Welcome to Kalarippayat

This page is dedicated to ancient Southern Indian Martial- and Healing Art Kalarippayat, also known as Kalarippayattu or simply Kalari.

Check out the upcoming Kalari workshops, as well as the links to fellow Kalari instructors to help you find a qualified teacher. Subscribe to the Kalari mailing list for regular news and updates!

Safe Journey into 2012

by Kai on December 31, 2011

It has already been three weeks since I have been back in “God’s Own Country”, Kerala, to study with my Kalari teacher C.M. Sherif Gurukkal. Many things have been left undone in 2011, including the editing of the footage from the Kalari Fall Immersion and the update for the upcoming Kalari workshops and retreats 2012. But little breaks are crucial and these and other threads will be picked up again in 2012 – please stay tuned.

Safe journey into 2012

I want to take this last opportunity in the old year to wish you all a safe journey into a new and exciting year 2012. May each and every one of your indivudual paths be filled with energy and success.

Yours,

Kai Hitzer

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1st Kalari Fall Immersion 2011

The first german and pan-european Kalari Fall Immersion is drawing near. The event was initially planned as a get-together of the leading german Kalari instructors from the lineage of C.M. Sherif Gurukkal. However, due to a lot of interest and feedback the event finally opened it’s doors to practicioners and instructors from Germany and beyond.

This Kalari Immersion is the first of its kind and will be an unprecedented opportunity to train with some of the west’s most senior instructors like John Cassie and Steffen Geissler. Join us for three days of intense immersion into the ancient martial art of Kalarippayat. You can find out more about the event and its sessions on this page.

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Footage from the Kalari Demo at the Japanese Summerfestival in Fulda August 14th

August 15, 2011

The footage from this past weekend’s Kalari demonstration at the Japanese Summerfestival and the 10th anniversary of the Kendo Kenkyukai Club Fulda is online. It was a first event of this kind, the high-spirited efforts led by Kendo Teacher Roland Gericke, friend and martial artist with a scope that goes beyond the boundaries of his [...]

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“Kalarippayattu – The Graceful Indian Martial Art and its Teachings on Focus and Presence”

August 13, 2011

August’s online edition of LAYoga features a great article from LA-based Kalari instructor Yukiko Amaya, a fellow student of our beloved Kalari teacher C.M. Sherif Gurukkal and a friend from my days of teaching Kalari in LA. As far as I remember, the blood of a samurai-lineage runs in Yukiko’s veins, which might explain the [...]

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Kalari mailing list now fully functional

August 10, 2011

Due to a technical problem with conflicting WordPress Widgets, the Kalari Mailing List was not functional. Every time you clicked on the Widget on the right you would just be transfered back to the Home Page without being brought a single step closer to actually receiving the Kalari Newsletter. The glitch is fixed now and [...]

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Kalari Workshops 2011; Thekkan Workshop and Kalari demo in Fulda

July 30, 2011

The list of upcoming Kalari Workshops and Retreats has been updated. The next event will be the Thekkan (Southern Style Kalari) Workshop that I will co-teach with another Senior Student of C.M. Sherif Gurukkal, Alexander Kutschera, on August 13th in Fulda, Germany. Alexander has been practicing Kalarippayat with Sherifka for two consecutive years and has [...]

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Constructing a virtual Kalari

July 13, 2011

Greetings Abhyasi. So it begins. July 13th felt like an auspicious day for constructing a Kalari, albeit a virtual one, and usher the first visitors through its clay-covered halls. Kalaris have been dug deep into the red earth of Southern India since time immemorial and their presence could be felt there eversince, why don’t dig [...]

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