It is a game which is played with sports weapons called khukuri. Players have to compete with weapons known as sirupate (sports khukuri) which is a synthetic fiber khukuri covered with soft leather and a shield which is made by soft leather. Jomasar (Martial Art) is the part of physical
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The Khukuri , a semi-curve metal knife, is synonymous with the valor and indomitable courage of legendary soldiers. Khukuri is a medium-length curved knife, a formidable razor sharp weapon and a cutting tool. The Khukuri is a superior blade, both as a combat weapon and as a tool. The unique shape of the Khukuri makes it excellent both for chopping wood and for hacking through dense jungles and forests – serving as a combination of an axe and a machete – anything else requiring a good knife. This makes it a particularly ideal item for the outdoorsman, hunter, hiker or explorer- or anyone who needs a rugged multifunctional blade. Most Khukuri feature two little knives attached at the back of the sheath held either in a built-in pocket or a leather purse is the complete set. The sharp knife is a karda, it serves as a small cutting knife. The other knife is called a chakmak. It is blunt on both sides and it works like a knife sharpener, and when stroked against a limestone create sparks to start a fire also. The spelling of khukuri has been in dispute for some time. It has been documented as Khookuree, Kookerie, Khukuri, Kukurey, Kukoori, Kukri. These are mostly from early British accounts. The spoken word is actually 3 syllables: koo-ker-ee. Today accepted spellings are Kukri or Khukri. The basic history of the Khukuri taken for the JOMASAR syllabus was considered after a lot of research was done. None of us knows the fact that how the Khukuri exactly originated and is still a mystery where and who created it. The originated place and date have also been lost in the mists of time. Here are some facts, which proves that it is one of the oldest knives in the world. The blade shape might have descended from the classic Greek sword or kopis, which is about 2500 years old. The ‘Machira’, the cavalry sword of the ancient Macedonians which was carried by the troops of Alexander the Great when he invaded north-west in India in the 4th century B.C. and was copied by the local blacksmiths. Origin of Khukuri has been unswervingly linked to the Classic Greek sword or knife known as Kopis. The shape and style of the knife strikingly resembles the Khukuri. The Khukuri is also linked to the ancient Egyptian Kopesh blade, likely the model for the Greek Kopis, as well as to the Angolo-Saxon Scandinivian Seax. The Khukuri is indigenous to Nepal and India where is used as both a tool and a weapon. The awesome cutting edge of the Khukuri was first experienced by the British in India who had to face it in the well documented battles since 1814, while combating the Gorkha army in the Western Nepal. The Khukuri has gained recognition in the outside world for it’s use by Gorkha mercenaries in World War I and II. The mere sight of Gorkhas with their distinctive blade has more than once put an enemy to fight and quelled riots without bloodshed. The Khukuri however, is far more than just a Jawan’s weapon; in the large rural population, the Khukuri is a knife-of-all-work, serving to chop wood, slice vegetables, skin animals, cut grass and is also used in the Hindu religious ceremonies and almost everything about the Khukuri means something.