Mitti kushti is wrestled on loose earth, which gives under your feet, so your stance must be wider and lower for balance—you cannot rely on a firm push-off for throws like *dhak*. On the mat, the grip is everything on that slick surface, and the pin is faster. But on *mitti*, the fight is in the *chhaati*; the earth itself fights you, and a pin must grind through the giving soil. I know this because growing up, we had only a dirt *akhara*, and when I first stepped on a mat at a national competition, my winning *pat* throw failed—I overcommitted, expecting the ground to hold.
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