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About USA Sepak Takraw USAST and the Sport of Sepak Takraw in the United States Sepak Takraw is a unique traditional game which originated from Southeast Asia and has been played for over 500 years in the present day countries of Malaysia Thailand Singapore Indonesia Laos Myanmar and India. It began as a cooperative circle game where players would try to keep a small woven ball in the air as long as possible passing it around to players in a circle form without using their hands or arms. Similar to the American game Hacky Sack the game is still enjoyed in this traditional form throughout Southeast Asia. In 1965 the circle game adopted a more competitive format by various Southeast Asian countries and caught on as fastpaced action sport into what is officially known today as Sepak Takraw.