Kallaripayyat

**porky** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 5:44pm

Please, theres nothing foreign about this, i m an Indian but i m not from India, i find that theres more to kallaripayyat then just sport fighting, just like Muay Thai and so on

its spiritual and its a deadly art,
an art the encomposes all the aspects of any martial art,
Akido, Healing, Kung Fu, Capoiera,

Discovery Channel and all these other channels probably made a mocrey outta it, but i think theres more to it. and not just something villagers keep themselves occupied with

**Teryan** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 5:51pm

You just made a mocery out of it:

Akido, Healing, Kung Fu, Capoiera,

Healing is a MA?
Last time I yell at my doctor over the bill....

its spiritual and its a deadly art,

How so? What does it do that makes it so deadley and spiritual?

an art the encomposes all the aspects of any martial art,

How is this possible? I have been studying TKD for 13.5 years and I still dont get all the aspects of it. You have ALL the MA encomposes into one?

**TehDeadlyDimMak** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 5:53pm

Lots of arts claim to be deadly arts that incorporate everything. As a practitioner of a Kung Fu system that claims to be a complete system I'll let you in on the secret that about 99% of them are lying.

Discovery Channel actually often gives these "mystical" MAs way more credit than they deserve. Just look at their XMA series which talked about Xtreme Martial Artists as if they were amazing warriors when in reality... they suck.

In truth it sounds highly unlikely that you'll find any real Kallaripayyat in the US. Also, if you want to learn a MA the majority here would suggest against Capoiera as it really does not transfer over in a fight. Great if you just want to get in shape and learn rhythm though!

**porky** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 6:05pm

is Budovideos.com and Bushido-Kai.net any good?

do they have any BS material?

thanks for helping me out

**porky** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 6:07pm

Capoiera wasant really for fighting, that was just like you said to get into shape, cuz i m from malaysia and other then this Capoiera Foundation i have no faith in any other martial arts thought here,

theres underground Silat movements here, but they have reading from the Quran which i am not very comfartable with,

**TehDeadlyDimMak** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 6:42pm

I remember taking Copoiera classes for a week before I found out that it was a Martial Arts class and not a dance class.

It was fun though, and worked up a sweat as you said. :)

**JohnnyS** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 7:11pm

Here's an interesting article that my coach wrote after travelling to India:

http://www.bjj.com.au/john_article_web_7.html

**Gezere** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 7:38pm

Originally Posted by infenix

As linked above, Paul Whitrod teaches this art in London. I think one of the attractions of it is its extreme age - its roots are tied into the roots of Yoga and predates anything Greek or Chinese by thousands of years.

Dambe (Hausa Boxing), Youba arts, Nuba arts, and many more predate Varjiramusthi/kalarippayatt.

Any Western or Westernised MA (except weapon art) is mere thuggery compared to that kind of pedigree. What intelligent person with a thirst for knowledge wouldn't be drawn to it, given a nudge in the right direction?

That was pretty asinine. EVERY culuture developed some form of MA. That doesn't really mean its worth a damn.

**Tenebrous** · Posted On: 1/31/2006 8:02pm

Originally Posted by LORD ASIA

Dambe (Hausa Boxing), Youba arts, Nuba arts, and many more predate Varjiramusthi/kalarippayatt.

That was pretty asinine. EVERY culuture developed some form of MA. That doesn't really mean its worth a damn.

I had the impression that he was being sarcastic.