Kalarippayattu - Urumi (Flexible Sword)

Pattathanam Gajamela is an annual elephant festival in Kollam, Kerala, India.

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• Urumi
• kalarippayattu
• flexible
• sword

[tamilsoldja]

we used weapons like this thats why the mughal emperors didnt occupy the south india speciallay tamilnadu and kerela coz we are good soldiers lolz

[arcarulez]

thank you for quoting wikipedia for us

[angryaznman]

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.

[CalyxAsgard]

It is not a weapon for beginners, thats for certain, the risk that you end up harming yourself trying to use it is pretty damn high.

[romansoldierofhonor]

@saajanjohn123 dude, i just dont support this weapon. Although i do like indian culture and history. The rajput are an elite warrior.

[saajanjohn123]

@romansoldierofhonor LOL.. Urumi an Ultimate failure .LOL..you think like that because you like 'Roman soldiers' :) and so your comment is biased?Did you ever see this weapon in real life?Also that's not a weapon used widely in wars.This was mainly used as self-protection weapon.

[Gilithus]

@epearl8 It is made of coiled steel. Literally, steel that has been made to be flexible and coiled into a rope like shape.

[rijunirmal]

@beee245 Spot on dude. When I was a kid, myself and brothers used to have sword fights with this measuring tape claiming it as Urumi ;-).. and eventually get grounded by parents. Nice memories.

[vkitet]

This weapon was used as a last resort, It was to keep a mob at bay, and make a quick get-away. But a trained person(Unlike that 4 footed fuck-shit in deadliest warriors) can use this to inflict mortal wounds onto an enemy soldier. The Deadliest part of this weapon is that despite making a good block it can coil around the shield and hit you. Dodging a strike from the the Urimi is also not a good idea as it is so very easy to land multiple blows onto your opponent.

[romansoldierofhonor]

@fulcrum29 yeah it was intended for multiple enemies but is an ultimate failure.