International Council of SQAY

 Introduction

Kashmir known as the valley of dreams and paradise on the earth. Kashmir has its own ancient cultural background and is famous for its cultural beauty, mountains, lakes, gardens and crafts .The history of “SQAY” can be traced in early days of Kashmir history, when man learnt to protect himself  from wild animals, individually or collectively.

Sqay a South Asian Martial arts form of sword-fighting originating in Ancient Kashmir. To introduce the martial art form in world arena, Grand master Mir Nazir worked hard to introduce this Ancient Martial art in world arena. A organization was formed on 7 th may 1987 at Pampore Kashmir to develop and introduce sqay Martial art in word arenas as a south Asian kashmiri Martial art,the name of the organization was decided as international council of sqay. International Council Of Sqay ( ICS) Is the only official and legal Governing Body of sqay in  world

to look after all technical , official and legal matters of the SQAY in world.

International council of sqay has five continental organizations and have currently seventy (70)national federations as affiliated members so for.

Vision
The international council of sqay is great world organization comprised of highly skilled and dedicated martial artists rich in tradition of excellence, we will provide our members unparalleled opportunities for personal growth, development and pride. We will always strive to exceed the expectations of our members, the international federations of sqay and martial artists. Our main object and vision is to make Sqay Martial Arts as an Olympic sport and a healthy way of life for people around the World. And include it in all Major sports events. The idea in mind of using our collective effort to continue driving our sport to its dazzling future, we have updated all our structure in order to bring sqay to an even brighter tomorrow.

Mission
The  International council of SQAY is to unify the kashmari Martial Arts (SQAY) throughout the world, enriching people’s lives physically and mentally, and promoting friendship , culture exchange and understanding, free from all forms of discrimination, between all people through the spirit of sport. To provide service and guidance to foster technical excellence, fellowship and human character development. the ICS is committed to ensuing integrity and maintaining the

highest standard in the Martial Art community. we continuous improvement to foster technical excellence, an environment of trust and teamwork which promotes personal and organizational growth and achievement of clearly prioritized goals.

ANCIENT TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ART OF KASHMIR Kashmir known as the valley of dreams and paradise on the earth. Kashmir has its own ancient cultural background and is famous for its cultural beauty, mountains, lakes, gardens and crafts. The history of “SQAY” can be traced in early days of Kashmir history, when man learnt to protect himself from wild animals, individually or collectively. Before 4012 B.C Sqay Martial Art was used by kashmiri’s to protect themselves and used this art for kill animals for their food purposes. But after 3905 B.C the king “Diya Dev” give the training of this art to the soldiers for protection of Kashmir from enemies and give strict orders to follow up these rules to soldiers. In 3889 B.C, a storm had destroyed whole Kashmir. The storm was known as (Tophani Nuh A.S). Storm of Nuh A.S, That storm had destroyed whole nation. The few people were alive in (Kohistans) forests of Kashmir.They used this art for protection themselves from wild animals and enemies, and using this art for killing animals for food purposes individually or collectively. After the storm of Nuh A.S when the Kashmir was rebuilt in the period of Kashwap Reshi then their was the democratic government. The king of Kashmir “Puran Karan” started the training of “SQAY Martial Art for their solidiers and made it compulsory. In 3121 B.C king “Oukhand” was the king of Kashmir. In this period, a big war destroyed some parts of Kashmir. After 3121 B.C Kashmir was safe from invaders up to 1324 A.D. In 1324 A.D, Kashmir was once again attacked and this time the king “Zavel Qader Khan” Tatari defeated the king of Kashmir. During the muslim period from 1325 A.D to 1819 A.D, the SQAY Martial Art training was compulsory for Kashmiri soldiers. These martial art were known as Kashmiri “Shamsherizen”. After the 1819 A.D due to the poor intention of government, the ancient traditional war art of Kashmir was not developed and popularity thus vanishing this art of defense from Kashmir.. Now from the 3 decades from i.e 1987 we are working hard to develop this ancient traditional cultural martial art in world arena by conducting sports competitions of this art. We hope with in the limited period of time it will get popularity in world arena like other martial arts. We Kashmiri’s must not forget that we have our indigenous  martial art which is not below the standard of other martial arts.