Online Kalaripayattu Training by KalariLab.org - Lesson 3: First Foundations

[@ussainraswi2859]

Thanks Sir, I successfully completed first 3 lessons.

[@KalariLAB]

Well done Ussain! Good to hear you are progressing! Feel free to reach out to me on whatsapp if you have any questions [phone] (Adam)

[@ussainraswi2859]

@@KalariLAB sure sir.

[@vimalgopiz]

Namaste Adam Gurukkal, Your class is excellent and well explained with good reason. I really liked it.. I am from Kerala and have been studying Kalari in Kerala for a year and a half and now here it is lockdown. Unlike other gymnasiums and other martial arts, kalari has the advantage of being refreshing when practiced.

[@KalariLAB]

Thank you Vimal. Very good to hear from another Kalari practitioner and to hear that you are enjoying the channel is great! Please keep me posted on your progress 🙂

[@SanjayBhardwajj]

Hi Vimal i m from HP. I want to visit kerala and learn kalari there. Can tou suggest me the gurukulam where did you learn.

[@sudiptamandal1661]

Wonderful excellent superb beautiful awesome performance ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KalariLAB]

Thank you - hope you enjoy the course!

[@harekrishna2291]

Best class 👍 thanks for promoting kalari. Hare Krishna Hari bol 👍🙏😀

[@KalariLAB]

Thanks brother ☺️

[@KalariLAB]

For the other full 50 minute lessons, you can sign-up now for the Membership Program right here on KZbin: kzbin.infojoin You have 2 options: 1. Silver Membership - $9.99 / Rs799.00 per month - You will get early access to all new videos plus 2 FULL 1 hour-long lessons each month AND cool badges to show your support for this channel 2. Diamond Membership - $29.99 / Rs2,399.00 per month - You get all the Silver perks and your support will help us grow this channel and create even more videos. We upload one full lesson each Tuesday. Just click the JOIN button right below this video and get access to the full lessons. Kalari Lab Let's kick it!

[@gnanayogi718]

I tried to enroll but it either returns me back to where I started or says Sorry something went wrong. Please help

[@KalariLAB]

@@gnanayogi718 great to hear you have decided to join the school and sorry you're having these problems. Can you message me on WhatsApp and we can work through it. [phone] adam

[@RahulKumar-ot6rp]

Jay shree Ram 🙏 Guru ji🙏 apka video se bahute help mila hai. Thanking you

[@NarendraSahu-pf1hd]

Tq 🙏 sir today's 3lesson are complete🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@KalariLAB]

@@NarendraSahu-pf1hd well done 👍 but please remember to do each lesson twice! Also it is important not to do more than two new lessons each week - so after one month you will complete 8 lessons - lesson 9 you start in the second month. This is important to allow your body to condition and be ready for the new forms as you progress. Thanks and enjoy

[@NarendraSahu-pf1hd]

@@KalariLAB sir some doubt how to communicate.

[@RNGhosh-pb6qp]

Hi Adam! Thanks to your lessons, I am practising at home though am 62+. I am a great fan of martial arts and since my visit to Kochi in Dec 21, am really addicted to Kalari. I hv practised yoga since 10 yrs old so hv no problem till lesson 3. Hope next will be as fluid. Thanks again.

[@KalariLAB]

Delighted to hear you’re following the course and feeling so good doing it! I plan to start free live classes from this week - please contact me on WhatsApp if you’d like to know more details : ‪[phone]‬ Adam

[@harshitpatel2396]

Thank you sir ❤️❤️ because of your channels I learn kalari

[@KalariLAB]

Thank you Harshit. This is very pleasing to hear... I hope your practise is continuing. Adam

[@zenatmanlegacy]

Thank You 🙏

[@khanabadoshnomadik5042]

Nice work to expose & explore the Indian kerala Marcel art

[@KalariLAB]

Thank you. Yes we are doing our best to communicate and still honour this previous ancient practice.

