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Angampora, the traditional martial art of Sri Lankan Sinhalese is known to be one of the oldest fighting disciplines in the world. Angampora is a deeply spiritual form of combat that draws a lot of its philosophies from different aspects of nature and astrology and also has a strong connection to music and employ rhythmic, flowing movements.'Angam Pora' or Angampora or Angam means 'unarmed combat'. Combat techniques wherein weapons are used are called 'Illangam'. As a part of Angampora, 'Maya Angam' is a technique which involves the use of spells and incantations to confuse or bring an opponent down.Angampora Guru, Mahantharachchige Ajantha, who is responsible for the revival of this 'Angam Maduwa' or Angampora School of War (A mud hut built specially for angampora practice), located in Korathota village, 35 kilometers (20 miles) outside the capital Colombo, in the middle of a paddy field away from the buzz of the city, explained that there is written evidence to prove the existence of this combat form of angampora that dates back over 5000 years and myths and folklore that goes as far as 38,000 years that speak of the art of fighting named 'Angam' or Angampora, making it one of the oldest known forms of martial arts in the world. angam, angampora, ilangam, අංගම්පොර, traditional, martila art, sri lanka, angamharamba, pora,sri lanka, history, ravana are the connected areas of this angampora art

We are proud to say that our indigenous fighting art, Angampora or Angam Art posses the longest history when compaired with same traditional history of martial art of any country. Our Fighting Art's history goes back to more than 33000 years with historical proofs.

Our tradition was started from the Yakka ancestry of the Great Great Angampora Worrior called Katharagama Manasen Born before 30000 years in this country. Later at the time of Maha Ravana, the patriot angampora worrior of Ancient Sri Lanka, this system was developed to world's best fighting system and then introduced to Buddhist Civilization. This great fighting style was later recognized as Angam or angamharamba and according to "Sinhala Rajavaliya", all the heads of ancient monarch practiced angampora and gave it to the next generation. This system of fighting art was dedicated to protect the nation and the Buddhism.

This great art; angampora which was used for very pratriotic reasons in the history of our mother land, is a secreat of Sinhalese nation.

		Epigraph at Korathota Temple

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