Ctah-Ret

Ctah-Ret (Pronounced Tah-red, shortened form of Ctaholamtau Retrasheihet a Theropod term meaning "A Competition of Will Bound in One Hand") is a Theropod combat sport in which both combatants lock hands during the dual and points are to be scored using one liberal motion taken after the hands seperate.

Ctaholamatau Retrasheihet
The Ancient art of Ctaholamatau Retrasheihet was a form of settling problems meant to be an alternative to tribal combat. Traditionally the fighters, called Lamatau (Bound Souls) would fight in a series of rounds interchanging which hand is locked and finishing the match with both combatants locking hands and attempting to either hurl their opponent out of the ring or tire them into inaction. In rare cases a Lamatau will chose to fight to the death as opposed to an exhausted end however there is no additional honour gained by chosing death in the ring.

Modern Rules of Ctah-Ret
In Modern Ctah-Ret matches are arranged into multiples of four and sudden death rounds to decide victories in uncertain circumstances. Won rounds are counted as points and the first Lamatau to achieve 2 or more victories over their opponent is counted as the victor, throwing an opponent from the ring is also considered a victory but can only be done as such during a sudden death round. In modern rules non Therapod races can participate and the sport has become a common form of self defence and training in many Atsynian, Philisdraco and Haradrim communities.