Display of Might

Writing by shinda on Thursday, 16 of November , 2006

Here’s a clip from last weekends Jor Melaa that happened in Surrey, BC. The atmosphere seems pumping with the Sangat really into the match, creating for what seems to be an amazing atmosphere. What really impressed me with the whole thing was the reffing, which is usually one of the most sensitive areas in such competitions. I liked how the 3 refs around the edges were all active, and working together with everyone seeming to be actively judging the match. Although this doesn’t necessarily eliminate missed calls or objectionable calls it does seem to reduce them, making for what would seem to be fairer matches, albeit longer ones.

The below match match pits, two of the current top Gatka players in North America, Sukhjinder and Teghbir Singh, both students of the late Charnjit Singh, against one another. Both have also participated in past Yudhs with Teghbir being the Yudh champion from 2004 while Sukhjinder impressed the Sangat this year by finishing first in the Kirpaan Demo, and fended of elimination against some of the top competitors, and his match against Jarnail was one for the ages.

Hopefully more videos from Jor Melaa will find there way online, likewise with videos from past Yudhs.

Hopefully we can see the rivalry grow and have a rematch of sorts at the next Yudh; which is slated to happen in the summer of 2007.

Category: Fight, Gatka, Sikhi, Video

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47 Comments
Rating: 0  resta suma

Gurpreet Sion from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 7:58 pm

to tell u the truth, that was more sad to watch than anything else

an something needs to be done to make sure people block in these gatka tournaments, every year it seems that its turning into a match of who can hit the other half a secon before he gets hit. Every vaar either results in a saanjhaa vaar or a point, I dont think you ever see a block

and when someone actually tries blocking, like the harianvela singh did at yudh, he just gets screwed cuz the other guy gets one vaar in, and then the rest of the match is just saanjhaa vaars cuz the guys who is winning refuses to block.

Gurpreet Sion from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 8:01 pm

who won?

PWAASSSSYYYYYY!!!! from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 9:42 pm

HOL UP!!

Teghbir is a PWASSSYYYYY!!!

Yo you gotta show some respect. Don’t act Cocky. Jus cuz you won dun mean you the ****!!!

OOOlooks like we know why teghbir din come to Toronto, Jarnail woulda slap him Silly!!

Peace and ma boi Mugsy did well for himself.

nihung sukh - ottawa from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 10:47 pm

im taking yudh in 2007 infront of all u lot. watch and learn.

oh and yo shinda, u can quote me on that.

--- from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 10:49 pm

buddy i wudnt b talkin ****…u dnt even kno the whole story…teghbir singh won fair n square….dnt start **** bout ppl….he wasnt actin cocky or no ****…he won thats it….watch wat u say….n that thing bout him not goin to t.o….maybe he just didnt wanna waste u guys AGAIN

Rating: -1  resta suma

t from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 11:06 pm

keep the shookness in BC, toronto dont need it

Rating: 6  resta suma

Old Sage from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 11:10 pm

At 9:25 the reff pushed mans real hard. I call foul (bomba style) on the reff in the black.

BC- Badde Cheaters from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 11:46 pm

Saaliyo Sharam KAro, Bhianjodh Ijaat banao. Badde aye a sikhi aale. Show osme sportsmanship

Rating: 0  resta suma

Harsimran Sion from your flag

Made Thursday, 16 of November , 2006 at 11:50 pm

Shidna you never ever seem to not come up with that controversy….double negative, i know

Rating: -3  resta suma

balzey from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 3:01 am

i would have laced the guy tlaking **** behind the camera. i like how ppl in the stands talk **** knowing nohting is gonna happen. i would have cracked him in the head. and then i would have rushed teghbir for being such a rasclat at the end

Rating: 8  resta suma

oochi oochi wali wali from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 4:15 am

teghbir needs to be lectured up for those ***** movements at the end. fools like him dun need b playing or participating in gatka tournaments. He disprespected everyone but not shaking or huggin the mans at the end.

The Rock from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 10:13 am

First off, I’m pretty sure the Singh in the back talking was Daman Singh from Vancouver (another student of Charanjit Singh). Last I recall the first Yudh that Daman Singh entered he did pretty well, so I guess he DOES know what he’s talkin’ about.

Second off, all you Easterners need to chill the **** out because you know NOTHING..and i mean NOTHING about the character and shenanigans of this Sukhwinder. There’s definitely bad blood between those two competitors. Plus, the shot to Teghbirs face was dirty (in my opinion). You see Sukhwinder in T.O. for Yudh and now you’re all up his ***. Gimme a break. You didn’t know this kid until last summer and now you think he’s the Messiah?

