All about Gada

                                   GaDa

       The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Tamil: gadai, Malay: gedak, Old Tagalog: batuta) is a club or blunt mace from the Indian subcontinent. Made either of wood or metal, it consists essentially of a spherical head mounted on a shaft, with a spike on the top. Outside India, the gada was also adopted in Southeast Asia, where it is still used in silat.

The gada is the main weapon of the Hindu God Hanuman. Known for his strength, Hanuman is traditionally worshipped by wrestlers in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Vishnu also carries a gada named Kaumodaki in one of his four hands. In the Mahabharata epic, the fighters Bhima, Duryodhana, Jarasandha and others were said to be masters of the gada.

The martial art of wielding the gada is known as gada-yuddha. It can either be wielded singly or in pairs, and can be handled in twenty different ways. Various gada-yuddha techniques are mentioned in the Agni Purana and Mahabharata such as aahat (आहत), gomutra (गोमूत्र), prabrita (प्रभृत), kamalasan (कमलासन), udarvagatra (ऊर्ध्वगत्र), namita (नमित), vamadakshina (वामदक्षिण), aavrita (आवृत्त), paraavrita (परावृत्त), padodrita (पदोद्धृत), avaplata (अवप्लत), hansmarga (हंसमार्ग) and vibhag (विभाग).

The gada is one of the traditional pieces of training equipment in Hindu physical culture, and is common in the akhara of north India. Maces of various weights and heights are used depending on the strength and skill level of the practitioner. It is believed that Lord Hanuman's gada was the largest amongst all the gadas in the world. For training purposes, one or two wooden gada (mudgar) are swung behind the back in several different ways and is particularly useful for building grip strength and shoulder endurance. The Great Gama was known for excessive use of gada. Winners in a kushti contest are often awarded with a gada.

Chi'ishi, a karate conditioning equipment and its exercise pattern was inspired by the gada and mugdar. The war clubs were also inspired by gada.^[1]

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All about wrestling

🙏🙏🙏 Hi, Friends Today i am going to write about wrestling. The wrestling is also known as kushti.Kushti is from Indian subcontinent.It was developed in the mughal empire by combining mallayuddha with influences from presian varesh-e bastani.The word phelwani and kushti is derived from the persian term pahlavani kosht respectively.

It is likely that the word derives from the Iranian word pehalavi doneting the people of Iranian descents. Focus __ Grappling. Country of origin __ Indian subcontinent. Creator__Mughal era. Famous practitioners__The great gama Nathmal pahalwan Banda bahadur Harishchandra Birajdar Jatindra charan Goho Dara singh Sushil kumar Parenthood__ Malla yuddha Varesh-e pahlavani Olympic sport__No A practitioners of this sport is referred to as a pehlwan while teachers are known as ustad.One of the most famous practitioners of pehlwani was the great gama (ghulam mohammad baksh butt),who is considered one of the greatest wreastlers of all time. The freestyle type of Indian wrestling is one the most popular and sport from India.Punjab is well known for its wrestlers or pahalwan and its one of the best place to learn kushti or Indian wrestling. Therefore, when a wrestler talks about being able to eat large volumes of ghi,milk and almonds it is primarliy because he is big and strong and not because he seeks to become big and strong. On june 12,1954 singh won his first real wrestling honor.At the rustam-e-hind (champion of India) free-from wrestling compitition in bombay,he vanquished tiger jogindar singh in front 10,000 individuals,accepting a silver container from maharaja hari singh towards its finish. Dara singh consumed two leters of milk, half kg of meat,10 silver vark,six to eight chapatis in a day this explains strenght & level of fitness he displayed even as an 83 years old man. The great gama pailwan's original name is Ghulam mohammad baksh.He was born on 22,may 1878 jabbowal,Amritsar district,Lahor division,punjab province,British Indian empire. He died on 23,may 1960 Lahor,punjab,pakistan. When he died he's age was 82 years old. Family__ imam baksh pahalwan (Brother) Kalsoom nawaz sharif (Grand Daughter) His height was 5ft 8in (173)cm His weight was 240 Ib (110)kg