Adithada

Adithada (Tamil: அடிதட), originally known as Adithadi, is the Tamil martial arts preliminary empty hand techniques of Adimurai[1] practiced in Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka. The word adi means hitting and thada means to block. It is similar to Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Vale Tudo, Bokator and Karate.[2]

See also

References
  1. Luijendijk, D.H. (2005) Kalarippayat: India's Ancient Martial Art, Paladin Press, ISBN 1-58160-480-7
  2. Dictionnaire Encyclopédique des Arts Martiaux & Sports de Combat Archived 12 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine (in French)


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