Kalaripayattu p2 - Folk Styles, Adimurai, China-India Connection

In part 2, Anish discusses a folk style called Adumurai from southern Kerala, as well as his thoughts on the common topic of whether Indian martial arts are the origin of Kung Fu or not.
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[@DAIXINYI]

One martial art from India, which I have heard has pretty much died out, is the original, Vajra Mushti, which is as far as I know a ancient Indian MMA system, which used a large spiked knuckle duster employed during grappling. John Will, from "John Will /Machado BJJ" had met with one of the last remaining members of their clan.

[@johnpradeep629]

This man do the technic to much open. Too much open is wrong technic.

[@Tunks1]

You can easily see Anish has worked hard to get to this level. Very solid✊

[@reginaldwelkin]

I agree with the idea of the universal nature of martial arts...and that they all didn't originate one place and move elsewhere. I'm sure there were very different fighting styles that tended to be shared, either from learning on the battlefield or road.

[@Bagoth2]

Right but the universality of martial arts isnt whats interesting. Whats interesting are the differences. I'll give you an example, so my martial lineage is oakinawan karate, right. Karate got grappling, punching, kicking, chi-na, etc. So why would you learn baji or mantis or something on top of it, you have everything already.
But you don't Karate stems from 2 kung fu stylez as seen on this channel and if you look at those 2 styles, you see that karate is missing martial knlwledge.
Some examples:
- no quigong like the 18 luhan which letd you opwm your shoulder blades to create power
- no focus on the centerline and control of it
-no short power
- no herbology
The art is complete in regards to its purpose but there are things that get overlooked because everyone now has an attitude of "everythings the same" when no that power generation is different, the theory behind that practice is different and should be looked into more.

[@Ernesto961]

@@Bagoth2
I also share your point of view, what you said is correct.

[@MrLouladakis]

He is a great teacher and very relaxed on sharing his knowlegde!. great choice!.

[@TanSauNg2008]

I have seen many movements, stances and elements of Chinese martial arts in Indian martial arts.
However, it can also due to the nature that human beings were the same, one body, two hands, two legs, so they could come to more or less similar optimum movements.

[@tsuikr]

It is a fair statement that there must has been cross cultural influences between areas. There is one aspect of Kung fu that is not evident in Indian martial art though, that is the theatrical aspect! A good part of Chinese Kung fu forms are designed for theatrical performance.

[@Vayiram-]

Interesting!

[@Braindazzled]

Another great vid! He seems very knowledgeable, but also very modern and practical. It always seemed to that everywhere in the world you'll find someone who wants to smack someone else, and that person doesn't want to be hit, and voila! The birth of martial arts!
FWIW, what he demonstrated reminded me of Tongbei (but I really don't know anything about Tongbei or Kalari).

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Yea it reminded me of Tongbei or Pigua a bit

[@igorpopov458]

Hand techniques really remind of Tongbei, and the footwork methods are similar to the ones practiced in martial arts of Myanmar.

[@botanicalbiohacking6065]

Great footwork concepts

[@anantasheshanaga3666]

This teacher is very knowledgeable on the different Kalari styles. Let us know when you come to India. We'll be waiting.

[@vijayvijay4123]

Southern style is for self defence

[@manassrivastava1214]

💛 Happy New year 😇🎉

[@christianartembal]

Looks like choy li fut

[@EliteBlackSash]

Reminds a lot of hop ga / tibetan white crane kungfu

[@ambulocetusnatans]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Tibet is close to India, so maybe there's a connection.

[@CJ-ud8nf]

​@@ambulocetusnatans Kerala is in southern tip of India. Tibet is in north of India. Kalaripayattu is traditional martial art of Kerala.

[@vysakhps8093]

Great piece of information 👌👌