KHOKHO

  ( Vandana Pandu Rang Shinde former Kho-Kho player ) Kho-Kho recently received Arjuna award after a gap of 22 years Sarika Kale of Maharashtra received it. Its a gap of 35 years that a player from Maharashtra is getting this award. It's all due to combine effort of Sh.Sudanshu Mittal President  KKFI, Gen.sec KKFI M.S.Tyagi and Government of India to promote Indigenous game of India like Kho-Kho. Recently during the time of Lockdown, activities of Kho-Kho on social media is high. Recently JK Kho-Kho has conducted online exam through cloud platform to upgrade players and officials and the response of these types of practices is overwhelming across the world and Movie on Kho-Kho is about to release in coming days.  Ms.Neha Duggal Columnist caught up with Ms.Vandana Pandu Rang Shinde from Belgaum Karnataka in a sole conversation as she cast off a glow on Kho-Kho. She is working in the Police department and her mother is in a critical stage but her response is al...

On the occasion of National Sports Day Jammu Kashmir KhoKho Associatiom Conducted online exam and become 1st ever association in all over India who have conducted online Exam for officials and players to upgrade their skills and knowledge on regular basis as it was earlier decided in a meeting conducted by President JKKKA S.Manmeet Singh , Gen.Sec.JKKKA S.Harjeet Singh and KKFI Treasurer S.B.S.Tirthi.This online exam is solution to group all players and officials together to perform on virtual basis .Cloud servers facility are used by JKKKA to provide proper check of online users and for result analysis in order to maintain transparency in exam .Users login and  password are given to registered users so that no malicious users can perform exam .As mostly colleges and organisation are using google form facility which is not so transparent and any body can use it without time limits and any type of check. Recently Online paper of Kashmir province has been conducted succes...

                ( Velan .R former Kho-Kho Player)  Kho-Kho is getting good response all across the world and the reason is there are many players, officials, members etc.who have a love for this game and they are working hard day and night to add flavours in Kho-Kho. The Game Kho-Kho is, however, Indian origin game. As India is going to become a superpower in coming years and the culture, art, crafts, sports etc. is going to be famous across the globe and No doubt the indigenous games of India like Kho-Kho will get a rise in popularity and movement of the graph of Kho-Kho is rising with every second passed.  Velan .R is a former Kho-Kho player from Karnataka who participated in many tournaments. Ms.Neha Duggal Columnist caught up with  Velan .R of Karnataka presently residing in Bangalore working in Police Department in Karnataka in a sole conversation as he cast off the glint on Kho-Kho. Q1. What inspires you to start K...

Sarika Kale nominated for Arjuna Award Sarika Kale, captain of India’s women’s kho-kho team led the national team to clinch a gold at the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) in Guwahati. At the age of 10, Sarika began playing kho-kho and developed an interest in the game. With time, she mastered the skills of the game and represented her state Maharashtra in 25 national championships. In 2016, the renowned kho-kho player was struggling to find a job. The Railways had a men’s kho-kho team but were yet to recruit a female kho-kho player. On this Devarajan, an Olympian and Arjuna awardee, who won the bronze medal at the 1994 Boxing World Cup in Bangkok said: “The Indian Kho-Kho Federation (IKKF) has requested them to recruit Sarika and a few other players, but it’s a matter of policy and we need approval from the Railway Board which we are waiting.” Sarika has always been confident that her sport, just like kabaddi, will grow leaps and bounds if the corporate sector steps in. Finally...

        ( Rani Tiwari Senior Vice President KKFI)  Kho-Kho The game of Chase and Run demands stamina, energy, agility, endurance is a complete game which covers all the necessary parameters to maintain the fitness of mind and soul.  Kho-Kho, the traditional game of India which demands low budget played by almost every Indian in its school time is in running gear to dissipate across the globe. It is flooding across the world as various nations are approaching KKFI, IKKF and AKKF to pursue Kho-Kho. Moreover, Kho-Kho is prospering across the world with the announcement of Ultimate Kho Kho league during Burman lead Dabur and KKFI agreement and acknowledgement of Kho-Kho in the coming Asian Games and lots of International tournaments and International Coaching Camps by KKFI experts. Ms.Neha Duggal Columnist caught up with Ms Rani Tiwari Sr.Vice President KKFI in a sole conversation as she cast off a glow on Kho-Kho on Independence Day. Q1. What are t...

