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USA kabaddi Association

USA Kabaddi Association is a member of The World Kabaddi and Kabaddi Pan American Associations. 

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Events, systems and delivered outcomes will be of the highest standard.

Through a diverse Board of Directors that has representation from across the USA diaspora, USA Kabaddi Association will lead the sport to new heights by creating and administering value added programs to grow and develop the sport.

The officers and members of the USA Kabaddi Association will have their names indelibly etched into the record books for the formation and sustainability of the USA Kabaddi Association.

About Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a “raider”, to run into the opposing team’s half of a court, tag out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders, and in a single breath. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are tagged or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tag or tackle.

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Although unverified, theories from various sources state that kabaddi originated from the vedic period of ancient India. The game was said to have been popular among the Yadava people; an abhang by Tukaram stated that the god Krishna played the game in his youth, while the Maharashtra contains an account of Arjuna being able to sneak into hostile areas also take out enemies unscathed—a passage said to parallel the gameplay of kabaddi. There are also accounts of Gautam Buddha having played the game recreationaly.