[@khanabadoshnomadik5042]

Me too a yoga achiever You can appreciate my blog & playlist 👉fitness as well as yoga series &vice versa

[@KalariLAB]

@@khanabadoshnomadik5042 shall do!

[@khanabadoshnomadik5042]

@@KalariLAB 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@muhammadIsmail-ph7mg]

👌👌👌👌👌

[@KalariLAB]

Nice one Muhammad!

[@mahendranmahendran4902]

Hi I am marma master in India from tamilnadu thanks for spread my Tamil martial arts

[@jayg1996]

It's actually from Kerala, not Tamil Nadu.

[@KalariLAB]

Mahendran, thank you for your comments and yes as Gajjar points out, Kalari is from Kerala, however it is closely linked to Varma Arti, the Tamil Martial-art.

[@a2zcreations433]

Super

[@KalariLAB]

Thank you Gayathri!

[@MedicoFreak]

It says 108 lessons. But series only has 38 lessons. What about other lessons?

[@smoothbuddha7212]

Absolutely loving these lessons adam. When we press the thumbs to midbrow in the end position of the elephant are we pressing or activating nadi points at the mid brow?? 🙏

[@KalariLAB]

Good to hear from you and thank-you for your words of encouragement. Yes this is correct. Here we bring attention to the Marma located at this point. Also the mudra created through the arms affects the flow of the vayus.

[@thegeneralcategory2792]

❤️thank u

[@KalariLAB]

Thank you!!

[@ranidewangan9094]

Sir, I am waiting for lesson 4 of kalaripayattu...sir, please add the lesson 4 fast...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@KalariLAB]

Rani - I am pleased to see you have completed lessons 1-3 and are keen to move onto lesson 4. We are however not planning to make lessons 4-100 available on KZbin. Please go to our school page online.kalarilab.org where you can sign-up as a student of our online school to access the above lessons and all our bonus content.

[@Tinyraskal7126]

@@KalariLAB hello, you say 4-100 is membership, but i check and it goes only up to lesson 38?

[@KalariLAB]

@@Tinyraskal7126 yes we are still filming the later part of the course. If you start wi try lesson now, lesson 39 onwards will be ready when you need it!

[@akbarali8628]

❤👍👍

[@KalariLAB]

@@akbarali8628 thank you! Enjoy!!

[@kevinjosephraju]

Namaskaram Adam, quick question for you. For the new squat down move in the Lohars, you mentioned we need to lift the heel when we go down and come up. Wouldn’t it be better to keep the heel planted on the ground when squatting down and up? Please advise if both variations are fine or the heel “must” come off the ground when squatting down. Thanks again.

[@KalariLAB]

Kevin! Good morning - thanks for your question - good one! SO yes, if you keep the heels down it is going to more like a classic indian-squat. Lifting the heels however allows you to use the explosive power of the achilles tendon as part of the superficial back line (myofascia); this allows you to spring back and this, is the power you will use to destabilise your opponent. Hope that helps! Adam

[@kevinjosephraju]

@@KalariLAB In other words, you recommend lifting heel as opposed to planting them on ground for the purposes of this move?

[@KalariLAB]

@@kevinjosephraju yes, that is correct!

[@trainingstate5717]

Beautiful ❤️

[@trainingstate5717]

KalariLAB Your community is doing really a great job. I am a Keralite and am one who belongs to the Kalaripayattu lineage. You are preparing this art in a beautiful way and trying to bring the beauty to the people. Loved it ❤️

[@KalariLAB]

@@trainingstate5717 that k you kindly for your comments. Sorry I did not rey until now, I had not seen your message. Hope you are well and strong. Adam

[@srinivasan260]

@kalariLAB: Is there any reason why the cat and the elephant are done only on one side. Can it also be done on the other side by simply mirroring the actions?

[@KalariLAB]

Hi Gayathri - Thanks for your question - The elephant is a symmetrical posture - did you mean the cat and something else? The cat is done on this side only, as positioning the body in this way activates the feminine nadi. Hope that helps :) Adam

[@mishrr]

Hey kalarilab, I was learning kalaripayattu from you. Went till lesson 3 but from 3 weeks i am having lumbar that is lower back pain. Do you have any solution. And i am 100% sure to go ahead through all the lectures if i recover. Thank You.