The Government has initiated the following awards for KhoKho: 1.Arjuna Award. 2.Eklavya Award for men. 3.Rani Laxmi Bai award for women. 4.Veer Abhimanyu award for boys under 18. 5.Janaki award for girls under 16. By Voice of International Player

Origin of KhoKho Rules: The rules of the game were framed in the beginning of the 20th century. At Gymkhana Poona, a Committee was formed in 1914, to frame its rules. The first ever rules on Kho-Kho were published from Gymkhana Baroda, in 1924.  By Voice of International Player #KhoKho, #Team India, #Captain Indian Kho Kho Team, #KhoKho player, #Top KhoKho Player, #KhoKho Rules, #KhoKho Ground, #KhoKho India, #KhoKho Management Rules, #KhoKho lovers, #International KhoKho, #National KhoKho, #KhoKho Afrika, #Asian KhoKho Championship, #Pankaj Malhotra, #Voice of International Player

1.There are only 5 teams participated in 1st National Championship in 1959-60 at Vijayawada. 2.In 1959-60 Maharashtra was the Champion and Andhra Pradesh was the Runner up in 1st National Championship at Vijayawada. 2.In 1960-61 , 1st women KhoKho Championship was conducted along with men in Kohlapur. By Voice Of International Player

Kho-Kho Knowledge Screws 1914 -The first Kho-Kho tournaments were organized. 1955 - Kho-Kho Federation of India was formed. 1959 -The First national championship was held at Vijayawada under the auspices of the Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI). By Voice of International Player Pankaj Malhotra #KhoKho, #Team India, #Captain Indian Kho Kho Team, #KhoKho player, #Top KhoKho Player, #KhoKho Rules, #KhoKho Ground, #KhoKho India, #KhoKho Management Rules, #KhoKho lovers, #International KhoKho, #National KhoKho, #KhoKho Afrika, #Asian KhoKho Championship, #Pankaj Malhotra, #Voice of International Player

Pushpavathi  J. P. (Coach and Former KhoKho player) Ms.Neha Duggal FEATURED COLUMNIST Kho-Kho the game of Strategy which involves all human senses to involve completely into the game in order to attain results.This Game which did not get popular earlier due to acceptance of western games just like yoga which was earlier not so popular and hidden like khokho with non awareness of it's multi benefits in body , mind and soul but now a days Yoga is accepted by western countries and by whole world by knowing it's benefits.People are eager to learn Yoga and whole world is getting benefits of Yoga .Same is going on with KhoKho as it slowly and slowly  getting it's pace and spreading across the world and getting popular with every second passed now a days because of its unique and multibenefits for all round development on human mind, body and soul.Originated from the time of Mahabharta as it's a strategy based game that prepares the player to make yourself strong e...

ANNUAL CALENDAR FOR NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS (2020-21 & 2021-22) launched by KKFI Proposed Dates & Venues                    NATIONAL EVENTS 1. 54th Senior National Kho-Kho Championship 2020 28th Dec 2020 to 1st Jan 2021 Maharashtra Men & Women 2. 40th Junior National Kho-Kho Championship 2020 29th Jan 2021 to 2nd Feb 2021 Andhra Pradesh/ Delhi NCR Boys & Girls 3. 31st Federation Cup Open National Kho-Kho Championship 2020 27th Feb 2021 to 1st Mar 2021 Bihar Men & Women 4. 31st Sub Junior National Kho-Kho Championship 2020 2nd Mar 2021 6th Mar 2021 Himachal Pradesh Boys & Girls 5. 4th Khelo India Youth Games 2020 Date: - TBC Location: - Haryana 6. Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Tournaments Date: - TBC Location: - TBD 7. All India Invitational Kho-Kho Tournament             INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 1. India Vs. Sri Lanka Kho-Kho Test Match 2021-22 Aug-2021 S...

You can see that Kho-Kho is continuously changing with time. Earlier Kho-Kho is silent in its features whether it's an attack, Defense, skills etc. Kho-Kho is limited to certain states and countries 10-20 years back. As Kho-Kho is pure Indian game it needs to be highlighted much before other games but due to more adaptation of western games by players and higher authorities is the only reason that Kho-Kho did not get that much speed in the era of 1990 to 2000s but in last 3 or 4 years Kho-Kho is accelerating high across the world. Kho-Kho has seen lots of changes whether it's strategy, pace, ground, crowd, popularity, people, tricks etc. In the era of '90 to 2000s Kho-Kho is purely bare feet played in the mud ground, the size of the ground is bigger and players are more calm and composed. There are lots of skill involved that time and more senior players are into the game than Junior because of more skill and techniques. Now the trend is different as more youngs...