Browsing Tag: Gatka

The Miri Piri Academy students performed Gatka and enthralled the spectators at the Houston MLK Day parade. A swelling crowd of 300,000 spectators hailed the Sikh group with loud clapping and approving ‘yes’ sound as the group passed through the parade.

It is a martial art, but it is also a spiritual practice, which aims to bring balance to our being. Gatka was employed in historical Sikh wars and has been thoroughly battle-tested, when there was a need to defend the dharma.

"I felt like I had stepped back in history to see it. I have never experienced anything like that before. I was not aware of the festival until a few years ago when I got involved in the project.

Punjabi University Patiala Gatka players won 3rd All India Inter University Gatka Championship concluded here today. Chairman Backward Classes Commission and former president SGPC Prof. Kirpal Singh Badungar gave away the prizes to the winners.

"I'm not religious, but Sikhism is definitely my favorite religion now. You guys are totally rad." Said one student who visited the gurdwara in Espanola New Mexico.

Punjab Gatka Association is going to organize its 2nd Punjab State Women Gatka Championship at Shahi Physical Education College Jhakrodi, Samrala in district Ludhiana on September 27 and 28.

Gatkebaaz from Ludhiana district bagged first position on the concluding day of Punjab state Gatka Championship (men & women) at Machhiwara (Ludhiana) by winning 73 gold, 26 silver and 2 bonze medals during the mega event.

The National UK Gatka Championship was held this year in Derby. Sangat TV broadcast-ed the entire event live throughout the day, while Sikh Channel recorded the highlights for a later broadcast.

Today, the International Sikh Martial Arts Academy organized the first Hola Mohala Virsa Sambhal Gatka tournament under the aegis of the Gatka Federation of India (GFI).

Many observers stated that their favourite part of the program was the hand-to-hand combat and Gatka demonstration. Viewers were amazed at how seemingly easily Ustaad Onkar Singh defended himself with a Kamarkasa (length of wide cloth tied around the waist) or umbrella against multiple attackers.

Fateh Divas, celebrated a day after Bandi Choor Diwas was marked with traditional fervour and valour as Nihang organizations from all over Punjab to celebrate the return of Guru Hargobind from Gwalior Fort.

A few brave spectators even volunteered to take part in the Sikh martial arts demonstration by holding a banana to be chopped by a swordsman.

An Indian boy has become the world's youngest master of an obscure Indian [Sikh - ED] martial art called Gatka.

The Sikh community is holding its first martial arts competition in the Silicon Valley. The Sikh community is not unfamiliar to battle—both physical and political—in California and is ready to take on this competition with skill and strength.

NSY Organisation head Amarjeet Singh said apart from educating the youths on their religion and traditions, the objectives of the camp were to mould them into effective leaders, to lead a disciplined lifestyle, to instill the spirit of voluntarism, to always remain loyal to one’s country and to respect peoples of other faiths.

In the end the tears of those who lost and the smiles of those who won made all the figments of doubt shy away. And, the enigma of the grand finale just collapsed when the world witnessed the roaring lions of the Khalsa panth, BIR KHALSA group, accepting the second-runners up trophy smilingly after all those death defying stunts.

Guru Granth Sahib 406th installation Anniversary at Siri Amritsar Sahib in Pictures

The Sikh community is outraged by what they consider blatant ignorance on part of Judge Sajid Khan when it came down to his verdict on a Gatka Performance done on the Stage of India’s Got Talent.

In an extraordinary coda to three days' of worship and festivity, the Mohalla celebrations conclude with displays of traditional Sikh martial prowess on a grassy plain by the Charan Ganga River.

It's been third consecutive year, that Sikhs have made their presence felt at the festival with their nerve-racking display of martial art 'Gatka' which has been one of star attraction in the festival over the years.

Gatka, the traditional Sikh martial art dating back to the early 17th century, has seen a rejuvenation in the past few years.

A short drive away from Windsor Castle, a group of ferocious-looking, blue-turbanned men are trying to preserve a martial art that frightened the life out of the British when they ruled India.

Banned by the Raj, the world's original martial art is being revived by British Asians. Jerome Taylor reports...

The judges were not only taken aback by her performance, but also by the adversity she had experienced.

When the grey-bearded gatka master moves his practice sword, it cuts the air with an slicing whoosh that can be heard at the other end of the basketball court.

Gatka, the ancient martial art form of Sikhs has flourished in North India for hundreds of years, and to further popularise 'Gatka' among Sikh youths, a contest was organised recently in Ludhiana.

38 teams from around the world will participate in this event broadcast live on the internet from Hazur Sahib

Gatka teams performed their martial art outside the gurdwara on Tuesday evening, which was witnessed by scores of devotees.

The ancient art of sikh traditional martial art of Gatka is getting popularized and revived in rural Punjab.

Results announced for 6th annual YUDH 2008 !!