kingdom isthe England Kabaddi Federation UK.

Films depicting kabaddiKudumba Thalaivan (1962)

Little Buddha (1993)

Pardes (1997)

Hu Tu Tu (1999)

Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003)

Okkadu (2003)

In popular culture

Ghilli (2004)

Ajay (2006)

Kabaddi (2009)

Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009)

Bheemli Kabadi Jattu (2010)

Chal Dhar Pakad (2010)

Kabaddi Ik Mohabbat (2010)

Kabaddi Once Again (2012)

Badlapur Boys (2014)

Tevar (2015)

Thoppil Joppan (2016)

Georgettan's Pooram (2017)

"bathhi kabaddi league "(2017)Anime and manga depicting kabaddi

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (2003)

Gintama (2006)

Teekyu (2013)

Durarara!!×2 Shō (2015)

Chio's School Road (2016, manga; 2018,anime)

Uwagaki (2009)Dramas depicting kabaddiBitter Sweet (2015)

Azhagiya Tamil Magal (2017)

"Varanasi kabbadi league "(2017)

Super Kabaddi League Pakistan (2017)

Punjabi Kabaddi

See also

Kabaddi in India

Boli Khela

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External links

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Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federationofficial website

Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India(AKFI) official website

A Game Called Kabbadi – slideshow byThe New York Times

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