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	The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News : Kendo and Kalari to make debut
		Coimbatore: Kendo and Kalari, the traditional martial arts of Japan and Kerala, is all set to make their debut in the inaugural edition of the Moses Memorial international martial arts championship, which gets underway at the Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) campus here on Friday.
		Kalari, unlike Kendo, has no accompanying instruments to punctuate its movements.
		The bodily throws and thrusts of the practitioner are done according to verbal instructions of the teacher (Gurukkal), which are articulated in the mould of a special rhythm.
	www.hindu.com /2006/12/28/stories/2006122801940200.htm (372 words)

	Kalari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not only is the Kalari a temple of learning, but it is also a temple of religious worship with a cult and ritual of its own.
		Guruttara means "the place where a lamp is kept burning in reverence to all the gurus (masters) of the kalari".
		Traditionally the Kalari is constructed by digging the ground four feet in depth and removing the inside soil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalari (457 words)

	Kalarippayattu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kalari is a specially constructed practicing area that comprises a Puttara (seven tiered platform) in the south-west corner.
		Kalari marma treatment is as sophisticated as the uzhichil treatment of ayurveda.
		He is then led to the Guruttara (the place where a lamp is kept burning in reverence to all the masters of the kalari) to repeat his act of worship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalaripayattu (1904 words)

	KALARI PAYAT - by Raymond Miranda - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Kalari Payat was developed a few thousand years ago in the state of Kerala in India, which was introduced in Malaysia by the Mahaguru Ustaz Haji Hamzah Haji Abu, who is the founder of the International Dynamic Self Defense Kalari Payat (FIDSDK).
		Kalari Payat itself can be compared to a friend and companion because it comes to one's aid when one's life and properties are threatened by thugs, robbers or other intruders.
		Kalari Payat totals eighteen (18) methods of training, there are 400 types of locks, the same number of throws and more than a thousand blows and punches.
	www.angelfire.com /az/ceylon/kalari.html (988 words)

	From Vedic martial arts to Aikido
		Kalaripayat is formed from two words, kalari (battleground, later oval arena analogous to dojo) and payat (martial art, training).
		Next to this is the guruthara, the place where a lamp is kept burning in reverence to all the gurus of the kalari.
		Kalari became an integral part of the socio-political system of medieval Kerala.
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/aikido.htm (2734 words)

	Neopets Story Competition
		Kalari was traveling through one of Neopia Central's back alleys after finally freeing herself from her newest enemy: the door.
		Kalari narrowed her eyes slightly; the Poogle’s cheery outlook was beginning to get on her nerves, which were being stretched to the breaking point anyway.
		Kalari realized that her mouth was hanging open, and she shut it so quickly that she bit her tongue.
	www.neopets.com /art/storytell.phtml?issue=214 (3418 words)

	Kalarippayattu, The divine martial art of Kerala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		In Kalari system students are imparted training to deal with real life situations that in the unfortunate incident of a street confrontation the Kalari practitioner will almost always survive – provided the student undertakes the training program in the jutsu version (lethal techniques).
		There are thousands of kalari students and masters in the Thekkan system who never undertake the uzhichil as a mandatory practice but still possess a high degree of skill in the kalari techniques.
		For the word kalari and its origin in the 13th century: Malayalam is an offshoot of the ancient Tamil language and the Sanskrit.
	www.kathinayoga.com /KalariWorld/faq.html (2184 words)

	kalarippayattu, kerala art, kerala dances, kerala paintings, kerala handicrafts, kerala handi crafts, kerala music, ...
		Kalari became a typical example of the synthesis which is evident in many other facets of the Kerala society.
		Kalari training is an elaborate system which demands exhaustive practice and study for a period of eight to ten years under the proper supervision of a gurukkal.
		This is clear from the structural peculiarities of the Kalari temples and its rituals of worship.
	www.travel-kerala.com /kd-kala.htm (12257 words)