[@KalariLAB]

Hi and thanks for your message. I’m sorry to hear your struggling with back pain. Have you been to see a Physio about this?

[@mishrr]

yes i did@@KalariLAB Thanks

[@vaanamtransportvaanamtrans1595]

I practice follow with you

[@KalariLAB]

That's great. We shall be uploading a lot more training soon.

[@Tinyraskal7126]

hello for the 108 lesson course - on youtube you have master - theres only 38 lessons?

[@shreyashjadhav1303]

Sir can we see this series video in Sunday and practice that same video for a week then move to next video...can we do like that please explain?

[@KalariLAB]

Hi! Taj ks for your message and your questions... So yes, the best would be to practice each video lesson for one week. Please note that you should have 2 days off each each also to give tour tissues a chance to rest and rehydrate. I shall be making a video about this soon! 💦

[@jaswantsinghchoudhary9786]

Why are the other 3 lessons in two month beginners course not accessible please make them free 🙏

[@KalariLAB]

Jaswantsingh - Thank you for your comments and I hope this means you have already gone through lessons 1 - 3, which is great! The course is currently only available beyond lesson 3 to members but we have included the entire 108 lesson course within the lowest of our membership tiers (Silver $9.99). Would that work for you?

[@MrDelhi-nd7tw]

@@KalariLAB After going through that course properly how much kalari will I learn?

[@KalariLAB]

@@MrDelhi-nd7tw Thanks for your question. The 108 lesson course will focus on the 1st stage of Kalarippayattu - The body forms of meippayattu. Stages 2-4 (wooden weapons, metal weapons, hand-to-hand combat) are for later learning.

[@WickedWolverine]

Im slightly confused. Do we only ever swing and turn with the right leg and never the left? and even in the elephant, going only towards the right while raising the hands up + the sitting posture as well - only the right leg is to be sat on?

[@KalariLAB]

Yes correct! There are reasons for this… in the case of the elephant and cat it’s about activating the nadis correctly. Well observed!

[@WickedWolverine]

@@KalariLAB :)) Thank you for clarifying!! I'm really enjoying this Kalari journey through your videos.

[@KalariLAB]

@@WickedWolverine Am very pleased to hear that! Please make sure you do each lesson for 2 or 3 times before moving onto the next. Also, make sure to take minimum 1 or 2 days of rest per week. Enjoy!!

[@KalariLAB]

@@WickedWolverine I’m very happy to read this! ☺️

[@anjalramesh4751]

hi sir, can you please do a video of your practicing space.

[@KalariLAB]

YEs we shall start to post this from this week. Good idea! ;)

[@vipinraghavan4024]

Sir one doubt. R u teaching kalari exercise or ur adding yoga also

[@KalariLAB]

Not adding any yoga. Everything is from Kalari (northern, southern and central style)

[@tsjoyalbabu]

Can you teach vital points?

[@KalariLAB]

No, I do not have permission from my Gurukkal to teach this.

[@jaisurya8182]

Nalai Kanaum. See you tomorrow...!

[@KalariLAB]

Nalai Kanaum!

[@arunjohny]

Sir is there weapon training in your class

[@KalariLAB]

Tha is for your message. Weapons training is not included in the first year online course. We shall cover some stick rolling techniques however.

[@KalariLAB]

Weapons training is possible if you come to train with us in Thailand.

[@harshupadhyay1243]

I WANT TO LEARN FROM U KINDLY TELL ME WHAT TO DO FOR ENROLLMENT.

[@KalariLAB]

Good evening! Please click the JOIN button on our youtube landing page to get access to our 96 lesson course. You can also message me on WhatsApp [phone] Adam Hope to speak to you soon.

[@Tinyraskal7126]

why only one side for the posture

[@KalariLAB]

If you mean for CAT, it’s because it activates the feminine Nadi (energy meridian) which cools the body.

