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 st...
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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pjose33 i salute you for your comment. it is true ...bodhi dharma s the guru of all martial arts.......vande matram.............mera bharat mahannnnnnnnnnnnnnn
According to the famed Karate Grandmaster Masutatsu Oyama in his book "Advanced Karate"on pg.13 "The oldest known records concerning combat techniques, hieroglyphic scrolls from Egyptian tombs, dating as far back as 4000 B.C." He also states that Bhodhidharma traveled to China and combined his combat and yogic breathing exercises with indigenous Chinese martial arts at a temple called Shaolin.
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.
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