The Rules of Kabaddi - EXPLAINED! 

FOOTNOTES: - This is a remake of a video I did a few years ago. The last one got taken down. Now it's been re-uploaded with new footage due to a recent surge of demand. - A lot of people ask why the defenders hold hands. There's actually several reasons: - To trap the raider by cutting off potential escape routes. - To pull on their partner if they've been touched so that they know to tackle the raider. - To form a chain to corral the raider out of position or into areas that they're not comfortable operating. - To ensure their partner does not step out of bounds.

Just so people aren't confused when watching one of the modern-day professional Kabaddi games, I would add that the chanting "Kabaddi" continuously rule isn't really enforced, but rather 30 seconds is given for each raid. Chanting while exhaling without inhaling was a way to time things back in olden times, but now that Timers and Stopwatches are a thing, the rule isn't really enforced.

I was skeptical at first but I'll admit this actually looks pretty cool

I love seeing sports that don’t require much equipment, if any at all. It’s a breath of fresh air, when I think of how expensive popular American sports were to play when I was growing up.

This looks like a game we would play during gym class

I remember how many shirts I tore while playing this during my physical education period back in the school days.

I think I've found my new favorite sport to watch. The strategic aspect of this is exciting.

This seems like a very violent game of tag, which makes it awesome. It really should have aired on ESPN back in the day.

As a wrestler and football player...I'm in!

Thank you! I saw this game played on a TV in an Indian restaurant with commentary in Hindi (which I don't speak) and was totally confused. Now that I have seen this explanation, it makes all the sense in the world.

The best of tag & dodgeball combined for the ultimate contact sport that isn’t American football. I just found this 20 minutes ago, & I am going to start to follow it.

I've seen a match or two of this sport and believe me when I say it beats the NBA and MLB by miles in terms of entertainment.

Ok this has to be an Olympic sport! This is brilliant!

Just got ESPN+ and the Pro Kabaddi League games are on there. Super excited to actually know what's going on now when I watch

I think this is a really cool sport,which deserves more love in the world,than it has now. Fast paced,strategic and unpredictable game!

I love American football and I definitely see the potential Kabaddi has for training players in agility, quick burst speed, and even tackling.

I remember this being on tv in the UK in the 90s. Channel 4 I think. Was always a cool looking sport.

Channel 4 in the UK used to televise Kabaddi matches. It's fun to watch. :)

Played a fair bit of this growing up. Less rules of course, and traditionally on mud surfaces.

Oh man I remember we used to play this in PE back in India. Well, until this one guy broke his thumb raiding. We couldn't play kabbadi again.

I literally just discovered this sport today. Quite interesting! I’d love to go to a live game.

Kabaddi is one of the fastest growing sport in South Korea, Japan, Kenya, Mauritius, England. I hope it soon becomes a global sport. International Kabaddi Federation needs to popularise it well. What do you think Ninh ly?

Good job, as always. A very interesting sport - one that requires minimal room and no unusual equipment. Sort of genius, really.

Me who came here after watching "Shakunetsu Kabaddi". A very interesting sport!!

Right timing! Just saw it in Asian Games and completely baffled by muscular dudes play a more menacing version of gobak sodor.

Remember playing this in middle school during lunch and having knee bruises and ripped pants. Good ole days

I feel like as a child in the Philippines, we played a similar game called "Agawan Base" (Fight-for, or struggle for, bases - [Ilocano]) - this was in the northern part of the PH, and it was a schoolyard game.

one of the most underrated sports in the world.

Very Good. Also Iran is the closest rival to India in International tournaments ( both Men and Women).

This looks like the most affordable sport that anyone can play, after football/soccer

Very well explained for someone like me who's hearing/reading about this game for the first time! Thank you very much for your video.

I’ve never heard of this sport until the anime Burning Kabaddi. It’s really interesting.

This will be on ESPN+ starting this Wednesday, I'm interested in watching it. Thanks for the video!

Great to see this sport back on here!

The tackles are similar to how we play sharks and minnows on fun days at wrestling practice, looks like great fun

I started watching kabbadi yesterday, Dec 17th, East US. Kabbadi is life. Kabbadi brings us into a vibrant oneness and wholeness. It must become a major league sport.

Glad to see kabaddi back on the channel, thanks Ninh!

Kabaddi is seriously fin to watch

I used to play Kabaddi when I was a child. Rules of this pro kaddi and normal ones are really different. Even a person who has played it may not understand rules of pro kabaddi. Ps: I am from Nepal. Not India.

Well for people who are really interested in this game. They recently started this year's season of Pro Kabaddi in India.

Kabbadi used to be shown on the TV in the UK. It's a great spectator sport and you get right into it!

Thanks for uploading this easy to understand rules for playing Kabaddi. I just knew this sport from the Asian Games 2018 and got lost. So I've been looking for videos to understand the rules, and yes, yours is the easiest to understand. Thank you! Now i can watch and follow the games in Asian Games 2018!

Very nice! I had seen a couple kabaddi videos but could not figure out what was going on. This helps.

4:34 Personally I actually found the sport to be very intuitive. Some of the rules seem wonky, but I think that can probably be said of any gamified sport (i.e., balks in baseball, the definition of a catch in football, and so on)

This is so cool! A sport without any ball. And is played on land with teams. It’s so interesting. Like a complex tag.

Looks fun! Kinda like a mix of tag and dodgeball without the ball Haha awesome

i cant wait for the tutorial in the anime

Enjoyed this. Refreshed my dim memories of the rules from when kabaddi was on Channel 4 in the late 80s/early 90s. Very clear and easy to follow explanations.

who’s here bc you wan watch that anime

I swear we used to play this type of game in middleschool without even knowing about this sport ! Awesome video as usual man, keep it going !

