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Discovery Channel Part 1 (Kalaripayattu / Kalari)

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A documentary shot by the Discovery Channel in the 90s. It shows Guru Balachandran Nair's Kalari, his Kalaripayattu students, and his school in Trivandrum, Kerala.

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  • According to the famed Karate Grandmaster Masutatsu Oyama in his book  "Advanced Karate" on pg.13 "The oldest known record 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.

  • @lakhu999999 I'm an Indian....and feel proud.

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  • Huiguang and Sengchou were the first 2 Shaolin Monks and they already practiced martial arts. Senchou's skill with the tin staff was even documented in the Chinese Buddhist Canon 大藏經

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