Buddha's Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar

[Brian]

You might also like to check out 'Kalaripayattu' (often referred to as just 'Kalari') from India...it has a 'Northern' style (Hard) and a 'Southern' Style (Soft).

This is a Wikipedia link, but it's on YouTube as well....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaripayattu

[John the Monkey mind]

You might also like to check out 'Kalaripayattu' (often referred to as just 'Kalari') from India...it has a 'Northern' style (Hard) and a 'Southern' Style (Soft).

This is a Wikipedia link, but it's on YouTube as well....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaripayattu

Yes I am aware of Kalaripayattu but it is not totally the same as the ancient Indian martial arts of the North as practiced by the Buddha, it was mixed with the native Dravidian fighting arts of South India way back. Still its very interesting and some of the internal concepts are helpful. For instance the focused on body awareness is interesting. I have a lot of books on it and I have watched a lot of documentaries about it.

[Josh Young]

Josh have you read Vajramushti; Martial Arts of India?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vajramushti-Mar ... 0984028102

Its an interesting read as it has a lot about Indian martial postures in Shaolin. Its sad Northern India lost its martial traditions with the Muslim conquests or it would be more obvious.

Sadly I have not heard of it before now.
It sounds interesting, I will keep an eye out for it.

[John the Monkey mind]

Have you got a video of the Vajra form you practice? The Vajra and Vedic martial arts interest me a lot.

Have you read "When the Body Becomes All Eyes"? An interesting anthropological study on kalarippayatta and its place in society but it also has some details on the marmans.

[Josh Young]

I have no videos of any forms I practice and I have not read any books about Kalari specifically.

Among other things I practice a Yang long form though and the energies can be expressed through and with a vajra.

[John the Monkey mind]

I have no videos of any forms I practice and I have not read any books about Kalari specifically.

Among other things I practice a Yang long form though and the energies can be expressed through and with a vajra.

So your saying the Yang long form can be adapted for use with a Vadra? Cool

[John the Monkey mind]

Josh you might like to read some Dhanurveda fragments.

http://www.atarn.org/india/dhanurveda_eng.htm

There are more but I had to import a book from India to get some in translation and most of the Dhanurvedic writings were lost in antiquity.

Although it is about the art of the bow some is relevant to other martial arts and qi gong. Some of the postures from my book of translations are similar to kung fu or taiji. http://www.amazon.com/Dhanurveda-Milita ... 8187710497 (good translations and illistrations of original texts but also some out there theories about flying weapons in by the good Dr, still it is a unique source and a good compilation of small parts of relivant texts as well as larger texts in complete form. It is also fully referenced and with the sanskrit in places with the traslations).

I am only starting to scratch the surface with my enquirers as I have only been at it for a few months and cant read sanskrit.

I find the roots of Indo-European martial arts fascinating and would love to hear more about your practice of the Vadra and any sources you are drawing on for inspiration and guidance.

[Josh Young]

Where the hand flips over, like in cloud hands
Is a good place to start

[John the Monkey mind]

Where the hand flips over, like in cloud hands
Is a good place to start

Thanks I understand.