HISTORY OF VARMA KALAI:
Varma kalai is the master of all arts. Varma kalai was originated from Lord Shiva, great Yogi, reached mankind through saint Agastya. Saint Agastya in turn taught his disciple Bhoga. Later saint Gunalarm also preached about this art. In 527 A.D. Bodhidharma, a Bhuddhist run from Tamilnadu (Kanchipuram). Bodhidharma introduced Kungfu , a martial art in China. In 483 A.D, he was buried at Shaoling temple. Japanese learnt Kungfu from China and transformed it to Karate in Okinowa island in Japan. The elements of Karate were incorporated in Chinese martial arts and as a result Takewondo was developed in Korea. Martial arts originated in Asia as well as Europe are direct or indirect descendants of Varma Kalai.
