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Kalarippayattu
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| Kalarippayattu | |
| കളരിപയറ്റ് | |
| "Arena Fighting" / "School of Effort" | |
| Also known as | Kalarippayatt |
| Origin |  India, pre-12th Century
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| Styles / variants | Northern, Southern, Central |
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One of the—if not the—oldest martial arts in existence,<ref>Kalaripayattu - Discovery Channel</ref> Kalarippayattu (Malayalam: കളരിപയറ്റ്) is an ancient fighting system that developed in Kerala, south-western India.
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[edit] Concept
[edit] Etymology
The Malayalam term kalarippayattu is a compound formed from the words kalari (കളരി) meaning "school" or "gymnasium" and payattu (പയററ്) derived from payattuka meaning "to fight", "to exercise" or "to put effort into".
Dwelving further into the roots of the term, kalari may be derived from the Sanskrit khalūrikā ("parade ground; arena") from the Sanskrit root, khala- ("threshing floor") which may be loaned from the Dravidian languages.
[edit] Technique
Kalarippayattu incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, and weaponry as well as healing techniques.<ref name="Zarilli 98">Zarrilli, Phillip. When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art (1998). ISBN 978-0195639407.</ref> Some of its choreographed sparring can be applied to dance. A unique aspect of Kalaripayyattu is the use of feet to block attacks.
[edit] Notable practitioners
[edit] In fiction
- Zafina from the Tekken series of video games
[edit] References
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