Respect to Teghbir Singh! Sportmanship can go to hell.

Babking from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 10:46 am

Last Yudh when it was Ja vs Sukhjinder it was jokes, because everyone was pure cutting up and going against Sukhjinder and cheering for Ja, while those from the West were going to Sukhjinder. Then Sukhjinder goes to BC and everyone there is going against him talk about never having home court advantage.

yall dont love us? from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 2:08 pm

West Coast ppl are homos.

Gurpreet Sion from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 2:42 pm

y does it say ‘troll’ beside my name? :S
all the posts were done under the same name….:S

Rating: 2  resta suma

Shaheedi Faujan from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 4:30 pm

Fateh,

To all who dont know Teghbir singh and sukhjinder singh have had beef for a long time. The fight was awesome. There were alot of harsh words exchanged during the fight that alot of ppl weren’t aware of, including with some of hte singhs in the audience.. Overall the fight was insane, the atmosphere was nutts, and the entertainment at the end of the show (allthough not all of it is shown here) was hilarous… although highly highly innappropriate of the singhs fighting. Both teghbir and sukhjinder need to get **** kicked so that they will learn to act their ages… i volunteer to do it ! :D

Rating: 0  resta suma

Gurpreet Singh from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 6:40 pm

First of all don’t rate the unrated…I must say that Sukhjinder Kids got nuff patience…mans woulda smash up the ref for pushin me like that and to the mans chattin on the side…i’da go buck wild on them…anyways…keep on keeping on Sukhjinder…u da man….

Rating: 3  resta suma

Ranjit Sion from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 6:40 pm

yo stright wtf was that….these 2 guys are wicked gatkabaj’s but fo real that was some effed up ****. soo many shots to the face Sukhjinder singh that was not good, fighting in anger will *** u up man, you make mistakes and and get careless and ive seen you fight last summer nthis summer you did earn my respect you played very well bro but dont play outta anger and dont start talkin **** back to sangat whoever that was shouldnt have started talkin smack to u either both parties messed up

teghbir i met this guy a few years ago too yo hes one cool singh too for real and this guy got game when it come to the ring but man that was upsetting eh, yo were like the same age i think yo left niggerin up gatka soo bad after a match u know between friends we can talk all the **** we wanna its just for fun but in the ring FIGHT WITH HONOR fight how u were TAUGHT to fight u know, i know back in the days no1 woulda tried this ****, fine if u wanna get the crowd into it i understand if u pulled some antics but that was outta EGO….

man who do we look to when we look back at the great fighters from our history guru sahibs and gatkabaj’s when they fight there opponent they fight sum1 honorably,, the few sakhis i have read about guru sahib fighting moghals during jang have shown that when they faught one of the greater more known moughal generals they fought them with honor WITH RESPECT they were on separate sides fine but styll yo they gave madd props for being shasterdhari b/c in the words of a great gatkabaj and a man who i had the pleasure of learning one for a brief time once explained to me that “abias (practise) of any art is in itself a form of bhagti” it takes countless hours and concentration to learn and refine ones skills but for rel chauvanism is sikhi ??? yo i donno much but im sure doesnt have a big part in it or in being a santsapai

i aint no saint i know and im the last guy to lecture i should prolly not even participate in any competions with singhs cuz im behind you all in the Sant half of being a sikh, but i have had a glimpse be it brief of what it is of being a sapai n i donno comin in with aggression to you oppenant is not a good thing ever…

and ya watever beef u guys have with sukh keep it outta the ring u know thats not asking for too much keepit outta the ring keep it outta darbar hall n gurughar n keep it peaceful…ya were all here in toronto may not know anything but we know enough **** gets around we aint stupid…i aint callin no1 shook aint callin anyone a *****…ive had the pleasure of meeting you both and i have the upmost respect for u guys ehh if u guys are gonna **** on me its all good, maybe this post was dumb n i missed the nail compeltly one thing i DO KNOW is THATS NOT HOS A GATKA MATCH SHOULD GO ezzz yall

Rating: 0  resta suma

Gurpreet Singh from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 6:48 pm

ohhh and whats up with the woo’s and stuff…wheres the jaikarays at…dats insult to the art of gatka…

t from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 6:50 pm

ppl got no sharm in that video, whats up with WOO WOOO GO TEGBHIRRR WOO WOOO…

in toronto ppl let out jaikarai, in BC they let out WOOO WOOO’s.

these ppl got no respect for teh vidiya guru sahib left us with. this aint a joke, its something to be taken seriously.

and the guy yelling out obcenities in sangat needs a slap upside his head. check yourself, thats not the way to act.

