Way of the Warrior - Kalari, the Indian Way [1/4]

Part of a eight part series documentary on the Martial Arts of south and south east Asia, originally broadcast on the BBC in the early 1980s. This episode showcases both the Southern and Norther styles of Kalaripayit, an ancient form of martial arts from India and is probably the mother form of all martial arts. Part 1 of 4.

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[Tareltonlives]

India is where martial arts were born; it was refined in China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines, but it was in India where the powerful combination of physical, mental, and spiritual discipline and training.

[MysticRonin101]

b.s. you know, people laugh when they hear of a TKD blackbelt.

[kenshiro100cracked]

HAR HAR MAHADEV

[eggnoy]

all hail great badidama!

[angryaznman]

@broulys1729 Phillip Zarrilli, a professor at the University of Exeter and one of the few Western authorities on kalari payat, estimates that the art dates back to at least the 12th century CE. The historian Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai attributes the birth of kalari payat to an extended period of warfare between the Cheras and the Cholas in the 11th century CE.

[angryaznman]

@broulys1729 Kalari TRUTH:

In Sangam, Kalari was not used as a martial act according to dick Luijendijk, a researcher at the university of Nijmegen. "Kalari" is a centre of learning in Kerala. they taught language, math etc. later on, there were fight schools, thats what "payattu kalari" means.

[broulys1729]

@angryaznman now shut up u fool. kalari dates back to several millenia before christ. the warriors of battle of mahabharat 5000 years back knew this art. several names are there and here a piece of shit like u claim that kalari is 1000 yrs old.

if its ur time scale then i"m damn sure u"ll say alexander was born 400 years back. IDIOT!

[angryaznman]

King Ambhi, ruler of Taxila, surrendered

conquer all the headwaters of the indus river

kicked the ass of Porus

conquered south all the way down the indus to the indian ocean

THAT is what indians claim as beating Alexander.

[angryaznman]

@duckdodgerss indians lie to themselves all the time about how the Greeks kicked their asses despite such a small force.

they also lie about the aryans going into india as foreigners. lie how the mughals were not from central asia. british is where it stops. they arent dumb enough to say british werent foreign conquerers.

[angryaznman]

@Tareltonlives not even close. Kalaripayattu originated during 11th century. look it up.

[angryaznman]

@WillDee87 ROFL are you kidding. do you even know how many indian kingdoms alexander conquered? goodness.

[0zzben]

wow its very similiar to pencak silat :o