Thursday 15 February 2018

ADI MURAI: THE ANCIENT MARTIAL ART OF TAMIL NADU - A BASIC OUTLINE

Adi Murai is an Ancient Martial Art of Tamil Nadu that has got over 3 Millennium Years of History.

Adi Murai Martial Art (Aadhi Shivan Varma Kalai), Canada
But, the Historic Development of this Art has taken place in the recent past years of the Ancient Kingdom of South Travancore regions which consisted of Kollam and Trivandrum regions of present days Kerala state and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.

BUT, FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT BRANCHES TO ADI MURAI MARTIAL ART. THEY ARE:

  1. NAADA SAARI ADI MURAI 
  2. BEEMAN VARISAI ADI MURAI 
  3. SAILAATHU ADI MURAI 
  4. THADAVARA VAZHI ADI MURAI
Though the historic development of these styles were not recorded, these names are got from Ancient Tamil manuscripts that are owned by several families of Kanyakumari and Trivandrum districts.

Out of the above four styles of Adi Murai, today we can see only Naada Saari Adi Murai and Sailaathu Adi Murai in practice.

Beeman Varisai and Thadavara Vazhi styles of Adi Murai MUST be in practice in some remote places where the Aasaan is NOT willing to teach the style.

THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND KERALA MUST SUPPORT FOR THESE STYLES OF ADI MURAI MARTIAL ART TO COME TO LIGHT, LEST THEY BECOME EXTINCT.

Here, you can see some of the videos of Naada Saari Adi Murai:



























3 comments:

  1. What is thadavura vali adimurai

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It is not THADAVURA, IT'S "THADA VARA", meaning blocking techniques in All directions

      Delete
  2. Sir is there any animal style of fighting in adithada and kuttu varisai?

    ReplyDelete