[@yanachetry6031]

Sir I have no money for join your KZbin channel but I want learn kalaripatu with u . So sir please teach me

[@KalariLAB]

Hi Yana! Great to hear from you! Please work through lessons 1 to 3 and send me a video of your practice. We can then see about how you can progress. Adam (Send me video on whatsapp or telegram [phone])

[@yanachetry6031]

@@KalariLAB thank you sir

[@KalariLAB]

@@yanachetry6031 Most welcome... stay in touch! Adam

[@yanachetry6031]

Sir I start practicing from today , after 4,5 day's I sand my practice video . And you give me your WhatsApp number then more easy to sand video's

[@KalariLAB]

@@yanachetry6031 Hi Yana - yes please. that would be excellent. My number [phone] Adam

[@swasthaham]

No more sessions?

[@KalariLAB]

Hi. So the course is running for 12 months with 8 lessons a month (total of 96 lessons). We have uploaded lessons 1-3 on KZbin however for lessons 4 and above you will need to register with our online school. Please go to www.kalarilab.org or contact me on Whatsapp [phone] for a discount coupon.

[@nikhilraj6343]

When lesson 4 will come?

[@KalariLAB]

Hi Nikhil! We shall be posting a short 3 minute excerpt here of lessons 4-96 however for the full lesson you will need to sign-up to our online school (www.kalarilab.org) Please check there or message me on whatsapp for a discount link: [phone] Adam

[@nikhilraj6343]

@@KalariLAB any charges?

[@KalariLAB]

@@nikhilraj6343 Yes. The standard rate for Indian nationals is $20 for the first month (8 video lessons and 30-day training program) and $40 for subsequent months..... however this is open for discussion. Please message me on whatsapp if you are interested.

[@nikhilraj6343]

@@KalariLAB okay

[@shikha8341]

Where u learn from it sir..

[@KalariLAB]

Hi Shreya. I have learnt from Kerala Kalarippayattu Academy (KKA) in Kannur. I began training in 2000 under Gurukkal C.M.Sherif.

[@abhisheksinha3704]

Asha from Russia and Ravi from Australia?? Did I hear it correct?

[@KalariLAB]

Yes that's correct. I teach on Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand and we have students from all over the world here. Good to meet you sir. Adam

[@ranawords09]

Greetings Sir I m 40 year's old,so is the possible to do or start the training of kalaripaitu

[@KalariLAB]

Greetings ... Yes you are able to start Kalari at age 40. I am also 40 in fact :) May I ask - did you already sign-up to our online program?

[@vishnummanoj4216]

nale kannam!

[@vishnummanoj4216]

nanne Namaskaram

[@KalariLAB]

Nale Kannam!! Good to hear from you Vishnu!

[@ec5462]

Nale kanam sir you know Malayalam 😳😳😳

[@KalariLAB]

@@ec5462 hi! Not really just a few words - but this is something one of our senior trainers used to say to us at the end of every morning training - so I thought I’d add it in here ☺️

[@akshatsane7094]

😂 now Americans are gonna teach us Indian martial arts

[@KalariLAB]

Actually I'm British and feel kinda sh**y about my ancestors banning your ancestors from practicing this beautiful art. That's why I'm doing what I'm doing. Love ❤️

[@saijagreatworks3298]

@@KalariLAB well said Sir! Looking forward for ur online courses ! I did all 3 lessons

[@vaishaliPC]

Mr. Sane, since we indians are not pursuing these arts, isnt it obvious that we learn it from someone who has followed and taken rigiorus training. I m a yoga teacher and ashtang practicioner, when i go to mysur the way i see how indians are not bothered, not ready to do hard work required in all these practices, feel ashamed and sad...Blame is to us indians, unlike japanese, we are not valuing our own tradition, culture and our different arts.

[@devanandrambharose5]

@@vaishaliPC 100 % correct.

[@jaisurya8182]

@@vaishaliPC I'm from Mysore.