Karate Teacher Learns the OLDEST MARTIAL ART | Kalaripayattu 

Sensei Seth It is wonderful to see the video, I would like to invite you to Kerala, India Once the Pendamic situation is over. YOu may see the art physically. I watch your videos fantastic stuff... thank you Osu !!!!

Wrestling does not involve weapon systems. Kalari is known as the OLDEST MARTIAL ART because it had a full fledged system of Armed and Unarmed combat. The number of weapon styles in Kalari is in the dozens.

Hook kick on the snare lol. (Well, close to the snare)

I fought kalari fighters 6 times in a ring. 1) You'll be very uncomfortable and it will take time for you to get used to the strange, low stance they take. It limits your offence options and decreases your Defence. 2) The fuckers hit extremely hard. I mean it. They use their momentum and generate great power in their strikes. You'll be surprised how much they can hurt you from a very short distance. + 3) They hit multiple attacks at once. One knee of the kalari fighter hits your solar plexus and at the same time he also punches your face. Observations: (I don't know if Kalari originated from Mahadev or parasuram or whoever, but I can understand at once that this art came to use in a time where, fighters had no armour or had soft armour, like leather or chainmail or both together. soft armour, because Kalari tries to hit your soft body parts with their hard parts with full force also It also is an aggressive art, you can tell, as it aims to finish fights as quickly as possible, it's not like many arts that has been made into sports so there is standing and fighting for a said amount of time)

This art might have been one of the reasons Alexander the Great was not able to conquer India. The Indian tribes were some of the greatest warriors his army had faced and he suffered his biggest setbacks on the sub-continent.

Wow, this was very interesting, especially since I'm part Indian and practice MMA. It's cool that you went to a primary source to learn about this martial art. Very eye-opening for sure. Thank you🙌

I'll stick with kickboxing, but big respect to you for showing big respect.

Cool vid man. I’ve been interested in this art for some time and was actually practicing one of their kick drills the other day. Looking forward to watching the whole thing.

I had a lot of trouble understanding most of the video due to the audio quality and the accent of the teacher, but this looks so freaking cool. Looks quite a lot like Kung Fu with them weird, very exaggerated looking movements that actually contain practical stuff. Loved it, please do more of this!

This was really interesting! Do you plan for this to turn into a series of trying new styles?

Kerala Gang 🌴

Great video and a lot of food for thought, would love to see more of you learning this and would love to learn it myself

I like the humility and respect in which you approach all the arts. It's refreshing! Also your best weapon is your mind :)

Damn 3000 years old? So that means mike probably knows it right? 😂

great vid, LOVE learning about new-old stuff. really keen to see some pressure testing!

Thanks for considering my suggestion to look into Kalaripayattu sir! ❤️

Hi I'm a bit new to your videos and have been binging your skits and experimentation with other martial arts. I love what you do and how open minded you are

I had the opportunity to learn a little about Gatka last year and that was a pretty great experience. Awesome video man, thanks for sharing.

Really loved this video. Indian fan here. Can you also do a collab where you discuss Kalari with the Wonderboy and what moves could be effective in modern-day MMA

THE BEAT DROP IS ON POINT NOW GUYS

I like Shinto Matthew, he encourages questioning and he was worth listening to (even through the videocall audio) Thanks for doing this, Seth :)

Dude i am from Kerala Now we can see only some basics of kalari The old kalari have lots of techniques which we can defeat a person with one fingure And Kerala varma pazhassi raja defeated so many British soldiers using kalari techniques he faced the guns of soldiers using swords

I like that Meipayattu of Kalaripayattu is the compilation of all the tools that the practitioner is encouraged to have in his arsenal. It reminds me of Sil Lim Tao from Wing Chun

This is what I'm saying to Jesse Enkamp Karate Nerd videos. He posted 2 different videos regarding the origin of Karate, one was Kung-Fu when he went to China and the last one was Kali (Filipino Martial Arts). I commented on his Facebook and youtube regarding Bodhi Dharma and Kalaripayattu is the main ancestor of Kung-fu. Philippines was under the 2 rivals Hindu Empire the Maja Pahit Kingdom and Vijaya (Visaya) Kingdom around 1300-1500 AD.

