Photos of Sri Lankan martial art Angampora

[DWx]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/angampora-fighting-sri-lanka_n_5585271.html

Photos of Sri Lankan martial art Angampora. Looks a little similar to other styles from India and South Asia like Kalaripayattu. Does anybody on the forum have any training in these types of MA?

[Archimoto]

Stunning !!!

Thanks for posting !!!

[guird]

Looks amazing.

I do find it hard to believe warriors fought like that hundreds of years ago however, it has probably changed a lot from its roots.

[sensei8]

Yes, quite stunning, indeed! Sorry, I've no experience in this style of the MA. Have done some very little reading about it, but that means that I might've read an article or two to wet my curiosity about it, and your link isn't one I've read before.

Thank you for sharing it, Danielle. Hopefully, we've a member here that can shed light on this MA.

[ps1]

Beautiful images. They really don't say much about the art as some are clearly for show, but it's still beautiful photography.

[sensei8]

I'm not 100% sure, but, in Tulsa, OK, there's a museum called the Philbrook Museum; stunning in itself! However, right near the entrance, on the right hand side of the first exhibits, there are weapons behind glass, on one of the walls, that look just like these in those pictures.

The museum use to be a mansion for a wealthy family that lived in Tulsa, OK, which, in time, the family donated the mansion to Tulsa. Which Tulsa turned into the museum; many of the items on exhibit were once owned by the Philbrook family.

Over time, I've misplaced photo of said weapons on exhibit at Philbrook Museum, but they sure looked like the ones in the photos shown in this topic. I've not been to that museum for 4 years, and maybe I'll repay it a visit, and if same exhibit is still there, slim chance, I'll take a picture of it again including the plague describing said weapons.

[Lordy]

Excellent!

Thanks for sharing.

I had never heard of this MA before. Really interesting pictures [and some excellent photography.]

[DWx]

I'm not 100% sure, but, in Tulsa, OK, there's a museum called the Philbrook Museum; stunning in itself! However, right near the entrance, on the right hand side of the first exhibits, there are weapons behind glass, on one of the walls, that look just like these in those pictures.

The museum use to be a mansion for a wealthy family that lived in Tulsa, OK, which, in time, the family donated the mansion to Tulsa. Which Tulsa turned into the museum; many of the items on exhibit were once owned by the Philbrook family.

Over time, I've misplaced photo of said weapons on exhibit at Philbrook Museum, but they sure looked like the ones in the photos shown in this topic. I've not been to that museum for 4 years, and maybe I'll repay it a visit, and if same exhibit is still there, slim chance, I'll take a picture of it again including the plague describing said weapons.

That's really cool to have such a thing on your doorstep.

The Royal Armouries in Leeds have a collection of weapons from South Asia and quite a bit from India. If I remember correctly from the last time I was there they have a quite a decent collection. A lot of it was brought back from British Officials stationed there during the Empire days.

http://www.royalarmouries.org/visit-us/leeds/leeds-galleries/oriental/india

(Check out the elephant armour!)

By the way if anyone is ever travelling that way it is well worth a visit. Weapons from the Ancient Romans right through to present day, from hunting weapons through to combat weapons.

[Nidan Melbourne]

looks amazing. I love seeing these martial arts that aren't all that well known to others

[yamesu]

Great article, thanks for sharing!

Looks strikingly similar to the Sikh battlefield techniques of Shastar Vidiya.

http://www.shastarvidiya.org/index.html

While I have no formal training in Angampora, at a young age my father did tech me a single sword and small shield style of fighting which is imbedded in bhangra dancing (and which started my fascination with all things weapon related). Looks similar, but as these martial arts are extremely hard to find outside of india/srilanka, its hard to say really.