Kabaddi is Awesome!! Can't wait to play this at my local church !!

What a amazing game to play with buddy , real physical, strategy and mad mad fun

This video is super helpful. Thanks for putting this together!

This is one of those sports that I wish was popular in Canada. I always see the Indian guys at the park in my city with their uniforms but I never knew the rules.

Coming soon: Ninh explains the rules of Not Getting Videos Taken Down.

I saw a short video that mentioned Kabaddi, but didn't explain it. Thank you! I appreciate your explanation.

I've just begun watching an Anime about this sport and this video is a good introduction.

Great explanation! It's a lot to take in but I think I have the gist of it, so thanks for making the video! Came here after I noticed there's an anime called Shakunetsu Kabaddi coming out in spring 2021.

When in school we used to play this in mud ground, barefoot, now it's synthetic surface, boy do I miss the distractions, taunts, banters, thigh slaps.. Kirr was another of our favourite sport..

Very cool. Thank you very much, for a long time I've been trying to understand this sport.

Thank you! Nice concise video. I'll be coming back to this

Wait was that meant literally when you said touching the bonus line has to be done “with one foot in the air”?

Good job Ninh! After like 2 years you are finally able to re upload your Kabaddi vid that got taken down

Only time I ever was confused after watching one of your videos still loved it

Excellent video. This is the best description of the rules that I have come across.

Glad to see the kabbadi video back up

Whos here for the new anime

So a sport where size, strength and agility are very useful and it doesnt require any expensive equipment or courts. Looks like this would be a good addition to the sport curriculums for less funded schools.

Super Tackle, Do or Die added just like new rules in T20. To make it popular

We play this game with kids at work and we tell them it’s a professional sport and now I actually know the rules 😂

for once You Tube got it right, thank you for making this video, hope this sport comes to America

Actully love this channel. And i know its something small but i love the way you say sliotar in hurling you pronuce it like slit and or really fast 💙💙💙

I am addicted to this sport !!!! It's more fun to watch than you think.

I'm really trying to think about it, but I can't remember of any other sport like this one: Kabaddi is (at least I believe) the only team field sport that doesn't uses a ball... (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) Very smart and original game indeed!

Thanks for re-uploading this man I’ve missed this video 😊

I'm sure many places around the world have a similar schoolyard game with this logic. We had this game where two teams split up, hold hands and form a line each, demand one person from the other as the "raider" during their turn. The raider would run towards the other team, trying to force his/her way through the human chain formed across the field, if s/he wins, they'd get one player for their team, if loses, joins the other. Of course the resemblance is only superficial, but I remembered those memories immediately upon seeing this video.

Thankx for simplifying this. I would like to see more of these matches.

Who else came here after the anime being announced

This was awesome! Thank you for your tutorial. Looking for matches to watch right after this!

Thank you so much for explaining the rules so clearly! I understand a little bit more now. :D

This looks so fun and entertaining!

I'd always wondered if you had done a video on this sport. The first mention I found of Kabaddi was in one of the "Schott's Miscellany" books.

Im here cuz of the anime

Thanks ninh ly for kabbadi episode kabbadi is great sport very popular in india Bangladesh pakistan and wherever an indian lives great narration nice explained

there is going to be a new anime series. i never heard of this sport so i thought i'd research the sport for a minute. seems very interesting. these game rules are wild! what a wildly bizarre game.

Might be my new favorite sport...

This is like dodgeball mixed with all tackles one and tag. That’s actually awesome.

Nicely explained. Thanks

This is a good Sport! You don't need any equipment, really. I am very surprised it is not played anywhere else. Lots of little boys would enjoy this sport very much, and at the same time it is a very fun spectator sport to watch when it is played at the adult level.

great video! Keep it up!

Its really a great video to easily understand the rules of kabaddi ! Good Job 👍

Thanks for that! Makes a lot more sense now

In Bangladesh we call it 'HA-DU-DU' ❤ And more importantly it's our national sport 🤩

Questions: 1. Can the defenders tackle the raider even without the raider touching one of the defenders first? 2. Can the raider reach for the mid line with one of his/her limbs after he/she is tackled and pinned down on the floor? 3. Rules on stepping over lines. For examples: Are there penalties for a defender who steps over the lobby or the back line to avoid being touched by the raider? Are there penalties for a raider who steps over the lobby? Are there penalties for a raider who steps over the mid line by accident? Does he forfeit his raiding turn or "dies and goes to the box" if he hasn't even touch the bulk line? 4. What is the clock that is ticking down from like 28 seconds? Is there a time limit on how long each raid can take? Are there penalties if a raider doesn't return to the mid line in time? 5. You say the raider must touch "as many" defenders as he can. Does that imply he can score multiple points in a raid by touching multiple defenders plus maybe stepping over the bonus line when there are enough people? 6. If a raider can score multiple points by touching multiple defenders, then what if multiple defenders tackle the raider and he still makes it back to the mid line? Does that count as multiple touches? Can you lose multiple defenders in one raid? 7. There must be some rules on what you cannot physically do to opposing players. Can you give some examples on some common illegal moves?

Great video!

Thanks for the video. Very helpful

I love this channel

Nicely explained

Thank you brotha first English vid explaining it well

I played kabadi when Iwas at school.it actually a very entertaining game .lots of fun with friends . It is also a pretty dangerous game.