Bangladeshi martial arts

The genesis of Bangladeshi martial arts has been attributed to the need for protect villagers for Zamindar. During British period, lathial groups were sent to forcibly collect taxes from villagers. The farmers and youth people also made their lathial group to defend the zamindars lathial group. In the char (shoal) lands, people still take possession of chars through stick fights.^[1]

Butthan is a Bangladeshi martial art and an approved combat sport included by the National Sports Council (NSC) under Ministry of Youth & Sports, Bangladesh.^[2] Butthan was founded by Superhuman Mak Yuree Vajramunee.^[3] It is a system of self-defense and personal development rooted in South Asian heritage.^[4][5] As a combat sport, the martial art is practiced in different parts of the world under the International Butthan Federation.^[6] It aims to transform the human body through balance of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual spheres and thereby attaining self-mastery and beyond.^[5] Butthan characterizes 'Co-competition' system to depict the non-aggressive, cooperation-based path of empowerment.