I tested some of these movements in boxing gloves. It can be done, so I might try and implement a bit of this in sparring

Second oldest. Traditional Australian Indigenous wrestling (coreeda) has been practiced for something like 40,000 years.

Kalaripayattu has a southern style. Its similar to Karate. Katas are based on geometrical shapes. Northern Kalari may be the source of Kung fu and Southern style (Adimurai) may have evolved into Karate.

I love the respect and genuine intention to learn and understand.

Thanks master for sharing this video, love from kerala, INDIA❤️❤️❤️

Love to see you learning Kalaripayattu.

They use a lot of level changes. Great to see that they preserved the bunkai after all these years.

Very interesting! Thanks Sensei Seth! 🙏

This was a super interesting one and i'm looking forward to some more interesting exchanges. I heard Muay boran and muay chaia. Maybe some pencak silat later. Another interesting M.A would be Taido. It should be somthig We don't see every Day!

I train kalaripayattu. Thank you for helping to bring more awareness to this art.

One of the best videos , thank you Seth

Hell yes. Waited for this since you started talking about it since I had no idea about this art

If you all search on here, the BBC did a great MA TV series in the 80’s called Way of the Warrior and they did a full, excellent, episode on kalari

I allso have a Heart for every Martial art out there just like you. Love your channel

That's practical and powerful stance. Very good lecture for fifty one year old martial artist to recover. God bless you.

I’m a year in to martial arts and this is probably the most awesome thing I’ve witnessed in a while, thanks for sharing this art with us 🤘🤘🤘but long live TKD 😂🙏🤘

That circular movement with the leg as you step forward reminds me of some of the footwork I was taught in a Wing Tsun class. I mean where you place your weight may be different, I think, but the idea of circling around and inside or outside the opponent's leg, that looked very familiar. The stance at the very beginning of the form too, especially the first two parts of it.

Kalari is the parent art of Kung-Fu/Wushu/Chinese martial arts

15:28, it is called the C-step since his leg movement is like the letter C, right?. I guess that the low stance is probably not just to protect yourself, maybe it is also a reminder to use our core and lower back which generates power in the movements.

I love how flexible that style is. Around 9 minutes when he was crouching. Almost seemed Capoeira like.

YES! ONE OF YOUR FINALLY DID IT!

Its good to see you have came to my state

"My best weapon is my BODYYY" Knife in a street fight: Lemme stop you right...

There's a Chilean actor, Eyal meyer, who is a Kalaripayattu expert. He even runs his own kalari in Chile.

"Looks like bugs but is strictly a marshmallow." The captions are sometimes too funny :D

Very cool. This art is where shaolin came from. (Lord Ta Mo) . and Buddha as well knew this art . All royalty were required to learn it. Forged in the wars (500 years war 100 years war. Lots of wars. ) Suppose to have come from Khali. (The most dangerous and destructive god in Hinduism, could also be durga i.d.k ) the wife of Shiva. Who was summoned from the primordial void , to defeat a demon (who when a drop of his blood hit the ground ,would clone himself. So Khali had to do a "dance" to defeat the demon and catch all the blood.( that and she had to consume the demons or drain them of blood..the first vampire!!!)This dance is the basis of kaliarepiyatu The dance of khali. Awesome vid. good to see the interest in this beautiful and ancient art. Thank you Sensei Seth.

Good presentation... As per my experience, this is a wonderful martial art with many defense methods.

Please do consider making videos on tegumi, the ancestor of Sumo (which is the ancestor of jujutsu) and Karate.

Awesome video, you should do this with Muay Chaya or Muay boran. Those styles look so interesting

I'm learning under Shinto Sir, he's an extremely great teacher.

It would be really cool if you did one like this but with Nidar Singh Nihang who teaches Shastar Vidiya. The art is unfortunately largely forgotten, though it was used as a battlefield art until the 18th or 19th century

Sensei Seth, @ 1:58, it's spelled May (like the month) Pie (like the food) Yat (like the word 'yet') May-Pie-Yat. Means fighting with the body. i.e freehand fighting without weapons.