	Greenhouse Challenge Plus - Company Profiles - Kalari
		Kalari, one of Australia's most innovative transport companies, is continually adopting new technology and business processes to ensure it can gain environmental, efficiency and cost advantages.
		Kalari pioneered the use of B-Double trailers in Victoria in the late 1980s and today 80 per cent of its articulated vehicles are B-Doubles.
		Kalari estimated it has reduced emissions to 16,820 tonnes of CO -equivalent in 2000, which is 885 tonnes, or five per cent, less than the level expected without taking greenhouse actions.
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /challenge/members/kalari.html (786 words)

	Indian Kalari Martial Arts
		There is a medical tradition (in Kalari: Ayurveda), there is a vital point discipline (in Kalari: Marma-adi), there is a 'spiritual' aspect that covers both orthodox faiths such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, and also, as in Chinese Kung-Fu a demonology and the use of alters.
		Kalari has many distinct practices too, the use of massage to prepare the fighter for the rigors of training can last a period of several months.
		This fact was recorded in a BBC Television film documentary in 1981: "Kalari, the Indian way" which shows a Southern Kalari Master performing a martial arts form near identical to one found in a branch lineage from the Chan-Tat-Fu line of Tibetan Hap-Gar Kung-Fu.
	lionsroar.name /indian_kalari_martial_arts.htm (1546 words)

	www.kalaripayattu.org - Kalari Treatment
		A Kalari Guru is not only a trained movement artist but also a professional in Ayurveda, a doctor who treats people of diseases and general ailments.
		Kalari has developed a traditional orthopedic system which is widely popular all over the states, especially for the setting of displaced bones.
		Kalari massage is a traditional massage, performed by the therapist using his hand and feet, applying appropriate pressure to specific vital parts of the body.
	www.kalaripayattu.org /kalarit.htm (399 words)

	Kaleri Martial Arts of South India
		Originally, the Kalari was a place of learning for subjects such as ayurvedic medicine, yoga, philosophy, astrology, architecture and geometry in addition to combat arts.
		Each Kalari is run by a ‘gurukkal’ (teacher) who teaches the students the esoteric physical and spiritual disciplines needed to master Kalaripayattu.
		However, it continued to be practiced in secret by a handful of stalwart adherents, and it is due to their perseverance to keep this tradition alive that the present-day practitioners continue to teach the mother of the worlds martial arts.
	www.devavision.org /html/kalari-martial-arts.html (374 words)

	Martial Arts in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Kalari is the Malayalam (language spoken in Kerala) word, for a special kind of gymnasium, where the martial art known as Kalari Payattu, is practiced.
		Uzhichil, or the massage with the Gingli oil, is used for imparting suppleness to the body, but only persons with a thorough knowledge of the nervous system, and the human body, conduct the 'uzhichil'.
		Wielding the sword in an efficient manner, is considered to be the peak of perfection in Kalari Payattu.
	sports.indiapress.org /kalari_payattu.php (556 words)

	Kalaripayattu,Kalaripayattu in Kerala,Kerala Martial Art,Kerela Travel Tours in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The institutions of 'Kalari' are generally traced to the period immediately after the disintegration of the Perumals of Kodungallur in the first quarter of the twelfth century A.D. It was an integral part of the socio-political system of medieval Kerala.
		All 'Kalaris' except the 'Panteerati' bear a width that is half of the length.
		Although the 'Kalari' is an empty space, for a student, that space has all meaning of life and the supernatural.
	www.kerala-travel-tours.com /kalaripayattu_in_kerala (3768 words)

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		Traditionally the Kalari is constructed by digging a hollow in the ground forming a sunken area four feet in depth, forty-two feet in length and twenty-one feet in breadth.
		Another consideration taken when constructing the kalari is that it is built in the south-west side of the main plot, just like the puttara which is kept in the South-West corner of the Kalari itself.
		Information about Kalari is found in the literary work of Tamil language named Purananuru'.'The word "kalari" appears in the Puram (verses 225, 237, 245, 356) and Akam (verses 34, 231, 293) to describe to both a battlefield and combat arena.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=kalari (521 words)

