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INDIGENOUS SPORTS - INTRODUCTION. . INDIGENOUS SPORTS ARE ACTIVITIES THAT ORIGINATED FROM A PARTICULAR CULTURAL GROUP, COMMUNITY OR PEOPLE..

KALARIAPAYATTU - HISTORY OF THE SPORT. Ve -corStO•.

WHERE DID KALARIAPAYATTU ORIGINATE?. KALARIAPAYATTU ALSO SPELLED AS "KALARI" IS AN ANCIENT MARTIAL ART INDIGENOUS TO KERELA A SMALL STATE IN THE SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA.

STORY BEHIND KALARIAPAYATTU.. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST SURVIVING MARTIAL ART IN INDIA, WITH A HISTORY SPANNING OVER 3,000 YEARS.KALARIPAYATTU IS A MARTIAL ART DESIGNED FOR THE ANCIENT BATTLEFIELD THE ART ALSO BASES MEDICAL TREATMENTS UPON CONCEPTS FOUND IN THE ANCIENT INDIAN MEDICAL TEXT, THE AYURVEDA..

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BASICS OF KALARIPAYATTU THIS MARTIAL ART HAS FOUR STAGES TO BE LEARNED BY A PRACTIONER 1.MEIAPAYATTU 2.KOLTHARI 3.ANGATHARI 4.VERUM KAI PRAYOGAM IT IS SAID THAT A STUDENT NEEDS AT LEAST 15 MONTHS TO UNDERGO EACH STAGE AND BECOME A SUCCESSFUL KALARIPAYATTU PRACTIONER.

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1.CHINA'S KUNGFU IS ALSO INSPIRED BY KALARIPAYATTU 2. KALARIPAYATTU IS ALSO KNOWN AS MOTHER OF ALL ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS 3.KALARIPAYATTU WAS BANNED DURING THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AS THEY FEARED THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO REVOLUTION.

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1.SWORD IS SAID TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT WEAPON USED IN THIS ART 2. DAGGER A SHORT AND SHARP METAL WEAPON WHICH IS HANDY AND EASY TO HIDE IS ALSO USED IN THIS ART OTHER TOOLS USED IN THIS SPORT ARE LONG STICK, SHORT STICK , SPEAR, KUKRI/MACHETE, CLUB, SHORT SWORD, DEER HORN DAGGER, CURVED STICK ETC ALTHOUGH DAGGER, CURVED STICK, FLEXIBLE SWORD HAVE THE MAXIMUM USE..

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OTHER LEGENDARY FIGURES ARE:. 1.AGASTYA, A HINDU SAGE, AND ONE OF THE SAPTARISHI OF HINDUISM, WHO IS CREDITED WITH INFLUENCING THE SOUTHERN STYLE OF KALARIPAYATTU 2.AYYAPPAN, PRINCE OF PANDALAM DYNASTY AND THE DEITY OF SABARIMALA 3.PARASHURAMA, AN AVATAR OF THE HINDU DEITY VISHNU, GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE FOUNDER OF KALARIPAYATTU..

KALARIPAYATTU AND THE WORLD. IT IS CONSIDERED AMONG THE OLDEST AND MOST SCIENTIFIC MARTIAL ARTS IN THE WORLD , KALARIPAYATTU WAS DEVELOPED IN KERELA .LAUDED AS THE PRIDE OF KERELA ,IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND RESPECTED ACROSS THE WORLD..

STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROJECT ARE - AADYANT AKHAURI UTTAM KUMAR SINHA JEET ARU RISHIKA SINGH JHA ZAINAB ERAM VIDYA SAHU.