Kabaddi

PTH2009

I always seeing this sport on Sky Sports but have no idea what happening or what it is

Can Anyone here explain it ???

It's the national sport of India and Bangladesh

jamesbere

No idea, it's totally baffling. It's like a mix of rugby and dodge ball

Tom Mann Centuria

You have to hold your breath saying kabadi, go into other teams half and tag one or more of their team then get back to your own half. Everyone you touch is out if you get over halfway line.

It was on Channel four years ago, proper village stuff, on dust bowls, not like the razzmatazz sky show.

longshanks

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

You have to hold your breath saying kabadi, go into other teams half and tag one or more of their team then get back to your own half. Everyone you touch is out if you get over halfway line.

It was on Channel four years ago, proper village stuff, on dust bowls, not like the razzmatazz sky show.

I remember that.

discobeaker

Is it some kind of kebab making sport?

Robsweezie

That's the religion wot Madonna follows

AllGunsBlazing

Thanks to this thread I've been saying the word 'kabaddi' over and over again really fast. Try it, it's kinda fun.

Witchie

When I was in India earlier this year I tried to find some to watch but had no luck.

Used to love watching it on Channel 4 and was doing a comparative studies module in college in the 90s and our lecturer, who was Indian, let us watch it.

mariaalice

Kinda sound like rounders?

Arsemageddon

When Channel 4 started showing it back in the 80s we briefly started playing it in school. It's like a mix of rugby and British bulldog. Great craic.

Witchie

Just walked into an Irish bar here in KL and guess what's on the telly.....Pro Kabaddi....ðŸ˜

check_six

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

You have to hold your breath saying kabadi, go into other teams half and tag one or more of their team then get back to your own half. Everyone you touch is out if you get over halfway line.

It was on Channel four years ago, proper village stuff, on dust bowls, not like the razzmatazz sky show.

I was more a fan of the Sumo wrestling they used to show on Channel 4 back in the day, but Kabaddi did look like a lot of fun.

Roger Hassenforder

Look fierce craic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvEqS3SyYM0

A cross between tennis and Gaelic football without any ball
Some big units there

Mint Sauce

Remember this way back in the day as well on C4. Used to be on just before/after Transworld Sport on a Saturday morning.

frag420

I heard Patches O'Houlahan is the national coach!!

Badly Drunk Boy

mariaalice wrote: »

Kinda sound like rounders?

But there's no bat or ball. A member of one team has to go into the territory of the other team, and tag (for the want of a better word) opposing team members, while repeating/exhaling 'Kabaddi'. If he can't get back, the attacker can be captured.

It's warfare, a bit like rugby too (where you're always trying to claim territory from your opponent) except Kabaddi is in a smaller player area. What I didn't say, Tom Mann Centuria probably said better already.