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(September 2011)| |Also known as||Kalaripayittu (Tamil:
களரிப்பயிற்று)| |Focus||Striking, kicking, grappling, weaponry,
kicking, hybrid| |Country of origin||India| Simhalan Madhava
Panicker |Meaning||"Practice in the arts of the battlefield."|
|Part of a series on| |Indian martial arts| Kalaripayattu
(Malayalam: കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്, kaɭarippayattŭ ? pronunciation:
[kɐɭɐripɐjɐt:ɨ̆]) or "Payattu" is an Indian martial art from the
southern state of Kerala.One of the oldest fighting systems in
existence, it is practiced in Kerala and contiguous parts of
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as well as northeastern Sri Lanka and
among the Malayali community of Malaysia. One of the oldest
fighting systems in existence, it was originally practiced in
northern and central parts of Kerala and the Tulunadu region of
Karnataka. Kalaripayattu includes strikes, kicks, grappling,
preset forms, weaponry and healing methods. Regional variants
are classified according to geographical po