kalaripayattu mother of all martial arts
Kalaripayattu
Kalari or Kalaripayattu of ancient India is the world's oldest martial arts. Infact, it is the mother of all martial arts in the world. Ancient buddhist monks who travelled from India to China to spread buddhism are said to have taught these martial arts to the Chinese. Kalaripayattu (pronounced as Kalarippayatt) is a martial art, which originated as a style in Kerala, southern India (North Malabar). The word kalari first appears in the Tamil Sangam literature (c. 300 BCE to 300 CE) to describe both a battlefield and combat arena.
HISTORY OF THIS MARTIAL ART
CE 2nd century – P.Oxy. III 466, a Greek papyrus manuscript on wrestling, iswritten. It is the earliest known European martial arts manual. CE 477 – The first abbot of Shaolin Monastery was Buddhabadra, an Indian Dhyana master who came to China in AD 464 to translate Buddhist texts to Chinese.
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