A lot many were trainers of Martial art Kalaripayattu.
Kalaripayattu is made up of two words,
the first“Kalari” which means‘school' or‘gymnasium', while the other word“Payattu” means‘war or exercise'.
Critics of Kalaripayattu have pointed out that the application of marmam techniques
against neutral outsiders has not always produced verifiable results.
Traditional martial arts such as Kalaripayattu also require this kind of strengthening to be
able to fight without damaging the system.
Poorakkali requires specially trained and highly experienced dancers,
trained in Kalaripayattu, a system of physical exercise formerly in vogue in Kerala.
She is the country's oldest woman Kalaripayattu exponent
and has been practising and teaching martial arts for more than 68 years.
In the first instalment, we incorporated one form of Kalaripayattu in the stunts, while for the second one, I hit the gym to bulk up.
It required another form of Kalaripayattu for which I had to return to my lean frame and reacquaint my body with flexibility,
which was compromised while bulking up.
Kalaripayattu or kalari is the science of war,
treatment and marma therapy believed by the historians to be one of the oldest existing martial arts in the world, a traditional form of martial art that started in Kerala, India.