Training and traditional treatment together at Pappanamcode since 1974, now under Dr. Gowthaman Gurukkal, with morning classes and evening slots arranged for foreigners.
Regular classes run six to eight in the morning on weekdays, with children's classes at the weekend. A two-month basic Meythari course serves dancers and theatre students, and evening classes can be arranged for foreign students on request.
Therapeutic yoga and combined Kalaripayattu-yoga modules for women run under Dr. Priyanka.
Marma chikitsa is the centre's parallel specialty, from quick remedial work on acute musculoskeletal injuries to longer protocols, with uzhichil administered by foot in the classical manner.
Performances for groups of up to twenty-five can be booked at the kalari on a week's notice, with outside programmes on two weeks' notice.
The Thiruvananthapuram institution, training in a kuzhi kalari since 1956, with ICCR-recognised courses and daily morning performances visitors can watch.
A fifth-generation southern-style school at Nemom under Dr. S. Mahesh Gurukkal, running everything from daily traditional training to structured fitness and mindfulness programmes.
Southern-style training and Kalari Chikitsa on a single ashram campus founded by Guru Balachandran Nair, with an Ayurvedic healing centre and a Hanuman temple on the grounds.
