Diya Mirza is known for her workouts and this time she
is in news for learning Kalaripayattu, an Indian martial art and fighting
style.

Kalaripayattu, also known as Kalari, is a full body and
mind workout, also one of the oldest martial art forms. It originated in Kerala,
dating back to 3rd century BCE.

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Dia Mirza recently shared a clip of her training session on her Instagram. This is for her
upcoming film project.

Here, you can see her.

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This martial art is designed for the ancient
battlefield with weapons and combative techniques. It is a very disciplined,
difficult and challenging martial art which heals your full body.

Practising
this art regularly have several benefits which includes, strengthening your
body, making you flexible and improving your concentration.

There are mainly two styles of this martial art. One is
the original Northern style and another is the Southern style, altered version
from the Northern style.

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This martial art form is practiced in four different
stages:

First stage is Meithari, which is basically the
physical exercise of complete body.

Second stage is Kolthari, which includes wooden weapon
training.

Third stage is Angathari, in which metal weapons
training is provided

Fourth stage is Verumkai, which is also the last stage
of this art form and it includes bare hand technique.

There is no doubt why we should give a thought to learn
Kalaripayattu. After all, there is nothing else we need to do if we are practicing
our oldest martial art form regularly.