To begin with, let’s start with a question, ‘Who are Unniarcha, Thacholi Othenan?
Please don’t read the next sentence until and unless you have given your thought and you want to give up……………………………………Well! The timer is up and the answer: They are great legendary warriors from God’s own country lived in the 16th century. The Kalari experts are praised in the Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern ballads) of Kerala.
Kalaripayattu is derived from the words, ‘Kalari’ meaning place of practice, and ‘Payattu’ meaning fight or exercise. The Training in Kalari Payattu involves scientific & systematic process. The art features body control exercises, fighting with wooden weaponry, metal weaponry and free hand fight. The practitioners who are proficient is guided on the Marma system (applications on vital spots). The pattern of exercise is manifested by power, grace and flexibility.
