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Kalari Martial Arts
7 minutes of some amazing Martial Arts by my friends in Kerala, South India. It's from a very, very rough video - remember those? filmed by one camera at a time, so picture quality is rough. But you should be able to geta feel for the martial art form itself.
Channel: Sports
Author: BalB
Length: 07:05
Rating: 4.30
Views: 573330
Tags: Arts Fighting Kalari Kerala Martial Swords
Video Comments
samxxx92 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)WTF!!! this is the gayest shit evrr i would woop any of them just with my parkour. omg lol wtf retarded ppl playing with wooden sword and a mini shield
ajitkrishna (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What you see in this video, as you might have guessed, is choreographed movements. The intent is to create a spectacle, rather than using technically correct movements. Another version of Kalari is Anga Kalari, used in tournaments in fights to the death/disablement. Not very commonly practiced nowadays.
patrickhenrysghost (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Other martial arts had thrown away bad techniques or recognized flaws through training. When the English occupied India,they were armed with single-shot muzzleloading rifles.They would have to use their bayonet after the first shot. The English took over so easily because they were superior warriors,while the Indians bickered over whether what caste should worship rats or walking cheeseburgers
curryinc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the english had guns!
nawkturn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Excellent comment
MastaPTS (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
-.- Kalari is 1 of first Martial ever so it has lot of weakness u rly think u have a chance when English ppl come with guns and cannons and u must fight with swords and hands? lol
patrickhenrysghost (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is some of the worst bullshido I've ever seen. Bad posture,giving away their balance,,exposing their backs, doing blocks with no counter,and numerous linear attacks that are beyond easy to defend against. No wonder the English rolled over them so easily.
SuchetaUSA (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes, ROIndia. One Kalarippattya Guru told me that the British saw Kalari as a threat so they made it illegal and with it the weapons used in it. History of Kalarippattya: It along with various other knowledge systems were taken from India to China by the then Indian Buddhist monks. * It is no wonder then that almost all the oriental martial arts have their origins in Kalari as they start with K. K for Karate, Tai-Kwan do etc.
BonAquak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
in fact, karate came from okinawa
HarshyBoy1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
they have small shields because it is easy to carry while doing dangerous manouvers with the swords or the whips and if you loot carefully some also have little iron semi circle balls in the front of them about 4 of them this is so they can use the sield as a weapon to like wack the person in the face or what not