Ah, the internet

I was browsing through Kabaddi.org (as you do), and stumbled upon this:

Kabaddi Cops is the remarkable story about a determined group of Canadian police officers from the Toronto area, who take up a 4000 year old sport from India called Kabaddi, in order to bond with the South-Asian immigrant community.

After witnessing a protest over racial profiling in front of Peel Regional Police headquarters in 2002, Inspector Barry Dolan believed sport could ease tensions and promote harmony between police and South-Asians. His method was unorthodox and surprising to everyone who watched.

The Inspector formed a Kabaddi team made entirely of Police officers from his own department, selecting a small group of dedicated young men who knew nothing about the sport and very little about the culture. The team practiced hard on their days off and began competing in tournaments and festivals to the delight of thousands of enthusiastic spectators. In doing so, the Peel Police Kabaddi team became the only non-Asian team anywhere in the world. Their focus was on becoming closer to the community and bridging the gap that often exists between police and immigrants.

Kabaddi Cops is a short documentary in the classic style with the participants telling their story. It begins with a breakdown in relationships between police and a large segment of the community they are sworn to serve. What follows is a unique and progressive display of people rising to the challenge of maintaining harmony in a multicultural urban environment.

Nowhere on earth will you find amore diverse country than Canada and Kabaddi Cops captures the essence of this land - people working together towards a truly inclusive society, overcoming their differences and grievances in a productive and peaceful manner.

Mutha****ing cops playing mutha****ing kabaddi! This'll be the most badass film since Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (as the title suggests, the song was pretty badass).

Seriously though, how screwed up is Canada if a film about white kabaddi-playing constables "truly captures the essence of the land"? Hell the subject wouldn't even capture India's essence, and we invented the game!

Mind you, if there's any subcontinental game that has the potential to reach out to the average frat boy and become popular in the West, it's kabaddi - semi-naked males trying to touch each other while being wrestled to the ground and beaten to a pulp, all the while holding their breath. American colleges embraced mutated versions of this ancient pastime as fraternity initiation rituals. We went one step further and made it our national sport.

Okay it isn't as bad as I made it sound - it is in fact a rather challenging and demanding sport that requires true athletic ability and has very little to do with American frat culture. I just don't get why we have to play it in our boxers.

For those who are unfamiliar with kabaddi, here's a primer, replete with a crazy Punjabi commentator, who sounds rather like an old uncle playing with a bunch of ten year olds.

"Bilkul Deeeeeee de upar muqabla!"

"Pehlwan-uh! Lagi hoye dooty! [Ed: wtf?] Touch hoya ke nahin? Hone Ppppinder-uh! Haan, hato gabruah!"

"Dekho idhar pase Gurulal!"

Check out the great tag by Jassi from "Trunto" (Toronto) Truck Driving and Repairs at around 1:20 (I'm not making this up). Wah gabruah!