The origin of the Game Kabaddi:

The game of Kabbadi is one of the oldest games of Indian origin. More than 4000 years ago the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata describes a battle between the warriors Abhimanyu of the Pandavas with the Cauravas inside the enemy camp. He managed to penetrate their seven tiered defense, but died because he did not know the way out. Kabaddi is basically an outdoor team game played on level and soft ground 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 defense by groups or teams. It is believed that Kabaddi was invented to develop a defensive responses by an individual against group attacks and group's responses to an individual attack. This is the only combative sport in which offence is an individual effort whereas defense is a group effort.

Kabaddi is more over didvided in to three Styles which are stated as bellow:

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