What I really like about the kalaripayattu demonstrations I see on the internet is how complete the martial art is, very versatile. But I am not into some of the excessive movements, such as the jumping and flailing about. Kalaripayattu is interesting and has quite a beautiful history behind it, It just seems that there is a disconnect from the modern practice and what was more likely the historical practice

Appreciate your hard work.. but it will take some time to follow the style. Nice work

It would be nice if some of these martial arts are available everywhere in the world.

Where did you shoot the outdoor scene? Very beautiful. You’re also pretty good with kicks while having some extra flesh, nothing wrong with that..

Very nice, will copy it now :D

Yes! Just the person I know who can do justice to the style!

that wuz some really interestin' MIKE PIAZZA ya put on display just then,jasper. uh-huh.

The little stance thing he did at the beginning of the maypayattu (at 7:25) is almost exactly the same as you see karateka doing at the beginning of kata... Interesting.

Kalaripayattu is from my state kerala, india

Love your collabs with huston and wonderboy Love from india

Oh my god! This is my favourite video of all time 🤩

Hello sensei Seth, I would love to see teach this form to your gang in the Mr. Miyagi video. Let's see if you guys can perform this style the best and let the instructor choose the wining team's

Awesome video

I would really like to see you take a crack at Muay Chaiya.

U can setup an video chat with vidyut jamwal, he is very knowledgeable about the art as he was a former practitioner

Kalaripayattu is from my country. 😄

Very good work

awesome video!

Kalari is not 3000 yrs old its actually older than that Its old as parashuram and agastya muni

Kalaripayattu may be the oldest known martial art of India. And it influenced or started the developement of all asian martial arts. But we also know, that "Pankration", which had kneestrikes, punches and kicks, clinching and wrestling in it, was practiced in Greece from way before it was for the first known time part of the a olympic games in 648 BC. Fun fact: Sometimes styles/arts are ignored or never gained the deserved popularity. "Boxe Francaise" aka "Savate" for example is at least 200, possibly 300 years old and should be considered the first modern "Kickboxing Style" practiced as a sport, even before the first ring was build for Muay Thai as a modern "kickboxing combat sport".

Our ancient rishis made this technique am a MMA trainer and I use Indian style movement in fight it just makes the fight awesome

Wow. Learned something aand got a workout..

Dear Gurukkal, any other online class masters are not explaining each and every movement, postures of kalaripayattu same like you. I am so proud of our traditional martial arts kalaripayattu. I appreciate your systematic way of teaching. May I know where is your class in kerala? Please give me your contact number. With respect 🙏.

Kaboom, hear pie one or two times!!! Now I'm hungry 💪🙄👍

Whoo 30 minutes😁 *grabs cashews to monch on*

Bodhidharma was a kalariayattu master, his martial arts skills reached spititual level with deep understanding practice and meditation.

All these people who say Kalaripayattu isn't at the level of todays martial arts are just ignorant ... Its a Battlefield art ... It is highly based on animal movements , using gravity at an advantage and constant movements to stay away from strikes with momentum ... No one can master kalaripayattu completely unless they start from an early age of 3-4-5 ... Because it is highly dependent on the flexibility of the body and takes extreme load on the Body and your body is very flexible when young and it keeps getting stiffer as you old thats why they started from very young , Hence The world is yet to see a Complete Kalari Artist and may only see it in patches or in hybrid forms as in kalari they dont allow the kalari artisys to use it for show to keep its aesthetic and its traditions alive as it isnt just a Martial art but more than that it is exploring the physical at its highest in every form , back then it was only allowed in battlefield not even in self defense , in self defense ...They also teach Kalari chikitsa which means healing and massaging of the body after each session they massage themselves with oil to keep physical flexibility at its highest and to promote recovery and healing at its Max ... , The goal of the Martial arts is to become a Complete warrior using any environment or objects to survive and fight , It is said a Kalari Martial Artists Spine is the most erect and flexible capable of moving at animal speed ... You can watch the Martial Artist and Action Hero Vidyut Jammwal who is a Kalaripayattu Master himself ... The level at which he delivers strikes in his training and some movie scenes with different styles , 3rd eye training where he is blindfold , Animal Movements its unreal , he also said that when one becomes a Master ... One has to develop and innovate new weapons and exercises to keep it evolving ...which sadly lost after the British era where they banned the Martial art for 200-300 years .

