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Thankappan Assan, born in
1930, began to study the art of Kalarippayattu at the age of
10 from of three masters; his uncles Kuttiyappi Guru,
Eliazer Guru and Devasahayam Guru. He also learnt from them
Kalarippayattu's, various medical treatments and massages.
From 1968 he started performing all over India, showing the
Traditional Marital Arts. His talents where brought to the
outside world by BBC Team, who arrived in India to film the
school.
At the present he is still practicing and
teaching, although his first dedication is the medical
aspect. He is assigned at he school by his son Ajith Kumar.
Ajith Kumar is born in 1968, started his studies on
Kalarippayattu at the age of 10 under the guidance of his
father. Most times winner of the State Kalarippayattu
Championship, he has been teaching and performing
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in India
for more than fifteen years. In 1993 he receives a
prestigious award from the Dekshina Kerala Marma Thirumu
Kalarippayattu Association, and the same year he performed
for the Milon Mela Theatre Group, directed by Abani Biswas,
actor in the Source Theatre of J. Grotowsky, Switzerland,
Italy, Poland, Austria………). In the year 2000 he was invited
to Valladolid, Spain, to take part in the First
International Meeting about Asia, and in 2001 he performed
in Paris, France, in the South Indian Festival Latitudes
Vilette, and also in the Summer Festival of Rome, Italy. He
also performed at the Theatre festival in Germany 2003
Indian Festival in Milano-Assago at Fila Forum.
Now working
in collaboration with SATSANGAM Art & Culture Cetre in
Kerala and also Bheeshma Art & Cultural Centre in France.
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