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.
