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 The Risks Of Keeping The xxZ Oldest Leather Tannery Alive | Still Standing | Business Insider Meet One Of The Last Masters Keeping Korea’s Ancient Onggi Traditional Alive | Still Standing | Business Insider ------------------------------------------------------ #Wrestling #StillStanding #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: Subscribe: BI on Facebook: BI on Instagram: BI on Twitter: BI on Snapchat: Boot Camp on Snapchat: Why Mud Wrestlers Give Up Everything For An Ancient Sport | Still Standing | Business Insider