If you are from the sub continent – India , you might be synonymous with the sport of kabaddi, and chances are you might even have tried your luck with a few raids of your own. Although, accounts of kabaddi appear in the histories of ancient India, the game was popularized as a competitive sport in the 20th century. The modern Kabaddi is well over 70 years old, and was played all over India and some parts of South Asia from 1930. After few years a committee was constituted in the year 1923, which amended the rules framed in 1921. The amended rules were applied during the All India Kabaddi Tournament organized in 1923 which framed rules for kabaddi sport to make it better to promote the sport over all the fundamental and structural tech of the sport was improvised by 1950. The sport slowly started to make strides and gain a foothold across the length and breadth of the country. It was fast becoming very popular among people, more so because one didn't need equipment to play the sport.In 1952, the Senior National championship were started as a part of massive developments to come to kabaddi in India.
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In many ways, kabaddi is simply the story of
our life - the moment you 'touch' your
'success' line, 'people' will start pulling your 'leg'! But the game can't be
as simple as that .The core idea of the game is to score points by raiding into
the opponent’s court and touching as many defense players as possible without
getting caught on a single breath, One player, chanting Kabaddi! Kabaddi!
Kabaddi! charges into the opponent court and try to touch the opponent closest
to him, while the seven opponents make maneuvers to catch the attacker. This is
kabaddi, the match of one against seven, known as the game of struggle.
