{"id":324371,"date":"2025-01-23T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=324371"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:13:12","slug":"kalaripayattu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kalaripayattu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalaripayattu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The relegation of Kalaripayattu to the demonstration section of the 38<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> edition of the National Games has sparked off a political storm.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">About Kalaripayattu<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_324372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324372\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-324372 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kalaripayattu.png?resize=435%2C237&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kalaripayattu\" width=\"435\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kalaripayattu.png?w=919&amp;ssl=1 919w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kalaripayattu.png?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kalaripayattu.png?resize=768%2C419&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- The Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is one of the oldest and most scientific martial art forms in the world based on the <em><strong>ancient knowledge of the human body.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It originated in<strong><em> Kerala<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0Myths credit the warrior sage<em><strong> Parasurama<\/strong><\/em> with\u00a0establishing Kalarippayattu. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The term Kalaripayattu is combination of two Malayalam words: <em><strong>Kalari<\/strong><\/em> (meaning training ground) and <em><strong>Payattu<\/strong><\/em> (meaning training of martial arts).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The martial art involves<strong> 4 stages:<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Maippayattu-<\/strong> It is the body conditioning phase where the person is taught to prepare their body for a fight.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Kolthari-<\/strong> In the second stage, a person is taught attack and self-defence with the help of wooden weapons.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Angathari-<\/strong> In this stage, sharp metal objects are introduced after the person overcomes the fear of fighting with wooden weapons.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Verumkai-<\/strong> Research based bare hand fighting is emphasised in this stage to teach students body anatomy. The purpose is to make the person aware of what points they can hit and what they cannot.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">There are <strong>two types<\/strong> of Kalaripayattu:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Northern:<\/strong> In comparison to the southern type, more weapons are used, and all movements are in straight line- forward and backward.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Southern:<\/strong> The participants can move in any direction while practicing it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">It is said that Kalarippayattu was introduced in <em><strong>China by Bodhidharma<\/strong><\/em> in the 5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> century AD.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The martial art was added to the <em><strong>National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of India in 2009.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The relegation of Kalaripayattu to the demonstration section of the 38th edition of the National Games has sparked off a political storm.\u00a0 About Kalaripayattu It is one of the oldest and most scientific martial art forms in the world based on the ancient knowledge of the human body.\u00a0 It originated in Kerala.\u00a0Myths credit the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kalaripayattu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kalaripayattu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-324371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324371","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\/10384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}