Kalari Martial Art Training

Meithari is the beginning stage with rigorous body sequences involving leg exercises, twists, stances and complex jumps and turns. Ashta Vadivukal (eight animal postures), twelve Meyppayattu exercises for neuro-muscular coordination, balance and flexibility follow the basic postures of the body. Kalarippayattu originates not in aggression but in the disciplining of the self. Therefore the training begins with disciplining the physical body and attaining a mental balance.