How a gatka bout works

1. Gatka is the Sikh martial art played as a sport, with a stick, the soti, in place of a sword, and in one event a small leather shield, the farri.
2. Two players fight in a circle 30 ft across, scoring with clean, mild touches of the stick.
3. A touch above the belt scores 2, below the belt 1, and on the back or the back of the legs 3.
4. The player with more points wins. Level points go to a one-minute tie-breaker.

How long

Two rounds of 90 seconds with a 30-second break. A salute, the fatehnama, opens and closes the bout.