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		Belying the assumption that the compound itself might have an equally antique use as the singular kalari and payattu, the unpublished Malayalam Lexicon notes that the earliest use of the compound, Kalarippayattu is in Ulloor Parameswaram's early twentieth century drama, Amba.
		At the age of seven, on the opening day of the new session, a novice is admitted to the Kalari in the presence of the Gurukkal or a senior student, and directed to place his right foot first across the threshold.
		The Kalari is a specially constructed practicing area that comprises a Poothara (seven tiered platform) in the south-west corner.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Kalari_Payattu (2247 words)

	Kalaripayattu - Oldest existing Martial arts in Kerala
		The practice of Kalaripayattu is said to originate from the Dhanur Vedic texts encompassing all fighting arts and described by the Vishnu Purana as one of the eighteen traditional branches of knowledge.
		Kalaris are the schools where training in this martial art form is imparted by Gurukals or masters.
		This martial art form is indigenous to the Southern Indian state of Kerala which, legend has it, was created by the warrior saint Parasurama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, by throwing his axe into the sea which receded till the point where it fell.
	www.kalari.in /kalaripayattu.htm (475 words)

	Kerala Kalari, Kalari payatt, Kalaripayat, Kalaripayatt, kalaripayatt, Payatt, Gurukkal, kerala gurukkal, Kalari ...
		Kalari (a word in the Malayalam language spoken in Kerala, S.India) word, for a special kind of gymnasium, in which the
		Causes of its degradation : Kalari payatt was banned by British in 1793.
		Kalari massage includes techniques of balancing the chakras or energy centers and saptha dhatu (seven tissues in the
	www.kerals.com /kerala/kalari.htm (1846 words)

	Martial Arts - Kalari Payattu
		Kalari is the Malayalam (language spoken in Kerala) word, for a special kind of gymnasium, in which the martial art known as Kalari Payattu, is practiced.
		Uzhichil, or the massage with the Gingli oil, is used for imparting suppleness to the body, but only persons with a thorough knowledge of the nervous system, and the human body, conduct the 'uzhichil'.
		Wielding the sword in an efficient manner, is considered to be the peak of perfection in Kalari Payattu.
	library.thinkquest.org /11372/data/kalari.htm (557 words)

	KalariKovilakom - Ayurvedic tour packages to Kerala surrounded by paddy fields and the hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Which makes life at Kalari Kovilakom a unique blending of two different worlds, one that quietly balances luxury and austerity - to bring about harmony of the outer, material world and the inner, spiritual world.
		Kalari Kovilakom is a pleasant two and half hour drive from Cochin International airport.
		Kalari Kovilakom, like Ayurveda is a way of life.
	www.ayurvedatourpackages.com /ayurveda/KalariIndex.htm (218 words)

	Our Kalari
		Worship of deities before beginning practice in the kalari is a duty and certain places inside kalari are dedicated to the deities.
		Poothara, an arc-shaped seven-stepped platform constructed in the " Kanni Mola" (south-west corner) of kalari is the sanctum sanctorum of the kalari.
		Next to Poothara on the western end of the kalari is the Ganapathithara which is the abode of Lord Ganapathi or Ganesha (who is fabled to the God who clears all obstacles in the path of any endeavor).
	www.kalarippayat.com /cvnkalari.htm (280 words)

	Kalari Payatte, the martial art of Kerala, India. Kalari Payattu. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Gradually Kalari ceased to be the monopoly of any caste or religious group and it became a common institution of Kerala society.
		Foul play too, like instances of unauthorised use of fire arms, sword or shield of the opponent deliberately made to fall apart during the fight, with the connivance of the village flsmith and bad construction of the ankam platform by the carpenter, on an understanding with the enemy, are seen described in the ballads.
		In the Katattanatu area, roughly the present Vadakara taluk in Kozhikode district, the depth of the Kalari pit is seven feet whereas in the north of Kadathanad it comes to the chest-height.
	www.palmlandtours.net /kerala/tours/kalari/kalaripayatte/kalari.htm (12330 words)

