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"Kabaddi, Kabaddi,
Kabaddi, Kabaddi...."
Got a bunch of people, a
big open space and nothing else? How about a round of Kabaddi?
Kabaddi
is a game of speed, strength, strategy and, most importantly,
lungpower.
First you’ll need twenty-four
people split into two teams of twelve. Only seven players per team are
on the playing field at the same time. The remaining teammates are
reserves that can "sub in" later. The two teams go to
opposite sides of the field, which is divided in two equal sections.
Flip to see who goes first. That team starts out on offense and the
two teams alternate offense/defense each turn until the game is over.
Here’s where it gets interesting.
The offending team sends out their "raider" to the enemy
side of the field, where he must try to touch as many opposing
teammates as possible before returning safely to his side of the
court. The catch? He must do all of this while yelling "Kabaddi,
Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi..." repeatedly and in one long breath.
And the best part is: we're not making
this up! This is a REAL SPORT!
If he makes it back to safety in one
breath, everyone he tagged has to leave and the offense gets a point
for each of them. In addition, they may "revive" a teammate
that was previously tagged out for each enemy that gets the boot. If
the raider doesn’t make it back, the defending team gets a point
and the raider has to leave the field until he can be "revived".
If a team succeeds in getting the entire other team out, they score a
"lona" and get an extra two points. Play then continues by
putting all players on both sides back on the field. The team with the
most points after two 20-minute rounds wins the game.
Of course the defenders try to hold the
poor raider down so that he runs out of "Kabaddis" on their
own turf. These larger chaps are known as "stoppers". To
make things more interesting (and fair) each team can only have four
stoppers on the field at once, and only one stopper can try to stop a
raider at any given time.
Other current variations of the game
thrive throughout the world today, including a version called "Gaminee"
where players can’t be revived. Instead the game is over when one
of the teams is completely wiped out.
As for the game’s history? While
there are no actual records anywhere, there is apparently concrete
evidence somewhere that suggests Kabaddi was developed about 4000
years ago to help Indian soldiers develop their self-defense skills
(not to mention their pronunciation of the word Kabaddi skills).
Today the game is played worldwide.
(Yes, there’s an American Kabaddi team.) There’s even an
official Kabaddi organization, the Kabaddi Federation of India (KFI),
founded in 1950 that regulates play and rules and keeps a bunch of
records and stuff. Not ready for the big leagues? Try the
Amateur
Kabaddi Federation (AKFI).
