Kabaddi In The Context Of Olympic Games

Kabaddi In The Context Of Olympic Games:

Kabaddi ,the popular Asian Game with its roots in India has all the ingredients to make it an Olympic sport.This combative sport befits the motto of the Olympics "Altius,Citius&Fortius' since it involves agility ,good muscular,good lung capacity,and an ability to anticipate the opponent's moves.The unique feature of this sport is that it is a combination of a team game and an individual effort.The attack in Kabaddi is an individual effort while the defense is a team effort.Thus it has both the thrills of an individual as well as team game for the spectators. Kabaddi is perhaps the only sport that is closely related to "Yoga",the ancient Indian science that advocates a healthy mind in a healthy body.The attacker or raider in Kabaddi has to withhold his breath while chanting Kabaddi-Kabaddi and invade the opponent's territory,where he has to try touch as many opponents or antis as possible while warding off their combined efforts to capture him.With holding breath is akin to "Pranayama" of yoga, a means to control body and mind.Pitching one's wits against those of seven opponents and remaining unscathed is no mean task!This calls for tremendous fitness of body and mind .The game is thus most suitable for Youngsters. Kabaddi is basically a combative out door sport,which can also be played on Synthetic mat surface indoors.This makes Kabaddi an all weather sport.

A Large chunk of the worlds population play this game since the game requires no special equipment or kit but has all the appeal which a combative team game such as soccer,enjoys.A look at the population chart of the most populated countries of the world and the Kabaddi playing countries tells its own story of the number of people who revel in this sport. Kabaddi playing countries among the most populated countries of the world.

Kabaddi playing countries among the most populated countries of the world 

1.China     1,273,111,290

2.India     1,029,991,145

3.U.S.A     278,058,881

4.Indonesia 228,437,870 

5.Brazil    174,468,575

6.Russia    145,470,197

7.Pakistan  144,616,639

8.Bangladesh 131,269,860

9.Turkey     66,493,970

10.Iran      66,128,965

11.Ethiopia  65,891,874

12.Thailand  61,797,751

13.U.K       59,647,790

14.Vietnam   79,939,014

15.Philippines 82,841,518

16.Egypt       69,536,644. 

Asian Games Kabaddi Results:

1990 Asian Games Beijing (china) Winner India

1994 Asian Games Hiroshima (Japan) Winner India

1998 Asian Games Bangkok (Thailand) Winner India

2002 Asian Games Bussan (Korea) Winner India

2006 Asian Games (Kattar) Winner India.