The circle came first.
Before the mat, the floodlights and the league, kabaddi was played on open ground inside a chalked circle. That game is still alive across Haryana and Punjab — and it still has almost no path from a village field to a national stage. We're building one.
What circle kabaddi is
Also called national style, it's the outdoor form of the game: two teams, one circular field around 22 metres across, split down the middle into two courts. There's far more ground to cover than on the indoor mat most people see on television, which makes it a running game as much as a wrestling one.
It's the version that still produces a large share of state and police-department players in north India. What it doesn't have is structure — no regular calendar, no clear route upward, and very little money reaching the grounds where it's actually played.
Pro Circle Kabaddi Foundation of India exists to give that traditional game a structured path forward: self-funded pilot events first, then state-level tournaments, and in time, a professional league. Read our mission and values
Leadership
Three founders, registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs — 83 gold medals combined across the founding and supporting team.