15 January 2008

Thang Ta - Manipuri martial art

Thang Ta is a little known martial arts practised in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur. The art went underground after the state (then a country) came under the British rule. However, it survived and has seen a resurgence.

Some of my friends found it similar to Silat - the Malay / Indonesian martial art.

Check out this clip I found on YouTube:



Also read "Thang-Ta: Martial Art of Manipur"

9 comments:

VijayaraghavanP said...

Nice videos... You said you had problems while writing comments, i couldn't find the reason, its is working good for me.. thanks for the link.. And thanks again, because you have been a great inspiration to me that made me change my template, earlier i had the normal template that blogger originally gives, my friends started appreciating me for my template.. Yours is really nice.. thanks..

Anonymous said...

Is it a traditional sport too?

Interesting blog, by the way.

Dilip Mutum said...

I guess it can be considered a traditional sport but only trained people with years of experience can do the kind of stuff shown on the clip.

Anonymous said...

I was in India for some personal reason and i visited a lot of area. but i was not aware about this martial arts. if i was aware i must visited that place. nice video clip

Yoolees said...

I like the videos. I have bookmarked it and watch again sometime. Thanks for sharing it.

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BabyPink said...

wow! that's interesting. i've never done martial arts (because my mom didn't allow me when i was younger), but i've always been interested in them. i have some friends and cousins who are silat practitioners.

and, i've always been interested in india. so, thanks for this.:)

Anonymous said...

It is kind of their religious act too....

Thanks for the video. Nice to see this.

Anonymous said...

WOw that looks brutal, I wish I had skills like that.

Anonymous said...

Interesting news.. I never knew Manipur had martial arts talent.

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