Perry Gil S. Mallari
Perry Gil S. Mallari

A staple in a traditional Indian wrestlers training program are two bodyweight exercises namely the dand or Hindu pushup and the baithak or deep-knee squat. The Great Gama (Ghulam Muhammad), known as the greatest of the Indian wrestlers, used the dand and the baithak as conditioning tools throughout his career spanning 50 years. He is the only wrestler in history to have died undefeated. The legendary martial artist and actor Bruce Lee also used the dand and the baithak. The drawings of these two exercises were included in Lee’s book Tao of Jeet Kune Do.

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