MARUTHI KALARI 

Thankappan Assan, born in 1930, began to study the art of Kalarippayattu at the age of 10 from of three masters; his uncles Kuttiyappi Guru, Eliazer Guru and Devasahayam Guru. He also learnt from them Kalarippayattu's, various medical treatments and massages. From 1968 he started performing all over India, showing the Traditional Marital Arts.His talents where brought to the outside world by BBC Team, who arrived in India to film the school. 
At the present he is still practicing and teaching, although his first dedication is the medical aspect. He is assigned at the school by his son Ajith Kumar.
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