PPL DONT HAVE NO HONOR THESE DAYS, THATS WHAT THEY ARE LACKING. HONOR

--- from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 8:07 pm

well said Ranjit….totally agree

reality check from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 8:42 pm

teghbir and sukhjinder are both good gatka players and are both scandals, the question is who is the bigger scandal, i think we should give that trophy to teghbir as well.

it is good that they are maintaining shastar vidhiya and gurus roop and bana but do they live the life practically.

i thikn both of these individuals should remember that in the sangat there are little kids that look up to them. they should both be humble and avoiding swearin as it is not gurmat more importantly they should stay away from girls because seems like that is a big problem in bc

it was a good gatka comp but please take into consideration this constructive feedback

surrey all the way! i love ks

Rating: 1  resta suma

disappointed from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 8:59 pm

yoooo mannn wat the hell was thatttttt…….wats up with the woooohoooooo’s and teghbir got his ego up in his head….wheres the respectttt….

“keep the shookness in BC, toronto dont need it”

wellllllll saydddddd “t”……….toronto dunt neeeeed itttttt

Yah from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 9:28 pm

Yo just because B.C. is open about their shookness, doesn’t mean toronto doesn’t have it.. In fact it probably has more. The fact that things like girls meeting boys is taken as a hidden agenda, does not make it less shoook..

Face it, B.c. might be shook but who are you toronto gangsters trying to fool stop walking around like ur saints in those cholas…and check urselves..

finally, id like to say..let god do the judging..

some1 is in denial from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 9:38 pm

YAH, i like how u justify your shookness by throwin allegations on toronto singhs. the singhs that i know in toronto that wear cholay aint how u describe them. u losers should just admit instead of pointing fingers at others, how about u give us one toronto singh who is doing wat u say, we will deal with him within24 hours. u guys get motivated and think its ok when u see another singhs running scandals , so go take your weak **** soemwhere else

Rating: -4  resta suma

WTF was that from your flag

Made Friday, 17 of November , 2006 at 9:57 pm

Wat the **** was that it wasnt gatka from how i know. All it is people shouting wooooooooooo Teghbir and sukhjinder getting hated on not that i like him myself. And another thign wats with all the swearing and infront of sangat beysharam those bc ppl straight up. I dont think Tukee taught to disrespect ur oppened doesnt matter if u got beef u still atleast shake the guys hand not just back off like u think ur the **** of gatka in bc. Those guys are both ****** and somehthin needs to be done there just giving a bad name for themselves and gatka.

Old Sage from your flag

Made Saturday, 18 of November , 2006 at 2:12 am

This is completly hypocritical. On one hand you got everyone looking down on the mans swearing and the attitude of the Sangat. On another you all sitting here swearing like theres no tommarow. The posts against swearing themselves contain swearing, and that is how I say….messed up.

Teghbirs no Sant, neither is Sukhjinder, at athe same time neither are them singhs in Toronto who many here be praising, lets remember one thing, birds of a flock all fly together. Last I remember Teghbir and Sukhjinder (oh those villains) stay with the Toronto Singhs when in town.

Where's the Love from your flag

Made Saturday, 18 of November , 2006 at 4:18 am

Where’s all the love at?

Where's the LOVE!?!?! from your flag

Made Saturday, 18 of November , 2006 at 4:23 am

The East Coast don’t love Sukhjinder or Teghbir??
The East Coast aint got no love for Sukhjinder or Teghbir!?!?!
The East Coast aint got no love for Teghbir, Sukhjinder or the West Coast Sangat???
Yáll don’t love us?? Y’all DONT LOVE US!?!?!
We Kow yall East Coast, we know where we all at…
SO FINE THEN!

YouTube Killa from your flag

Made Saturday, 18 of November , 2006 at 2:10 pm

Thats the 3rd video that you got nuked off YouTube, first it was the dancing sikhs, then it was the manroop fight volume 1, now this.

bob from your flag

Made Saturday, 18 of November , 2006 at 9:14 pm

shinda nice to see u using diggs comments systems
cuz digg.com is the ****

Rating: -4  resta suma

a from your flag

Made Monday, 20 of November , 2006 at 2:54 am

shinda singh = kim bolan = salim jiwa = controversy lover

Rating: 2  resta suma

yo from your flag

Made Monday, 20 of November , 2006 at 5:01 pm

yoo werd tha video go too sum 1 hook a brotha upp

HateR from your flag

Made Tuesday, 21 of November , 2006 at 7:55 pm

Teghbir and Sukhjinder both need to be slapped they need to realize what they did honestly im from BC i have seen these guys teach kids and all those kids were there think about what they thought we just saw the video and we are pissed think about the ppl who were there alotta youth and adults are pretty pissed about all of this….I think these guys shudnt even have got the award because It says in the jor mela rules any fighting of any sort or swearing will result in disqualification why was there an exception here?

