🇮🇳 Kerala (India) · Traditional
Kalari Marma Massageカラリ・マルマ・マッサージ
Manual practices connected with kalaripayattu and the concept of marma points. Their relationships with martial practice, daily care and traditional medicine are introduced separately from injury treatment or instructions to reproduce them.
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- Origin
- 🇮🇳 Kerala (India)
- Era
- Traditional
- Classification
- Traditional healing system
- Techniques
- Pressure / Oil
- Practitioner body parts
- Palm / Thumb
- Medium
- Oil
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Marma chikitsa (kalari)
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Related forms and lineages
Related reference entry: Kalari Uzhichil
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