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Kabaddi is a game that is 4,000 years old and originates from India. It is a team sport, which requires both skill and power, and combines the characteristics of wrestling and rugby.
It was originally meant to develop self-defense, in addition to responses to attack and reflexes of counter attack by individuals and by groups or teams. It is a rather simple and inexpensive game, and neither requires a massive playing area, nor any expensive equipment.
Kabaddi is played Worldwide with minor variations and is known by various other names i.e. Chedugudu, Hu-Tu-Tu, Hadudu (Men) and Chu-Kit-Kit (women).
In 1936 the first kabaddi match was played at the Berlin Olympics and this when Kabaddi first became officially recognised, most of the players were Sikh. In 1950 the All India Kabaddi Federation was established and the rukes of Kabaddi were formalised.
In Kabaddi, two teams compete with each other for higher scores, by touching or capturing the players of the opponent team. Each team consists of 12 players, of which seven are on court at a time, and five in reserve. The two teams fight for higher scores, alternating defense and offense. The court is as large as that for a dodge ball game. The game consists of two 20-minute halves, with a break of five minutes for change of sides. The kabaddi playing area is 12.50m x 10m, divided by a line into two halves.
The side winning the toss sends a 'raider', who enters the opponents' court chanting, 'kabaddi-kabaddi'. The raider's aim is to touch any or all players on the opposing side, and return to his court in one breath. The person, whom the raider touches, will then be out. The aim of the opposing team will be to hold the raider, and stop him from returning to his own court, until he takes another breath. If the raider cannot return to his court in the same breath while chanting 'kabaddi', he will be declared out. Each team alternates in sending a player into the opponents' court. If a player goes out of the boundary line during the course of the play, or if any part of his body touches the ground outside the boundary, he will be out, except during a struggle.
Kabaddi is recognized in three forms:
1. Surjeevani
2. Gaminee
3. Amar
