Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/07/this-is-the-sport-of-professio.html
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Intense! Also, any of these folks would catch my fat ass in less than 5 seconds.
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meh. I prefer a real sport…
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That looks like it could be painful if one made a false move.
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Well that is best thing I have watched online today. These guys have some serious moves!
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Gotta love the purity combined with pure athleticism.
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Tag is a young person’s game. At my age the highlight reel would be us standing at opposite ends of the field glaring at each other.
That was fun though.
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Immediately thought of this:
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I used to belong to a league that played in flip-flops on a gravel schoolyard. Dogs were allowed onto the field, but getting tagged by one didn’t count.
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Haha, you beat me to it! 
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Would be vastly improved by playing freeze tag rules and having more competitors.
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I expected some info on Kabaddi, now I’m disappointed…
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My head hurts from clanging it into those bars just watching the video
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Reminds me of
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That is such a cool sport I’ve never heard of that I would expect to see in a Paul Verhoeven movie
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with crocodile pits lining the boundaries of the playing field
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I had no real idea what was going on, but it had my full and complete attention!
I can see where a ‘center forward’ with slippery, skinny ankles and very long fingers would be an advantage.
Maybe I should have linked to this video right away:
What is only a side-note in the Wikipedia article and barely noticeable in the first video: The Raider has to say the word “Kabaddi” over and over again. He has to perform his strike within a single breath, and this way he shows that he is actually exhaling.
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