05-10-2004, 02:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+May 10 2004, 01:36 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ May 10 2004, 01:36 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> >>>sports that originated in India
Chess, Karate, Kung fu, Kabadi, KhoKho, Dam khal <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Karate Factoid : Kung Fu, I know was taken to China by BodhiDharma (of Kanchipuram?)
Bodhidharma is also attributed with bringing Tea to China.
The 28th patriarch of Indian Buddhism, Bodhidharma was the first patriarch of Chinese "Zen" Buddhism..
Now that I think of the smaller sports, gilli-danda was a famous one. Wonder if anyone still plays it <!--emo&
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<b>Jallikkattu:</b> is a sport of Tamil Nadu, where men literally take the bull by the horns. Unlike the spanish matador, the bull is not killed with weapons in a cowardly manner, but traditionally wrestled with.
Chess, Karate, Kung fu, Kabadi, KhoKho, Dam khal <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Karate Factoid : Kung Fu, I know was taken to China by BodhiDharma (of Kanchipuram?)
Bodhidharma is also attributed with bringing Tea to China.
The 28th patriarch of Indian Buddhism, Bodhidharma was the first patriarch of Chinese "Zen" Buddhism..
Now that I think of the smaller sports, gilli-danda was a famous one. Wonder if anyone still plays it <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><b>Jallikkattu:</b> is a sport of Tamil Nadu, where men literally take the bull by the horns. Unlike the spanish matador, the bull is not killed with weapons in a cowardly manner, but traditionally wrestled with.