Went. Wednesday was very pleasant for Bihar hosting Khelo India Youth Games. The Bihar team has won a total of five medals including one silver in the Gatka game held at Bodh Gaya IIM. Wednesday was a historic day for Gatka as all six gold medals of this traditional game were at stake in Gaya’s IIM campus.
Bihar won a total of 5 medals
Bihar won a total of 5 medals, including 1 silver and 4 bronze. Team Farri Soti Girls and Bihar won bronze in the boys category. Anshu won the silver medal in the single Soti girls category. Farri Soti personal boy and Akash Kumar Sharma and Komal Jain won bronze medals in the girls category.
One of the basic techniques of self -defense
Gatta is a style of fighting sticks between two or more players, in which wooden sticks (called sleeping) are used to mimic the swords. It was one of the basic techniques of self -defense for Sikh warriors during the military period of great Sikh Gurus.
Main use for self -defense
It is mainly used for self -defense and it is practiced by the Gatakas before using the sword/saber. The ‘stick’ and ‘Farri’ are used in place of swords and shields respectively for practice and safety purposes in Gatta sports. IIM Bodh Gaya has participated by 19 states players for this game, in which 80 men and 80 women have attended.
Medal winner in Gatta on Wednesday:
Team Farri Soti (Girl):
• Gold: Jharkhand
• Rajat: Maharashtra
• Bronze: Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
Team Farri Soti (Child):
• Gold: Chandigarh
• Silver: Punjab
• Bronze: Jharkhand and Bihar
Single Soti Personal (Child):
• Gold: Gursevak Singh (Punjab)
• Silver: Ashdeep Singh (Punjab)
• Bronze: Gagandeep Singh (Delhi), Mandeep Singh (Haryana)
Single Soti Personal (Girls):
• Gold: Tamanna (Punjab)
• Silver: Anshu (Bihar)
• Bronze: Arshpreet Kaur Saggu (Madhya Pradesh), Avneet Kaur (Punjab)
Farri Soti Personal (Child):
• Gold: Bhupinderjit Singh (Chandigarh)
• Rajat: Jagdeep Singh (Punjab)
• Bronze: Amitoj Singh Dasan (Chhattisgarh), Akash Kumar Sharma (Bihar)
Farri Soti Personal (Girls):
• Gold: Jasmet Kaur (Delhi)
• Rajat: Jashandeep Kaur (Chandigarh)
• Bronze: Komal Jain (Bihar), Sonu Kaur (Punjab)
