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  1. 11-03-2011, 08:54 #1
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    Default The only living master of a dying martial art

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15480741
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    Great article! Thanks for posting!
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    I found this following some of the links at the bottom of the article:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...X1SwiC1Y#t=26s
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    Cool!

    Our neighborhood is filled with Sikhs. They're wonderful neighbors. Mellow but very squared away. My daughter plays with one family a lot.

    I wonder if there is any Sikh martial arts around here. Could be cool.
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    Very cool. I have read that they were quite deadly at throwing those sharpened rings (can't remember the name of them now).
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    Follow the link that William posted above and it's about those deadly little Frisbees!
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Craik View Post
    Very cool. I have read that they were quite deadly at throwing those sharpened rings (can't remember the name of them now).
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    Though I am totally unfamiliar with this art, there is a teacher's reminder in this post. Any of our arts, and more particularly the less popular and littleknown ones are but a generation away from being lost. As instructors we all need to strive fro those worthy students to entrust the knowledge to. Pass it on from generation, to generation, to generation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Erik View Post
    Aerobie.
    Chakar, at least according to the above video or Chakram from the Wiki entry.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakram
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    And some people questioned my suggestion of a razor bladed frisbee .

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    Wonderful article! Never heard of it before....thanks for sharing it with us!
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    I've seen this guy on Youtube before. He is wicked with the flexible sword. Lemme see if I can dig him up...

    http://www.youtube.com/user/Shastarvidiya

    Cool beans man!

    There is also another martial art similar to this from Indian that had another doco....

    Kalari:

    http://youtu.be/gI6iNZ8Cfb0
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    Quote Originally Posted by Webmaster View Post
    Chakar, at least according to the above video or Chakram from the Wiki entry.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakram

    There was a Mythbusters episode on something like this, I have yet to watch it....hmmm...makes me curious now.
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    The frisbee like round disc in the rajput, is called a chakram, and it has a range of 25 yards.
    If there is a small amount of actual Masters of this art, there is an ample amount of practitioners, so it is not actually 'dying' as I have heard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Naninnewetuah View Post
    The frisbee like round disc in the rajput, is called a chakram, and it has a range of 25 yards.
    If there is a small amount of actual Masters of this art, there is an ample amount of practitioners, so it is not actually 'dying' as I have heard.
    Did you read the article or are you commenting on the comments in this thread? The thread is about Shastar Vidya and it's only living master, Nidar Singh, not the Chakram. The Chakram is just a single weapon which is part of Shastar Vidya (and other Indian arts), and no one said it was in danger of dying out. Calling the Chakram itself an "art" is like calling the Nunchaku an "art". It's sometimes best to read the topic of a thread before commenting.
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    I really hopes he succeeds in finding a worthy successor. It would be a shame to see this art lost forever.
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