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I saw this on ebay a while ago i was soo shocked the gora was selling this

this shastar was used in ''Vajar Mushti'' and if anyone doesnt know what that is its basically...

Vajra-mushti (Sanskrit वज्र मुश्टि) is an ancient Indian martial art and the name of a knuckleduster-like weapon used by its practitioners. It incorporates strikes, grabs and a study of pressure points (marman).[1] The word mushti literally means closed hand or fist. The vajra, a weapon with religious symbolism in both Hinduism and Buddhism, is translated variously as thunderbolt or diamond though the original meaning means something more along the lines of a needle. Vajra-musti could therefore be translated as "thunderbolt fist" or "diamond fist" or "grasping a vajra (thunderbolt)".

The striking aspects of vajra-musti are similar to karate, boxing and Chinese martial arts[2] while the grappling aspects are similar to jujutsu, modern pankration and vale tudo.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra_Mushti

Taken from the shastar vidiya website :

‘’Ritualistic martial boxing and wrestling sport that was founded in Gujerat around the tenth century.

Two participants would drink hemp and put on a type of knuckle duster ‘Vajar’ on their right hand. Participants could only target face, chest and arms of opponent. Alongside striking ‘marman’, participants employed all manner of grappling techniques. The aim of this bloody contest was to incapacitate through striking or grappling an opponent and disarming him’’

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Looks pretty useful for close up action.

Hey has anyone seen those cool karas with like three 'claws' on them?

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Looks pretty useful for close up action.

Hey has anyone seen those cool karas with like three 'claws' on them?

yes, niddar singh nihang wears one...i believe it is called a jamdhar kara? maybe satpunga singh or someone can confirm the name of it... i was told by niddar singh only people who know most of shastar vidiya are allowed to wear that kind of kara, sort of like a rehit for that kara, maybe someone could confirm this..

from this picture you can see the karas with the claws as you said.. and look closely my favorite one is the one with a erm 2 inch point coming out soo nice

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Caveman ji, this is indeed correct, only those who have ustaadgee ware these.

In reality even if we as people had these types of shastar, we wouldnt really know how to use them, give proper satkar to them and so on.

I've noticed most people have these things to show off, or missuse etc..

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Caveman ji, this is indeed correct, only those who have ustaadgee ware these.

In reality even if we as people had these types of shastar, we wouldnt really know how to use them, give proper satkar to them and so on.

I've noticed most people have these things to show off, or missuse etc..

indeed, niddar singh told me that.

he also said he has taken a few off people as they wore them and only the ones who have mastered the vidiya can have these not some random singh. I agree most people would show off.

and about knowing how to use the kara, i know some techniques... :cool:

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yes, niddar singh nihang wears one...i believe it is called a jamdhar kara? maybe satpunga singh or someone can confirm the name of it... i was told by niddar singh only people who know most of shastar vidiya are allowed to wear that kind of kara, sort of like a rehit for that kara, maybe someone could confirm this..

yes little paaji it is called a jamdhar kara.

but itdoes have a few other name, which i cant remember at the moment.

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