The four stages you name are like climbing from the foothills to the peaks—Meithari for the body, then Kolthari, Ankathari, and finally, Verumkai with bare hands. But I see them differently now, not as steps, but as seasons of a life. I learnt the hard way that true Ankathari, the stage of fighting with metal weapons, is not about wielding a sword, but about forging the spirit to care for an ailing father with the same daily discipline. My training began too late, not in the kalari, but in my own home.
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