{"id":18,"date":"2026-05-06T10:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:48:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image wp-custom-css-1ad28b21\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-css\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lion-Fleur-de-Vie-Invers-Recadr.jpg\" alt=\"Lion Posture Flower of Life\" class=\"wp-image-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lion-Fleur-de-Vie-Invers-Recadr.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lion-Fleur-de-Vie-Invers-Recadr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lion-Fleur-de-Vie-Invers-Recadr-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lion-Fleur-de-Vie-Invers-Recadr-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As far back as I can remember, I have always been drawn to the Martial Arts, which I have been practising for 35 years. Before discovering Kalarippayat, I had the opportunity to train in many styles and I have remained curious and passionate about the arts of movement in the broadest sense. To my eyes, these constitute so many expressions of a single underlying framework contained within the potential of the human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, drawing on the traditional structure of Kalarippayat that I studied in India, I strive to share what I consider to be the essence of movement based on the corporeal archetypes that reside within us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to better understand my <b><a href=\"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/en\/oli-kalari-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"129\">pedagogical approach<\/a><\/b> and learn more about my <b><a href=\"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/en\/oli-kalari-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"129\">personal journey<\/a><\/b>, I invite you to consult the dedicated sections on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a detailed presentation of <b><a href=\"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/en\/traditional-kalarippayattu\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"136\">traditional Kalarippayat<\/a><\/b>, please refer to the following sections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As far back as I can remember, I have always been drawn to the Martial Arts, which I have been practising for 35 years. Before discovering Kalarippayat, I had the opportunity to train in many styles and I have remained curious and passionate about the arts of movement in the broadest sense. To my eyes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"language":[4],"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1026,"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olikalari.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}