anyone do it..?

Not me .But I'll search google if u want info.

I don't do it and only found out about it a few years ago, but have found it very interesting.

I remember the first thing that struck me was its similarities to traditional kung-fu as both base movements on animal forms.

Its really interesting to see though rare, and I was quite surprised to see it making an appearance at the Bercy Martial arts event recently.

That's interesting AC Milan.

Is this other name of Tai-chi?

^^it's a type of martial arts from kerala

it's tamil
at the time it was invented there was no kerela or mallus (i think)

it's supposedly practiced in both tamil nadu and kerala...but it's more associated with kerala.

I guess its that very art showed in song , 'Jiya jale jaan jale' by shahrukh with preity, that was some keralite background in keralite culture? Its a guess, as he was performing some intersting actions.

^^that's funny, cuz i thought the same thing...it does look like some of those dance moves are from kalari payattu

what does kalari payattu mean?

^^it means:
"Kalaripayattu is derived from the words Kalari - which means "place, threshing floor, or battlefield", and payattu - which means to "exercise in arms or practice".

http://www.kalaripayattu.org/aboutus.htm

Shahrukh Khan also used Kalari Payattu in the movie Asoka.

I havn't seen Asoka .

I have seen Asoka, but never noticed shahrukh in the movie, Because lolo was in the movie.

Shahrukh Khan played the main character Asoka. How exactly can you not notice him?

[Shahrukh Khan played the main character Asoka. How exactly can you not notice him?]

Are you sure? I thought kareena was the lead character and shahrukh is only her bodyguard.

i thought shah rukh played the part of asoka.

Kareena Kapoor played a supporting role. The main character was Asoka the Great, which was played by Shah Rukh Khan. He voluntarily becomes Kareena's bodyguard in the first half of the movie but the second half is mostly based on his rise to power, his conquests, and eventually his regret.

[Kareena Kapoor played a supporting role. The main character was Asoka the Great, which was played by Shah Rukh Khan. He voluntarily becomes Kareena's bodyguard in the first half of the movie but the second half is mostly based on his rise to power, his conquests, and eventually his regret.]


:o Oh is it so? I am sorry, i guess i am in love with kareena. sorry buds i am sold.

I don't really find Kareena attractive IMO. I saw her in London a few months back, and she looked worser than in the movies.

[I don't really find Kareena attractive ]

Sounds good, but please attempt to make this point common with shahid kapur.

If Shahid Kapoor likes her, then that's his own taste. It's got nothing to do with us.

Kalari Payat. Yeah I remember this martial art. It was famous in the 90's. I like the way the fight with wooden sticks with many different styles of locking the opponent. It's very interesting.

Where was Kalari Payattu ever famous? I thought it was only practiced in South India.

I have seen some short footages of Kalari Payattu. Its a very wonderful art. They seem to also have incorporated "yoga" like postures that stretches the body and promote health.

kalari payat is actually a tamil martial art, but mainly practised in kerala.... kalari payat is beleived to b to the root of karate and kungfu....

kara( hannd) te(to use) .. cool huh?
we indians found so many thuings but... sigh....
we were the first to use steam... ( tamils used it to make idli lol... funny but true)

well it is controversial but it goes something like this
kalari is an ancient martial art parcticed ic southern india
long ago a monk called bodhi dharm from southern india reached shaolin temple of china
seeing the bad health of the monk there ,he started teaching them this art
which they developed in years and called it kung fu the mother of asian martial arts
i think kalari is the mother of all martial arts
the moves and kicks of kalari is very different from other arts
i practice thang-ta , a martial art practiced in manipur ,in india

More pictures of Kalari Payattu:











Adithada, also known as the "southern style of Kalari Payattu" or "Indian kickboxing": (Adithada uses 9 limbs: hands, feet, elbows, knees and forehead, similar to Muay Thai)



Other Tamil martial arts from South India:

Kuttu Varisai ("empty hand combat") and Varma Kalai ("the art of pressure points"): (they have techniques and animal stances similar to Shaolin kung fu)







Silambam: (staff fighting martial art also practiced in SE Asia)

it is also one of the rare martial art that use it's skill to cure people
as i wrote earlier it's the mother of all martial arts
another gift of india to the world (still left un recognised)

great pics Jagger

Indian martial arts was not the mother of all martial arts but it was very influential.

Kareena Kapoor turned a vege, I heard

Here's some more pics of Varma Kalai and Kuttu Varisai, which are Tamil martial arts that use Luohan techniques, pressure point attacks and animal forms (elephant, snake, eagle, monkey, etc.) similar to Shaolin kung fu, and which also use every part of the body (open and closed hands, elbows, knees, feet, shoulders, etc.) similar to Muay Thai:












Do you mean vegeterian?

I've seen at festivals when I visit Kerela. Its pretty cool. Me and my bro are always like how do they jump so high?!

lol dude, Kareena Kapoor is ugly.

Some intereseting kalaripayattu videos

Northern Style or Vadakkan Sampradayam
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=ka...p;search=Search
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6...03&q=kalari


Southern Style or Thekkan Sampradayam
http://www.kalarippayatt.co.uk/video.php
http://www.martialartschannel.co.uk/intro.html


Silambam-The Tamil Art
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8...&q=silambam