Kalaripayattu words · Intermediate

The national federation (IKF) whose syllabus the event rule book says the events must follow. The rule book for the school games carries its watermark.

The stage of training and display with wooden weapons such as staffs and sticks.

The stage with metal weapons such as the sword and shield, which follow the wooden-weapon stage.

Bare-hand combat, the unarmed stage of the art.

The set of postures that form the first component of meyppayattu. The rule book names the component but does not list or describe the postures.

The cane staff used in neduvadippayattu: 5 feet long and 1 inch thick.

What judges look at, not point values. Chuvadukal: accuracy and precision, fluidity and stance transitions, grace and perfection, rhythm and timing, speed and strength. Meyppayattu: body control, range of motion, flow and synchronisation, energy and execution, precision and grace. Neduvadippayattu: stick handling, accuracy of strikes and blocks, and movement rhythm and body coordination.

If the stick falls from a participant's hand in the long staff fight, one mark is deducted. If a stick breaks, a replacement is provided and no marks are lost.