Any Kalaripayattu practioners?

[Safroot]

I haven't heard about it before but I have done a bit of search and I think it's a tough MA relying more on weapons !!!!

That's what I have found in my search :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaripayattu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsUai4wt6Yk

and the best is FIGHT QUEST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aevd3Vqylk

Wish this would help and wish to meet one of their fighters one day

[mfinney]

Greetings. I am looking for a Kalaripayattu instructor in the US or someone who might be willing to work with me at a distance. I live in an area that is in a remote part of Wisconsin so finding a class is not likely locally. Any help would be great. Thanks

[Alan Armstrong]

Kalaripayattu could be the mother of your martial art style no matter if it is Chinese, Japanese or Korean.

There could be some aspects of this style that your style's founder may have neglected to add.

Would consider that the martial art styles of today are fragmented from earlier civilizations, yes we have improved but we could have regressed also.

[bushido_man96]

Its a pretty obscure style anymore, and finding it outside of India might prove quite a challenge. One is probably better off starting out in a local school and learning the basics of Martial Arts, and then branch out from there. The journey must start somewhere!

[sensei8]

As Brian says, one's got to start somewhere, and getting the basics of the MA might be the way to go before searching for the MA style that's rare. And if Kalaripayattu is only obscure because it's not available to just anyone wanting to learn it for whatever reasons, than possibly, it'll die out before its time.