Kerala's Kalaripayattu masters hit the road in protest, this is why | THE WEEK 

Martial arts are themselves have becomes useless because there are more high tech weapons which have come in the market. A child with a gun is more dangerous than a 60 yrs old master of martial arts including kalaripayattu. So whatever you are saying was bound to happen.

@@Manoj-vp5in we don't see people carrying guns and ammo in most countries. But some countries like in the US, there are daily incidents of shooting and gun fights. If th5e ammend gun laws, its likly to change. In other countries, take India for example, people with exceptional fighting skills have an advantage.

Few masters have replied this question. Kalari is primarily a weapon based martial art. Non-weapon based movements are mostly for initial physical development. So its probably not that suitable for sport type competitions

​@@sreekx they could still use padded armour and blunted weapons and have tournaments like the European HEMA. The fact is, without live sparring it cannot be considered a real martial art. Anyone who has done even a bit of combat sports can see that those exaggerated acrobatics are completely impractical in a real fight. Maybe the old techniques have been lost with time and today it is only surviving as a performative dance form masquerading a martial art.

Many are lost unfortunately because of the ban

@@sreehari3127 only one part, other still there

@@one-eyedgaming6767 I mean, adavukal അടവുകൾ, നമുക്ക് ഇപ്പ്പ്പോൾ 18 അടവുകൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ 19 അടവുകൾ എന്നൊക്കെ അറിയൂ. We only know till the 18th adavu, we know 19th adavu is a thing but do not know what it is. There were even more advaukal. We have lost them. Also weapons, our traditional weapons we do not use them. The swords used currently are actually not the old types of swords. The hilt, പിടി, it is different, why does it matter, it influences how a sword is being used. Europian swords do not have disc pommel so they use wrist to use the weapon, whereas our swords have disc pommel which forces us to use our arm. Other than that different swords have different ways of using, കടുത്തില, ചുരിക, അങ്ങിനെ ഓരോ വാളിനും ഓരോ വിധം ആണ്, ചെറിയ വെത്യാസം ആയിരിക്കാം ആ കാര്യം എനിക്ക് അറിയില്ലാ. Other than that, നമ്മുടെ പരിച, ഇപ്പൊ കാണുന്ന ഇഡലി തട്ട് പോലെ ഉള്ള പരിച, those types of shields with five bosses (the bubbles on the shiled) are new, maybe only about 100 years (if I am not wrong). Way before, say for example during the time of battle of Colachel the shields has four bosses and in the center there is a round design and just on top of all these there is another boss like thing this part behind the shield is the mount for the shoulder strap thing. Also the bosses (the bubbles on the shields) are there, behind are the mounts for the straps to hold. Even older shields have only one boss in the center. I mean there have been a lot of changes, we started using europian swords too. What is the "one part" that you mentioned?

@@sreehari3127 ni enthu thengya unni parayanneh ?

@@one-eyedgaming6767 അയ്യോ ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞതൊന്നും മനസ്സിലായില്ലേ😭 കുറേ മാറ്റങ്ങൾ വന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്, കുറേ നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട് എന്നാണ് ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചത്. ഉദാഹരണങ്ങൾ കൂട്ടി പറഞ്ഞതാ ട്ടോ.

Where do you live ?

Kerala I guess

Nairs are busy they dont follow kalari anymore. They dont take care of even their temples

😂nairs ?? Don't you hear about chekavars the warrior clans of ezhava and descendants of villavars.they teached the kalarippayatt to pillas..

@@Jai22krishna 😂😂they are thiyyas not ezhavas. Ezhavas are toddy tappers. And for your information Nair kings teach some loyal thiyyas families kalari in nair temples to fight tipu dogee. Thiyyas migrated from karnataka to malabar during the haidar alis invasion of south.

@@Jai22krishna onnu chelakathay poda avidunnu. Oro gothrathinum avaruday martial arts undu. Innu 10 vottu kayyil undayittu charithram thiruthan nokkanda. Nair maruday muttathu polum praveshanam illayirunnu. Aver thammil ulla tharkam ankam vetti theerkan aanu che kon maray kondu vannathu. Averkku munpay thannay nair markku kalari undu. Ealla exhavanmarum chekonmar alla. Ealla theeyanum chekon alla. Theeyenday kulathozhil veray. Innu ithellam onnanu. Veruthay viditham parayaruthu naga vamsha kshethrirr aanu nayer. Original nagenmar, innu parayinna swayam prakhyapitha nair mar alla. Kiriyathil ulla nayer. Kooduthal paranjak, paleri manikyam cinima kandal mathiyakum...

@@Rahul-g8x you said it... But why thir ealders are busy in protecting theorden prograsive thought, what they thought progradive, and not ready to teach their children their pure history of glorious war..., so ezhavas are trying to replays nires by recreating their, prostitional history.....

I won't say it's mother of martial arts but tribes of Kerala are the ancestors of most of malayali so it's not taken but inherited

Everybody was a part of tribe.

Most Indians have same genetic with some variations

@@Kalki0025 comedy boys. India.are made up of various nation not one.

@@ambareesh149 tribe of kerala are tamils 😂 😂 😂 😂. Krunji malai tribes