Musti yuddha

Musti Yuddha

Also known as	Muki Boxing
Focus	Striking
Hardness	Full-contact
Country of origin	Varanasi, India
Olympic sport	No

Part of a series on Indian martial arts
styles
Wrestling: Malla-yuddha  · Pehlwani  · Musti yuddha  · Mukna  · Inbuan wrestling Kalarippayattu: Silambam  · Marma ati  · Kuttu Varisai Gatka Thang-Ta
Notable Practitioners
Phillip Zarrilli  · Jasmine Simhalan  · Gobar Guha  · Gulam  · Guru Hargobind  · John Will

Musti-yuddha is an unarmed martial art from Varanasi (Benares) in north India.^[1] Similar to Southeast Asian kickboxing styles it makes use of punches, kicks, knees and elbow strikes although punches tend to dominate.^{[citation needed]} Matches were once held regularly in Varanasi but were eventually banned because of the fights which often broke out among the boxers' supporters. Illegal bouts continued but became rare by the 1960s^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Lethwei
• Muay Lao
• Muay Thai
• Pradal Serey
• Tomoi

References

1. ^ Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith (1980). Comprehensive Asian fighting arts. Kodansha International. ISBN 9780870114366.