Why Mud Wrestlers Give Up Everything For An Ancient Sport | Still Standing | Business Insider

Kushti is a traditional mud-wrestling sport in India with roots dating back 2,500 years. Wrestlers leave their hometowns as children to live and train at wrestling academies, called talims. The lifestyle is extremely disciplined: They wake up at 4 a.m. to train six days a week and rarely get the chance to see their families. We went inside the Gangavesh wrestling school in Kolhapur to follow one of the top fighters there, Mauli Jamdade, to see what it takes to be a mud wrestler.

MORE STILL STANDING VIDEOS:
Meet The Sari Weavers Keeping A 16th Century Craft Alive | Still Standing | Business Insider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxJUmf1udI
The Risks Of Keeping The xxZ Oldest Leather Tannery Alive | Still Standing | Business Insider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4E465h9CAc
Meet One Of The Last Masters Keeping Korea’s Ancient Onggi Traditional Alive | Still Standing | Business Insider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj8tGX6WOnA

------------------------------------------------------

#Wrestling #StillStanding #BusinessInsider

Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more.

Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com
Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider
BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj
BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T
BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF
BI on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/disco....ver/Business_Insider
Boot Camp on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/disco....ver/Boot_Camp/338337

Why Mud Wrestlers Give Up Everything For An Ancient Sport | Still Standing | Business Insider