Musti-Yuddha (Sanskrit: मुष्टि युद्ध) is a traditional combat sport originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term literally means "fist combat", from...

practice their ancestral arts of malla-yuddha and vajra-musti into the 1980s but rarely do so today. Malla-yuddha has survived ceremonially in south India...

and wrestlers thus became held in high regard. Vajra-musti and its unarmed counterpart malla-yuddha were practiced by the Jyeṣṭīmalla (lit. "the most excellent...

iron fist) with a kara on one hand. Loh-Muthi is a historic form of Musti-yuddha. In 2022, a Sikh lady candidate, Manharleen Kaur was barred from taking...

mentioned above, Sanda, Muay Thai, Kun Khmer, Lethwei, Savate, Adithada, Musti-yuddha, and certain styles of karate (especially full contact karate). The term...

types of boxing existed in ancient India. The earliest references to musti-yuddha come from classical Vedic epics such as the Rig Veda (c. 1500–1000 BCE)...

July, 2024 List of National Sports Award recipients in wrestling Akhara Musti-yuddha, India's oldest form of boxing. "Wrestling in India". Retrieved 27 March...

Yaw-Yan Kickboxing Shoot Boxing Pradal Serey Kickboxing Lethwei Boxing Musti-yuddha Kickboxing Moraingy Boxing Draka Kickboxing Xtreme Gladiator Muay Thai...

and the epics have their origins in military training, such as boxing (musti-yuddha), wrestling (maladwandwa), chariot-racing (rathachalan), horse-riding...

a French martial art Sanda or Chinese boxing, a Chinese martial art Musti-yuddha or Indian boxing, an Indian martial art Chess boxing, a hybrid sport...