	Ayurvedamana [Facilities - Kalari Kalam] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		This Kalari is situated in the Sri Rama Temple of Poomully Mana had its first Gurukkal Sri R. Ananthan Nair, who was the disciple of the legendry Kottackal Kanaran Gurukkal and compatriot of Veera Sri C. Narayanan Nair.
		Later in 1957 — 58 this Kalari had a new Guru Sri Maniyan Nair who was the son of the lustrous Mattannoor Madhusoodhana Tangal and disciple of Sri C. Narayanan Nair.
		This Kalari is still very alive with starters and senior students who acquire mastering over the famous Ottakkol Payattu and Kalari Marma Chikilsa.
	www.ayurvedamana.com /kalari.htm (147 words)

	Positive Health Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		John Paul Cassie has studied Kalari and Kalari Ayurvedic Massage, and also Siddha Mura Yoga, for a number of years at the Kerala Kalarippayat Academy in India, of which he is the UK representative, and teaches this traditional martial art in London.
		Kalari is the ancient martial art of South India, and is based on the science, as well as the philosophy, of Yoga for its forms and exercises, while its medical treatments are based on the science of Ayurveda.
		The word 'Kalari' derives from 'battlefield' and also 'college' or place of learning for many subjects; thus it signifies both the fighting practice, and also the special building in which it takes place, with its traditional measurements and orientation to the compass.
	www.positivehealth.com /test/articles.asp?i=642&b=1 (301 words)

	kalari koeln - kalaripayattu, ayurvedische massage, yoga, kampfkunst, tanz
		kalari koeln Karalipayattu ist die traditionelle Kampfkunst Südindiens.
		Diese Einstellung ist ein fundamentales Grundprinzip des Kalari.
		Das Ziel eines jeden Kalarischülers ist deshalb nicht nur die reine Kenntnis aller Verteidigungs- und Angriffstechniken, oder die bloße Anwendung der verschiedenen Waffen, sondern es geht außerdem darum, Gefühle wie Zorn und anderes impulsives, gewalttätiges Verhalten zu überwinden und zu zähmen.
	www.kalari-koeln.de (710 words)

	Kalari for fitness, courage and calmness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Kalari was a centre for training in physical culture in ancient Kerala, usually situated near Devi temples.
		Kalarippayat is a combination of kalari, Malayalam for gymnasium and payat or the art of fighting.
		According to Sunil Kumar of the CVN Kalari Sangham, Kozhikode, the atmosphere in the Kalari is such that the practitioners automatically imbibe the qualities of truth, patience and surrender to presiding deity of the Kalari-in this case Lord Shiva and Shakthi, the goddess of power.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990627/fle27039.html (933 words)

	Kalari - Marma Treatments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Kalari Therapy is one of the best options to rejuvenate your tired and worked out cells.
		Kalari massage together with the exercise therapy is combined to bring out the best results.
		Treatment is fixed in Kalari chikilsa (therapy) after extensive examination of the patient by expert doctors in the field.
	www.ayurjeeva.com /kalari/kalaripage.php?articleid=13 (337 words)

	Yogacharya Malabar Vasudevan Gurukkal- Kalari marma yoga international master therapist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Founded his first own Kalari at the age of 21 in 1953 at Thamarasseri, Kodanchery in North Kerala with the blessings of his Guru.
		The main objective of this Kalari was to spread the message and therapy of Kalari for the betterment of human beings.
		He later founded Kalaris at Chetthukadavu, REC Mukkam, Kattangal, Agastyan muzhi kalari kandi,Nellipoyil,Thamarasseri Thiruvambaadi, Pullooranpara in Kozhikode district and Kelakam, Adaikathodu, Aalakkodu in Kannur district Ramanthali in Kasargod district, Koleri, Nadavayal Sultan Battery, Kalpetta in Wayanad district, Wadayar, Kadutthurutthy, Njeezhoor, Ponkunnam in Kottayam district of Kerala.
	www.oorjaa.com /vasudevangurukkal.htm (272 words)

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