It is considered as a Tamil martial arts. Adimurai is well-known term called as Varmakkalai, Adimurai, KuthuVarisai, Kusthi, Beemanmurai and Nadan. The film 'pattasu' was acted by Dhanush is about Adimurai and has an Adimurai introduction.
As they were largely isolated and itinerant by nature in their search for perfection and knowledge , Siddhars (yogic sages) devised Adimurai, a devastatingly effective unarmed Combat Science, t o protect themselves against dacoits and armed thieves. There are no elaborate rites at Adimurai. Adimurai is a science of combat.
History
The word Adimurai is a Tamil terminology where adi means "to hit or strike" and murai means method or procedure. It’s said that Adimurai is originated from Southern Parts of Tamil Nadu Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari. It’s found that adimurai is the origin of different martial arts techniques. Varma kalai is a form of kalai. In the present day, it is combined with Tamil armed art.
In the Chola and Pandya kingdoms, a nonlethal variation of Adi Murai known as Adithadi developed a fighting sport. In Tamil Sangam literature from 400 BCE, this ancient fighting strategy is recorded.
In the present era, it is combined with other Tamil martial arts. The only martial style that teaches the Varmam, or secret point, is Adimurai.
Palm leaves were used to write the indigenous literatures. The majority were sold to foreigners for financial benefit, while the rest were destroyed by floods, rain, and other natural disasters. What we have now is merely a small portion of the available material.
How it works
Adimurai is a martial art that emphasizes bare-knuckle strikes and defense.
The art focuses on self-defense. The focus of all assaults, kicks, and locks is on the vital Varma points.
To learn this technique, one must be honest, have a sound intellect, have a passion for information, and be dedicated. Learning to be an expert in this skill will take at least 12 years. . It works with the combination of varma elakkyu and vasi yoga to get the completion of the varamakalai that is the base in the science of siddha medicine. Ahsan's are Adi Murai and Varmakalai Masters.
Adi Murai Ahsan's quickly teach combat tactics to their students, who then create their own unique styles of executing and perfecting these techniques based on their own strengths and weaknesses.
This art, which includes a lethal pressure point strike component (Varma Adi), has been maintained as a well guarded secret by its practitioners and is only taught to a select few.
Silambam (as an armed fighting art utilised on the battlefield) and Adithadi (as a combat sport co mponent of Adi Murai) peaked under the Chola and Pandya empires, with silambam as an armed combat art and Adithadi and malyutham as combat sports.
During this period, these arts began to borrow from one another.
Some Adimurai training centers in Tamil Nadu:
1. Indian varma adimurai Academy international Chennai
2. Thirumoolar Varmalogy Institute, Coimbatore
3. Manja Varmakkalai, Madurai
4. Manja Varmakkalai, Chennai
5. Varmakalai Training Academy, Chennai
6. Master Ramesh, student of Late Dr. Kannan Aasaan of Bogar Varmalayam at Tambaram, Chennai
7. Asan Appadurai Varma Adimurai Academy at Nagercoil, Chennai and Madurai
8. Nadar Thekkan Kalari, Kanyakumari
9. Varma Adimurai Federation, Nagercoil
Some training centres in Kerala:
Schools in Kerala have integrated the modified version of Agastyar Murai into the syllabus and is taught as Thekkan Kalaripiyattu.
1. Buddha Kalari, Trivandrum
2. Maruthi Kalari, Trivandrum
3. Aswa Kerala Kalari Sangam, Trivandru
4. Atma Reksha Tantra, Kollam
5. Shivashakthi Kalari Kshthrem, Idukki
6. Arackal Martial Arts - Thekkan Kalari, Alappey
7. Jai Hind Kalari Sangam, Kottayam
8. Agasthya Kalari, Kochi
Written By - Pratthiksha shree A
Edited By - Tushna Choksey
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