Row over TDB’s ban on using temple for martial arts training
- October 27, 2023
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Row over TDB’s ban on using temple for martial arts training
Subject: History
Section: ART AND CULTURE
What are the Various Martial Art Forms in India?
Thang Ta – Manipur:
- Huyen langlon is an Indian martial art from Manipur.
- In the Meitei language, huyen means war while langlon or langlong can mean net, knowledge or art.
- Huyen langlon consists of two main components:
- Thang-ta (armed combat)
- Sarit Sarak (unarmed fighting).
- The primary weapons of huyenlanglon are the thang (sword) and ta (spear). Other weapons include the shield and the axe.
Lathi Khela – West Bengal:
- Lathi is a wooden weapon to fight and is an ancient weapon used in martial arts in India.
- Lathi or stick are used in martial arts in the state of Punjab and Bengal.
- Lathi is also popular for its utility in sports specially in the Indian villages.
- A practitioner is known as lathial.
Gatka – Punjab:
- Gatka is a traditional martial art form associated with the Sikh gurus.
- It imbibes sword and sticks fighting skills and self-control.
- Gatka is believed to have originated when the 6th Sikh Guru Hargobind adopted ‘Kirpan’ for self-defense during the Mughal era.
- A style of stick fighting between two or more practitioners, Gatka is a toned-down version of the deadlier Shastar Vidya. The sharp swords of Shastar Vidya have been replaced by wooden sticks (soti) and shields in Gatka.
- It is considered as a battle technique.
- 10th Guru Gobind Singh made it compulsory for everyone to use the weapons for self-defense.
Kalaripayattu – Kerala
- Kalaripayattu is a martial art based on the ancient knowledge of the human body.
- It originated in Kerala during the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD. It is now practiced in Kerala and in some parts of Tamil Nadu.
- The place where this martial art is practiced is called a ‘Kalari’. It is a Malayalam word that signifies a kind of gymnasium. Kalari literally means ‘threshing floor’ or ‘battlefield’. The word Kalari first appears in the Tamil Sangam literature to describe both a battlefield and combat arena.
- It is considered to be one of the oldest fighting systems in existence.
- It is also considered as the father of modern Kung – Fu.
Mallakhamb- Madhya Pradesh
- Mallakhamb is a traditional sport, originating from the Indian subcontinent, in which a gymnast performs aerial yoga or gymnastic postures and wrestling grips with a vertical stationary or hanging wooden pole, cane, or rope.
- The name Mallakhamb derives from the terms malla, meaning wrestler, and khamb, which means a pole. Literally meaning “wrestling pole”, the term refers to a traditional training implement used by wrestlers.
- Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have been the hotspots of this sport.