15:32 that is pure shorin ryu throw right there

A lot of the movements in that style were like that which I've learned in Mantis boxing

you should try filipino martial art!,also you have a nice outside place where you are training(not the dojo,i mean the nice old walls)

I love ancient martial arts

Kalaripyuattu is the martial art of my Malayali peoples 🇮🇳

Bodhidharma (Tamo in Chinese) prince who ruled Tamil Nadu and the third son of King Sugandhan from Kerala was the founder of Kung Fu. Bodhidharma traveled to China to see the Emperor Wu of Liang (Xiāo Yǎn) sometime in the 527 CE.🙏

Oh I waited for this :)

Actually southern style kalaripayattu has more similarity to kung fu and karate than northern style. Please watch southern style kalari videos

Is there more of these videos on your channel?

The emphasis on the "c-step" makes me want to learn some Goju Ryu kata.

"My best weapon is my body." Flashlight would like to know your location.

I want to learn this martial art. I have studied many arts including shotokan karate hung gar boxing Kali wrestling and now Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai but now I want to also learn Kalaripayattu. Not only is it part of my heritage but it is a beautiful martial art a strong agile one. I want to find a school

Bodhidharma is a pallava prince who's from the south india, mastered all art of Kalaripayattu and moved to China and evolved it into a different form and taught it to Chinese people.

The guy Shinto Mathew is trained in Northern Style Kalarippayattu. This style is practiced widely in Kerala. Northern Style Kalarippayattu is full of nonsense choreographed fight sequences which were used to entertain the Kings and his people in old times. Every weapon fights, every bare hand fights, are done by following a pre choreographed pattern of movements. Most modern martial arts give liberty to the student to plan and execute his or her fight tactics according to how his opponent is moving. But in Kalarippayattu, both practitioners do same kind of movements in their (choreographed) fights. Unlike other martial arts where practitioners get a chance to test their skills in sparring, Kalarippayattu practitioners never do sparring in their life. Instead, they practice these useless choreographed fight sequences and fantasy locks everyday. The funny thing is that even the guru's doesn't know that they have learned choreographed fight sequences their whole life. Most guru's wont agree that Kalarippayattu is impractical in real life situations. But the sad truth is, Kalarippayattu is not only impractical, but also a useless martial art. Kalarippayattu of modern times has only one purpose - to entertain the audience with that cute sword fighting and those extreme level flexibility routines. Unlike other martial arts, Kalarippayattu doesnt have a historical proof regarding its origins. Almost all the stories regarding the origin of Kalarippayattu are fully loaded with superstitions and folklores, which are passed down from generation to generation. Most foreigners come and learn Kalarippayattu either because of their enthusiasm/curiosity after watching some youtube videos, or because they want to kill some time as tourists while travelling in Kerala. In reality, Kalarippayattu has nothing to offer for a person who wants to be a fighter. If someone wants to lose their body fat, or if he/she wants to become flexible, or if he/she wants to do some choreographed sword fight sequences, Kalarippayattu is best.

Some of the auto-generated captions are hilarious.

Why is everyone only promoting northern kalari and that too only thw simple basic meypayttu... What about the thosands of chuvadus (katas)and techniques in thekkan and thulunadan kalari???? All the popular kalari videos dont even show the pure art, only the basic exercises????its quite frustrating 😐

You should probably also look at Angampora. It has weapons, grappling, striking, medicine, meditation and even a pressure point system that at the highest level, teaches you to attack pressure points in even elephants (seems stupid but this was also designed for war and war elephants were a thing back then in Sri Lanka). It was also banned during British colonial era and practitioners were shot in the knee to disable them and prevent them from teaching it. Ajantha Mahantharachchi is a legit practitioner I think. Don't know for sure.