Thread: Martial Arts, anyone.

Originally Posted by Sogel

i was trained in karate, which seems to be a vary common style, and alearned most of it when is still lived in california. when i moved to alabama i finished my trianing in a local gym. but i also have a question on the Swarga Charka Martial Arts. how long does it take to master it?

Thank you Sogel-garu for asking . To master Swarga Chakra it might take 5 or 10 years of intense practice, but it is still developing rapidly. You see, when the British ruled they suppressed lot of South Asian martial art form, this is one of them. The training doesn't end their, you can then start to master weapons like Nunchakus (this actually a South Asian (Indian) farming tool introduced to Chinese ), lati (same as a tonfa), wooden swords, katars, katara (sword like a katana), etc. If you were in Madurai, the following will be your training timetable: In the morning starting at 5 AM, everyone arrives at the Temple or Shrine, and locate the stone tile embedded in the ground with one's name on it. First of all, you start off by doing some prayers for 30 minutes. Then you mediate for 30 minutes , perform several yogic techniques for one hour especially the yoga called pranayama, which focus mainly one breathing. Then, our master (Master Surya) will start to teach and demonstrate several moves that we will practice. Once you master the basics, you can continue to advanced stuff or you can branch off and start to learn staff fighting and wooden sword fighting and various other weapons. Most of the forms of this South Asian (Indian) country's martial arts concentrate heavliy on Spirituality and also on the powers of elements. The concept of Chakra (similar to Ki and Chi) is highly incorporated in all of these forms.

Another pic from my Gurukul (similar to a Dojo) in Madurai, look at the outfits of the South Asian (Indians) Female warriors. Again, they represent the colors in the flag of India. Same as the colors of outfits of Talim from SC2.

1) http://www.arts-umbrella.net/images/proj-04.jpg

The following pics is based on a dance performed both in Madurai and in Manipur (both South Asian (Indian) districts). Notice the color of the outfits, again, the Indian female dancers incorporate the colors of flasg of India.

2) http://bobbymaisnam.com/images/ras-leela2.jpg

This form is very famous and practiced by master's grand daughter (her name is Mayura Gouri) in Madurai. You can see her in this picture http://manipur.nic.in/images/thangta.gif, she is the one in the top right hand corner. Let me know what you think.

Listen to this: One time, Haruki (he is my Japanese friend in Madurai)got caught watching Master Surya's grand daughter, whose name was Gouri (you can see her in this picture http://manipur.nic.in/images/thangta.gif, she is the one at the top right hand corner). She is a really cute Indian (South Asian) Girl. So, my master made him carry ten bucket of water from the river and three huge rice bags from the rice depot to the Gurukul for not concentrating. When I said three bags of rice, those are not at all small. There are very huge, one has to use a trolly to carry those bags. The trolly is not electric, you have to hold on to the handles and pull. BTW, the road is also uphill. So, you see, it wasn't an easy task. Never mind the task, being punished in front of a cute girl like Ms.Gouri is extremely embarrassing. You should have seen the sight, I was laughing all the time. Unfortunately, for laughing a lot, my master got mad and made me do the same. I was so embarrassed because Ms.Gouri was watching me. Occasionally, we (me and Haruki) both kind of fight because we argue that Master Surya's grand daughter likes one of us, more. He is just a little dofus. It used to be very fun in Madurai, I really miss that place. Then again, I am making lots of new friends in US, that makes me really happy . You guys are truly awesome. Thank you .

Another pic from my Gurukul (similar to a Dojo) in Madurai, look at the outfits of the South Asian (Indians) Female warriors. Again, they represent the colors in the flag of India. Same as the colors of outfits of Talim from SC2.

1) http://www.arts-umbrella.net/images/proj-04.jpg

The following pics is based on a dance performed both in Madurai and in Manipur (both South Asian (Indian) districts). Notice the color of the outfits, again, the Indian female dancers incorporate the colors of flasg of India.

2) http://bobbymaisnam.com/images/ras-leela2.jpg

This form is very famous and practiced by master's grand daughter (her name is Mayura Gouri) in Madurai. You can see her in this picture http://manipur.nic.in/images/thangta.gif, she is the one in the top right hand corner. Let me know what you think.