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Gatka, the Glossary

Gatka (गतका; گَتکا) is a form of martial art associated primarily with the Sikhs of the Punjab and other related ethnic groups, such as Hindkowans.^[1]

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Achnacarry

Achnacarry (Achadh na Cairidh) is a hamlet, private estate, and a castle in the Lochaber region of the Highlands, Scotland.

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Akhara or Akhada (Sanskrit: अखाड़ा, romanised: Akhāḍā) is an Indian word for a place of practice with facilities for boarding, lodging and training, both in the context of Indian martial artists or a sampradaya monastery for religious renunciates in Guru–shishya tradition. Gatka and Akhara are Indian martial arts.

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Angampora

Angampora is a Sinhalese martial art that combines combat techniques, self-defense, sport, exercise, and meditation.

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Banshay

Banshay (ဗန်ရှည်) is a weapon-based martial art from Myanmar focusing primarily on the sword, staff and spear.

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Bōjutsu

() is the martial art of stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff.

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BBC Urdu

BBC Urdu (بی بی سی اردو) is a digital television station covering the Indian subcontinent in the Urdu language.

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Bedford

Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of the British Indian Empire until 1947.

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Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China.

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Commando Basic Training Centre (United Kingdom)

The Commando Basic Training Centre was a British Army training establishment primarily for the training of British Commandos during the Second World War.

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Commandos (United Kingdom)

The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for special forces that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe.

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Defendu

Close Quarters Combat System (also known as Defendu) is a modern martial art developed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes prior to World War II.

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Donn F. Draeger

Donald Frederick "Donn" Draeger (April 15, 1922 – October 20, 1982) was an American practitioner and teacher of martial arts.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife

The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip.

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Goa

Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.

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Gurjar

The Gurjar (or Gujjar, Gujar, Gurjara) are an Indo-Aryan agricultural ethnic community, residing mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups.

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Gurmukhi

Gurmukhī (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ,, Shahmukhi: گُرمُکھی|rtl.

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Haryana

Haryana (ISO: Hariyāṇā) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country.

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Hindkowans

Hindkowans, also known as the Hindki, is a contemporary designation for speakers of Indo-Aryan languages who live among the neighbouring Pashtuns, particularly the speakers of various Hindko dialects of Western Punjabi (Lahnda).

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Hola Mohalla

Hola Mohalla (Gurmukhi: ਹੋਲਾ-ਮਹੱਲਾ hōlā muhalā), also called Hola, is a three-day long Sikh festival which normally falls in March. Gatka and Hola Mohalla are Nihang.

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Huiyen Lallong

Huiyen Lallong is a traditional Meitei martial art form. Gatka and Huiyen Lallong are Indian martial arts.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian martial arts

Indian martial arts refers to the fighting systems of the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian Olympic Association

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) (ISO: Bhāratīya Olaṃpika Saṃgha) is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international sports competitions, and managing Indian teams at these events.

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

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Jūkendō

is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting,Stevens, J. (1985): "The Founder, Ueshiba Morihei." In R. Strozzi-Heckler (Ed.): Aikido and the new warrior (pp. 5–22).

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Jujutsu

Jujutsu (柔術), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents.

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Kalaripayattu

Kalaripayattu (also known simply as Kalari) is an Indian martial art that originated in Kerala, a state on the southwestern coast of India during the 11th–12th century CE. Gatka and Kalaripayattu are Indian martial arts.

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Kendo

is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu).

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Kenjutsu

is an umbrella term for all (ko-budō) schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration.

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Khelo India Youth Games

Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), are the annual national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held in January or February for two categories, namely under-17 years school students and under-21 college students.

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Krabi–krabong

Krabi-Krabong (กระบี่กระบอง) is a weapon-based martial art from Thailand.

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Lathi khela

Lathi khela (লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bengali martial art – a kind of stick fighting practiced in Bangladesh.

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List of Sikh festivals

This is the list of the major festivals of the Sikh religion.

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Mallakhamba

Mallakhamba, or mallakhamb is a traditional sport, originating from the Indian subcontinent, in which a group of gymnasts perform aerial yoga and gymnastic postures using wrestling grips in concert with a stationary vertical pole.

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Mardani khel

Mardani Khel and Bothati are armed Indian martial arts from Maharashtra. Gatka and Mardani khel are Indian martial arts.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Miri Piri

Miri Piri (Gurmukhi: ਮੀਰੀ-ਪੀਰੀ; mīrī pīrī) is a concept that has been practiced in Sikh religion since the seventeenth century.

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National Games of India

The National Games of India consist of various disciplines in which athletes from the different states of India participate against each other.

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Nihang

The Nihang (also spelt as Nihung lit. "Crocodiles") or Akali (lit. "Immortals"), also known as Dal Khalsa, is an armed Sikh warrior order originating in the Indian subcontinent. Gatka and Nihang are Punjabi words and phrases.

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Paika akhada

Paika akhada is an Odia term which roughly translates as "warrior gymnasium" or "warrior school". Gatka and Paika akhada are Indian martial arts.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Pehlwani

Pehlwani, also known as Kushti, is a form of wrestling contested in the Indian subcontinent. Gatka and Pehlwani are Indian martial arts.

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Press Trust of India

The Press Trust of India Ltd., commonly known as PTI, is the largest news agency in India.

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Punjab

Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.

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Punjabi clothing

In the ancient Punjab region, people wore cotton clothing. Gatka and Punjabi clothing are Punjabi culture.

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Punjabi language

Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Gatka and Punjabi language are Punjabi culture.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Second Anglo-Sikh war

The second Anglo-Sikh war was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company which took place from 1848 to 1849.

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Shahmukhi

Shahmukhi is the right-to-left abjad-based script developed from the Perso-Arabic alphabet used for the Punjabi language varieties, predominantly in Punjab, Pakistan.

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Shastar Vidya

Shastar Vidya (translit, meaning "science of weapons" or "art of weapons"), also known as Sanatan Shastar Vidya (ਸਨਾਤਨ ਸ਼ਸਤਰ ਵਿੱਦਿਆ), is a Sikh martial art form dating back to the 17th century. Gatka and Shastar Vidya are Indian martial arts, Nihang, Pakistani martial arts, Punjabi culture, Punjabi words and phrases and Rajput culture.

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Shergarh, Punjab

Shergarh (شيرگڑھ), is an historic town, union council, and major administrative subdivision of Depalpur Tehsil, Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Shillelagh

A shillelagh (sail éille or saill éalaigh, "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top.

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Sikh gurus

The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469.

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Sikhs

Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. Gatka and Sikhs are Punjabi words and phrases.

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Silambam

Silambam is an Indian martial art originating in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India.

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Silambam Asia

The Silambam Asia (SILA) (சிலம்பம் ஆசியா) (IAST: Silambam Āsiyā) is the official international body of Silambam for the Continent of Asia and a Non-Governmental Organization recognized by the World Silambam Association (WSA). Gatka and Silambam Asia are Indian martial arts.

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Special Operations Executive

Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.

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Sqay

Sqay is a South Asian martial art from Kashmir which involves fighting with a sword and shield.

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Stick-fighting

Stick-fighting, stickfighting, or stick fighting, is a variety of martial arts which use simple long, slender, blunt, hand-held, generally wooden "sticks" for fighting, such as a gun staff, bō, jō, walking stick, baston, arnis sticks or similar weapons.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatka

Also known as Nidar Singh, Niddar Singh, Shastar Vidiya, Shaster Vidya, Sikh martial arts.

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See also

Indian martial arts

Nihang

Pakistani martial arts

Punjabi words and phrases

Rajput culture

References