A gymnasium or training school in Indian martial arts and wrestling traditions, particularly in South Asia, where wrestling and combat skills are taught.
From Sanskrit 'akhāḍa' meaning playground or gymnasium; the word remains prominent in Hindi and other Indian languages for athletic training spaces.
Indian akhara wrestling has produced some of the world's most technically skilled wrestlers—the training methods emphasize body awareness and discipline that go back thousands of years!
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