“and the guy yelling out obcenities in sangat needs a slap upside his head. check yourself, thats not the way to act.”

The guy yelling (refering to the above) and who started most of this stuff was Daman Singh by the way daman even though you dont care people are pissed at you too

forever singh from your flag

Made Saturday, 25 of November , 2006 at 4:36 pm

Hey.. singh

Just wondering if you could send the video.. or just post up it again i would like to see it.. i would assume you have my email after this post..let me know if you can or can not. thank you
jee

Fateh jee

Rating: -3  resta suma

shaheedi faujan from your flag

Made Tuesday, 28 of November , 2006 at 6:03 pm

Fateh All,

I dont see why people are upset, there were jakaras going on left right and centre, but you can’t do jakara 24/7. Theres nothing wrong with cheering inbetween jakaras, just as any sport competition event. And the reason there was sooo much cheering for teghbir was as the video was made by a kid from his akhara and the people sitting there was his entire akhara.

Yes the swearing by daman was bad, as it wasn’t needed but watever man….. overall the event was crazy goood, and was entertainment…. i give it double thumbs up (Y)(Y)

people need to get over all this hating….. most of you werent there……. i was, it was great!!!

Kapitol Punishment from your flag

Made Friday, 1 of December , 2006 at 3:39 am

uhh ohh a faujan aka bibi defending Teghbir and the jor mela lol soo penji (means sister how we in Toronto view a parayeee aurat-unknown woman-) were u one of the 12 yr old bibis cheering him on……sorry couldnt help the jerk comment

but in all seriousness i heard no jakaras and your telling me the behavior they diplayed was ok to show lil kids?

Rating: 4  resta suma

badman from your flag

Made Friday, 1 of December , 2006 at 11:49 am

t-dot owns owns gatka yo so bc get outta here

Rating: 4  resta suma

Kauurrrrrr from your flag

Made Sunday, 3 of December , 2006 at 11:17 pm

….if u watched the video carefully sukhjinder came up to daman and raised his hands up in the air and said what? what u gunna do huh? and when he turned around daman swore at him ( which he shouldnt have done) but sukhjinder shud have walked away instead he came back and told daman to shut the f*** up and sit the F*** down…what kinda player is that? and EVERYONE in the sangat knew what he said they read his lips…everyone knew what he said…and the ending..when tehgbir didnt shake sukhjinders hand, true that wasnt the right thing to do, but obvouly he didnt want to because all sukhjinder was he was all pakand….if he was shouting at daman and he was out of the circle then what the hell do you think sukhjinder was thinking towards teghbir, it was all hate…and all sukhjinder does is talk **** about teghbir down here,teghbir knows but he trys to ignore it as much as he can….so say if you had sumone backtalking you all the time what would you do? would you want a pakandi hand shake or turn it away?

Rating: 3  resta suma

SINGHH from your flag

Made Sunday, 3 of December , 2006 at 11:22 pm

why are ppl bringing up whose better in gatka…TO or BC?? were all no different man everyones the same, were part of the same panth…and ppl tryna bring up that toronto sangat better than here beacuase of the jakaray….why we gutta think negatively bout eachother its not right mann, i hate seeing things like this it just tores me apart…so much nidiya going on in here this isnt sikhi…

Rating: 7  resta suma

What the heck from your flag

Made Thursday, 7 of December , 2006 at 5:44 pm

want a pakandi hand shake or turn it away? - quote from kaur

Regardless kaur it was a Competition he wasn’t going to lose anything by shaking his hand…and doing this stuff in front of the sangat is totally wrong personal stuff should be kept outside of programs like this so in the end THEY ARE BOTH WRONG and who are we to judge who is real and who is pankandi i didnt know that we can judge other ppls SIKHI

Rating: -1  resta suma

DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE from your flag

Made Thursday, 7 of December , 2006 at 5:49 pm

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DON’T BELIEVE THE LIES ABOUT BEEF
DON’T BUY INTO THE LIES ABOUT CONFLICT.

SUKHJINDER AND TEGBHIR ARE COOL WITH EACHOTHER SO STOP MAKING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING!!!!!!!

Rating: -3  resta suma

SINGHH from your flag

Made Friday, 12 of January , 2007 at 1:09 am

were dumb

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