Gatka is a traditional South Asian form of combat-training in which wooden sticks are used to simulate swords in sparring matches. In modern usage, it commonly refers to the northwestern Indian martial arts, which should more properly be called shastara vidiya . In English, the terms gatka and shastar vidya are very often used specifically
ASTANA – Qazaq Batyry, Central Asia’s largest martial arts academy, which includes 10 training groups, recently opened in Astana. The Academy offers a variety of the most popular martial arts said by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Federation of Kazakhstan Aidar Makhmetov. “We have established an all-purpose academy
Traditional Sikh martial art ‘gatka’ is about to join modern sporting disciplines. From the upcoming session, Punjabi University will run a one-year diploma course in the coaching of Punjab’s newest recognised sport. Once part of religious fairs, it’ll be broken into theoretical, technical, and practical training to be given to the maiden lot of ‘gatka’
