What is Kalaripayattu - India's Native Martial Art p1  

Yes, I'm very curious. I want to understand their perspective and principles.

Very. There's not a lot on it especially with compared to Kung Fu styles

Yes, I would love to see more

Definitely ❤

Hi, yes that would be great. Are you able to show the world about adimurai? I wonder if martial arts like admurai has jing and chi application. Admurai is hand to hand combat and will be interesting for martial arts aficionados

Its been dispelled by so many researchers (Chinese martial arts originating from India thing). Even Chinese martial arts spreading to Japan thing I doubt.

@@bobli5315 Chinese to Japanese did happen. More accurately, Okinawan merchants who trained in local fighting systems of the time travelled to Southern China and shared and learned knowledge

I'm of the opinion kung fu didn't originate from India though I def. see the similarities between the two so I'm not discounting it's influence. I'm pretty sure the martial art of China existed before Boddhidharma's visit to Shaolin.

There were folk systems yes at least from my research. But we have to remember that we're all human and our bodies can only move in certain ways therefore everything almost looks the same

@@PhilDancer Okinawans didnt consider themselves to be Japanese. They had their own kingdom and culture. Karate originally Okinawan. not Japanese.

The 'kata' at the end looked like a great stretching exercise, didn't it. Very nice.

Yeah, I totally get what you mean.

I better start looking at flights

It's more mobile and nimble and in Meole combat you only have to take care of the sword or spear of the opponent so even a metal glove called gauntlet would suffice. Of course this changes with more opponents e.g. Battlefield situation and bow and arrow. But just NY two cents on that subject

As a sword and buckler enjoyer, I can give you one big reason : weight. In armed combat, fighting can be long, because the injury risk is real, so with a smaller shield, you can last longer. The only way to make it work, basically, is by holding it out with your arm extended. The shape of the shield creates a cone behind which you are untouchable by any direct blow (so a blow with an arc-like move). It's quite uncanny when you realise that. So with your buckler out (center gripped, with one hand), your opponent needs two tempos to hit you. This gives a massive advantage. A large shield is primarily for blocking incoming arrows or javelins. It's a great tool for mass fighting, but it's much more taxing to wield, because when you do hand to hand fighting with big shields (my experience is with "viking" style round shields, again, center gripped), you want to do most of the fighting with the shield, by blocking your opponent and particularly by jamming his arms against his body. That's quite tiring. With a buckler, you can do that for much longer. But you'll have a tough time blocking anything thrown at you.

Plus you tire less with carrying something light.

Anish shares his thoughts on this in p2

@@analogtothefuture2503 I don't think Bodhidharma was a real person. And even if he was, who said he knew martial arts?

No, that is Indian pseudo history. It is part of Hindu culture to lay claim to inventions from other people's ancestors by rewriting history so that Indian history appears greater than it was.

@@analogtothefuture2503 Its very likely that he was persian not indian. He was discribed as pale skinned very hairy and blue eyed. Mahayan Buddhism was very popular in central asia at his time. Islam wasnt even there. Some older sources also mentioned him as persian orign.

@@Gieszkanne he is not persian,after buddhabhadra he is the 2nd indian monk who goes to shaolin temple in china.

Why, there are enough videos from him out there.

What you mention as legit, has pretty much been revealed as bogus. A lot of Sikh's got very angry with that guy. Wont go into specifics, but the information is easily found.

@@DAIXINYI I know. But you know there are always people who criticise! You just have to watch some videos of him to see that he has realy good knowledge and skill. Something you dont see in Kalari or Gatka. Envy is a powerful poison!

@@DAIXINYI It's just slander directed at him since his religious beliefs are different from mainstream Sikhs. I know people who have attended his seminars and are his students. It is an extraordinary system.

@@DAIXINYI it's not bogus, as a sikh i can say this, we have our own issues but that doesn't mean that it's bogus.

Thanks for providing more background. It’s really fascinating, and I definitely reckon I should make a trip to Kerala and Tamil. Do you know much about the wrestling traditions too? I’ve seen some stuff on the channel Flowing Dutchman from around Varanasi

@@MonkeyStealsPeach I don't know a lot about the different wrestling traditions of India that exist today. There are a lot of minor wrestling styles from what I can see that are indigenous to India. For example, there's Malyutham in Tamil Nadu and the Kalaripayattu traditions have their own form of wrestling/grappling. There are regional variations and so on. The most commonly practiced form of wrestling in India however is of Persian origin. Even the word for wrestling in a lot of languages is Kushti, which is the Persian word for wrestling. People think that Kushti in India is a mixture of Persian wrestling methods and Indian wrestling methods. This is not true. So what you see today when you visit a wrestling gym in Punjab, or Varanasi or Bengal or Maharashtra is basically the Persian form of wrestling. We have no doubt that it's Persian in origin since the techniques and wrestling methodology are almost identical to what is found in Iranian wrestling schools today. What is Indian about Indian schools of Kushti are primarily the training methods - Mace swinging, Indian Squats and push-ups, etc ( club swinging is found in Persian Kushti as well) as well as some of the cultural stuff that Indians do - like slapping their arms, thighs and chest before a match. We don't where club swinging originated exactly since it has been in both Persia and India since ancient times. But there are differences between clubs that are of Persian origin and Indian origin.

@@anantasheshanaga3666 really fascinating, thanks for sharing. I figured there might be a strong Persian influence, so thanks for that