NCC National Youth Festival - Kalaripyattu Demonstration
An indigenous Sports Awareness Programme was conducted on 14th January 2022 at Sarvodaya Vidayalaya. Shri Ambareesh and group demonstrated ‘Kalaripayattu’, the traditional martial art form of Kerala. Shri Ambareesh won various State and National championships and has also been honoured by the former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee.
Prior to the demonstration, he presented the benefits of Kalaripayattu in our day to day life and exhibited various ‘adavu’ with weapons and combative techniques. The programme included demonstration on various self-defence techniques for NCC girl cadets.
Though this spectacular demonstration, the cadets got opportunity to know more about Kalaripayattu, the various techniques used in it and the use of self-defence techniques associated with this martial art form.