In the year 522 B.C disciple of Gowthama Buddha, sage Bodhi Dharma who was previously known as Dharma Pallava, brother to the ruling King Mahendera Pallava of Kanjeepuram in South India, visited China.
But it is evident that varmakkalai was the base for kung-fu’s evolvement. Basically, Chinese are the founders of it and it is famous all over the world. Initial stages of Adavu training bring this along with physical fitness. Before training, students were tuned with good intentions. They adopted to varma both for treating the needy and for protecting themselves from any unforeseen circumstances rising on their way to forest for meditation. In those days sages were the preferred students of varmakkalai. The Students were selected very strictly trained, and the training methods fragmented as Adavu Varisai Varmakkalai was taught through various stages of Adavu Varisai. Varmakkalai was trained in gurukulam method, wherein students were made to say with Aasan.
