The Punjab Gatka Association is trying to popularize the Sikh martial art of Gatka by arranging for international amateur competitions, although it looks like they will be held in India. The association has been making strides to open the art up to western interest.
There are already some schools in the west, including France, Germany, Great Britain, and the US (mainly California, but also Washington D.C.). Here’s the contact page for the International Gatka Federation, which lists a few schools. Try googling your local area to see if there is anything nearby because that list is far from comprehensive.
The competition gatka is the stick fighting that substitutes for sword work (“gatka” derives from the term for the stick used) . You can download a text for gatka in schools that was re-published by Kirk Lawson here.
These modern schools appear to teach the broader range of Sikh martial arts beyond the stick, which are referred to as Shastar Vidiya. I believe there is some debate about whether this broader range is a reconstruction or survival of earlier arts.
It is an admireable attempt to rejuvenate the centuries old ignored sikh martial art Gatka to such an extent. It is also good to note that The Punjab Gatka Association has been recognised by Punjab Olympic Association (POA)and Gatka game has been incorporated into the Punjab sports calendar. A Gatka Federation, a National body, have also been constituted in India to promote Gatka at national level. It is also heartning that this Association is craving for according due gradation to Gatka game certificates by the State Government at par with certificates of other games for which a case has been filed before the Punjab sports department. Every body should make selfless efforts to awake the masses about this martial art, otherwise, it might happen that the next generation will be totally unaware of Gatka.
May God Bless All.