Welcome to Official Website of Punjab Gatka Association

Gatka, a traditional martial art an Indian Art of self defence was introduced to India around 4 thousand years ago by the Aryans and is the mother of all martial arts. 'Gat' means excellence or success in one's own power; 'ka' means belonging to or of. Therefore "a person who practices Gatka becomes excellent and successful. It is an art by which one becomes extremely graceful and brings dignity, divinity, grace and self defence but it requires time, commitment and practise.

It is generally at public display during religious processions but Punjab Gatka Association (PGA) and Gatka Federation of India (GFI) are managing, standardizing, promoting, popularizing and reviving it as a game in Punjab as well as in India similar to other games.

The Gatka Federation has, for the first time, formulated and standardized the in-depth rules and regulations in September 2009 for playing of Gatka game with pictorial guidelines and providing training to the budding Gatkebaaz through workshops, seminars and camps under the new Gatka rules.

It's a humble effort to revive a forgotten and dying art having a historical significance. We are pleased to inform you that Punjab Olympic Association (POA) has recognised the PGA. The Education Department of Punjab has also incorporated the Gatka game into the Punjab school and universities sports calendar on the persistent appeals of PGA. We are passionately desiring from the Punjab as well as Central Governments to award due gradations of Gatka game certificates at par with the certificates of other games for which a case has also been filed before the Punjab State Sports Council and Sports Department Punjab.