SEPAK TAKRAW (MALAYSIA)

sepak takraw was created by the royal family of malaysia about 500 years ago..the name come from two language.."sepak is 'kick' in malay and takraw is 'ball' in thailand"..when its born,it looked like japanese "kemari",and some became a circle,and the pole was kicked,and the number of times was being competed in.






its look very similar to the japanese traditional game,"kemari" where the players form  a loose circle and the number of times the ball is kicked before its touch the ground is counted.
in 1965,the game was unified into the present vollyball style with the addition of a net and the adoption of international rules..