What is Kabaddi?
Kabaddi is a sport derived from South Asia that is quickly growing in popularity in the UK. Two teams occupy opposite halves of a pitch and take turns sending a “raider” into the other half, in order to win points by tapping members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word “Kabaddi” during the whole raid. If the opposing team catches the raider then they get a point. The team with the most points at the end wins. We play and train with judo mats so you wont get hurt!
Rules
A Kabaddi game consists of two teams of seven. The objective of the game is to get more points than the opposing team.
In every play, (raid), there is always an attacking team, (know as the raiding team), and a defending team.
Raiding
The raiding team sends a player, (the raider) into the defending team’s half. The raider has to chant ‘Kabaddi’ repeatedly without taking a breath for the entire time the raider is in the defending team’s half.
The raider tries to touch as many people in the defending team as he/she can, then returns to his/her half. If the raider gets to his/her half, the raider gets a point for every person he/she touches.
Imperial pull off a blistering raid against Westminster at NHSF Nationals
Defending
The defending team tries to stop the raider from returning to the raider’s half by physical means (e.g. tackling). If the raider does not make it back into his/her half by the time he/she stops chanting ‘Kabaddi’ the defending team gets a point.
After every raid, the roles of the teams switch round and this carries on for a set amount of time. When the time is up, the team with the most point wins.
Imperial defends against a raider from LSE
Imperial Kabaddi Society 