SHERLOCK HOLMES-The movie and some martial arts

A piece from the movie Sherlock Holmes. Delightful piece of film making. I am posting it here for the martial arts fans. This is bare knuckle boxing choreography at its best!



*Note the use of combination punches, it is not the "punch and wait" style.
* The "parry and counter punch" is standard boxing fare but done here with panache and style. There is almost a lazy elegance to it that builds up the character!
*Use of background music.The rhythm here is provided by the music(very apt)and the pace is just right:)
*The "two ear slap" is very common in "thekkan kalari" and the gambit of distraction and attack is also signature tactic in this form of the martial art.
*The counter-slap to the ear drum, the straight kick to the plexus after raising of hands for balance and distraction, the punch on the floating ribs, are also gambits in thekkan kalari which has a lot of hand to hand combat and is more towards "infantry" foot soldier fighting, rather than the more classical "vadakkan kalari" which is classical in style and extremely subtle and precise and has weapons as its forte.
*The elbow to the jaw seems closer to Thai boxing.It is found to be very effective both as a 'hook' and an 'upper-cut'and is sometimes preferred to the head butt, that some do in similar situations.The elbow is also difficult to effectively block.
Watched it again and again, Guy Ritchie, at his best :)

Copenhagen Summit and Climate Control

The salient points of the Copenhagen Summit Accord:

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CLIMATE CONTROL- THE NEED FOR IT.
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Tribute to the Fab Five in Indian Advertising

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Mayan Consultants Self Ad- Only Mudra

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ADOPTION AD: PRO BONO WORK BY MAYAN

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A close blood relative decided to adopt a child after 7 years of marriage. There were many opinions on the matter, one of which was that children who are adopted have unpleasant histories and do not augur well for their foster parents. This is an attempt to assuage such apprehensions. Yashoda brought up Krishna as her own and she did not do badly from what the scriptures say:).

The inspiration for this ad was a piece in Carnatic Music which goes

 "Enna tavam shaithane yashoda, engum nirai parabhramam, amma enrazhaika." which asks the question, "what penance did Yashoda do, that the Universe call ed her "mother"!!

It is a Krithi By "Papanasam shivan"in Kappi Ragam (Janya Ragam of Kharahara priya),

set to Aadi Thalam.  It is sung by Chinmayi and Baby Nimisha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uZcjuopdmQ

The ad was uploaded first on 13th December 2009 and since then has had to undergo changes since there were issues on historical accuracy given that Lord Krishna was not adopted in the strict sense of the term and it was a case of a switch.The changes that took place are documented above as options.

Meanwhile hotmail has come up with an article on famous adoptions (23rd December 2009) and Sushmita Sen has announced her second adoption! The TOI has also reported changes in the adoption laws.

We will carry all the information on this space . Vinod Natesan as on 29th December2009.