{"id":266521,"date":"2023-10-27T18:42:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266521"},"modified":"2023-10-28T10:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:54:23","slug":"vajra-mushti-kalaga-a-martial-art-form-in-terminal-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vajra-mushti-kalaga-a-martial-art-form-in-terminal-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Vajra Mushti Kalaga: A martial art form in terminal decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Vajra Mushti Kalaga: <\/b>A martial art form in terminal decline\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 26th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Vajra mushti kalaga is a martial art form.It has gone extinct and takes place only during Dasara<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is Vajra Mushti Kalaga?<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Source: The Hindu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vajra Mushti Kalaga<\/span><\/td>\nIt is a Martial Art Form<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meaning<\/span><\/td>\nThunderbolt Fist<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objective<\/span><\/td>\nNeutralize opponent and counter their weapon<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technique used<\/span><\/td>\nHand-to-hand combat like grappling, wrestling, and striking<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weapon used<\/span><\/td>\nKnuckle Duster, a small metal weapon.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knuckle duster <\/span>Material\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMade of animal horns and worn on the knuckles of the fighter<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Characteristics<\/span><\/td>\nIt is a form of wrestling different from conventional grappling.
\n<\/span>In this, two persons take a swipe at each other\u2019s head with a knuckle duster.
\n<\/span>Whoever draws the blood from the opponent\u2019s head first is declared the winner.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Popular During<\/span><\/td>\nVijayanagar rulers (14th-17th centuries)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/span><\/td>\nNoticed by medieval travelers from Portugal during Navaratri celebrations in Vijayanagar empire<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/b> Paintings and other art forms\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cVajra Mushti Kalaga: A martial art form in terminal decline\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 26th October 2023 Why in the News? Vajra mushti kalaga is a martial art form.It has gone extinct and takes place only during Dasara. What is Vajra Mushti Kalaga? Source: The Hindu… Continue reading Vajra Mushti Kalaga: A martial art form in terminal decline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,1],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-266521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":222,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700118076},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}