But Marma Atti

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But Marma Atti is an Indian self-defence martial art, and probably the only martial art that greatly emphasizes using psychological means to exhaust an attacker mentally and physically. It teaches an individual fighting using evasive movements, reversals and soft striking while humiliating and convincing the attcker. It also teaches its practitioner to be of unimpeachable character to have the moral high ground and inner strength to both evade and psychologically exhaust the opponent.

This martial art is a refined form of a rudimentary self-defence system taught widely in rural south India, enabling a common person to take care of him/herself in case of an attack while keeping his/her physical limitations under consideration. But Marma Atti is a limited set of physical self-defence and behavioural patterns, emphasising calm rather than fear in case of attacks.

The psychological aspect of But Marma Atti is usually practiced when an aggressor's attack is foiled several times. The practitioner of the art reasons with the attacker and tries to convince him/her to break off the assault.

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Indian Martial Arts
But Marma Atti | Gatka | Inbuan Wrestling | Kalarippayattu | Kuttu Varisai | Lathi | Malla-yuddha | Mukna | Pehlwani | Silambam | Vajra Mushti | Varma Kalai