Gatka Gatka Gatka ( Urdu: "") is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region. It is a style of stick fighting, with wooden sticks intended to simulate swords. The Punjabi name "gatka" properly refers to the wooden stick used. The word originates as a diminutive of Sanskrit "gada" "mace". The style originated in later 19th century, out of sword practice in the British Indian Army, divided in two sub-style, called "rasmi" (ritualistic) and "khel" (sport) from the 1880s. There has been a revival during the later 20th century, with an International Gatka Federation
Musti-yuddha Illegal matches are still held in Kolkata today and are frequented by gamblers. Musti-yuddha Musti-Yuddha (Sanskrit and ; ) is the traditional form of boxing originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term literally means "fist combat", from the Sanskrit words "muśti" (fist) and "yuddha" (fight, battle, conflict). While this would originally have been used as a general term for any boxing art, today it usually refers to muki boxing from Varanasi, the only surviving unarmed style. In the Punjab there still exists an armed form of boxing called "loh-musti" in which the fighters wear an iron ring on one hand,