User:Dhinki

Dhinki is an Orissan martial art founded in 1999 by Om Hari Monk after long meditation to be useful for the development of human being, and also for self-defence. It is practised in the C.T. Road area of Puri, south of Bhuvaneshwar (Orissa capital. This martial art has taken its inspiration from the Orissan farmers (Dhinki, from where it takes its name, and from Tae Kwon Do, so the system has difeents parts to be mastered: 1. Cymbels Dance 2. Jhadu Chalana 3. Self-defence 4. Meditation 5. Partner fighting 6. Nunchaku

CYMBEL DANCE Martial dance created by Om Hari Monk inspirated in the puja rituals of Orissan temples. It is performed with one cymbel on each hand. This dance is used to warm up the body before starting learning more advanced techniques.

JADHU CHALANA Jadhu chalana is a wooden weapon based on the indian sweeping broom. It consist on 9 fine sticks (76 cm long) joint togheter, giving the appearance of a broom. First there is some shadow exercices and then it is practiced with a partner, using some cotton protections. Its technique is directed specially at strike the legs, in order to strenght them and defece from weapons attacks.

SELF-DEFENCE It consists on techniques practised with a partner using the differents parts of the body to defence from an attack on the street. All parts of the body are used to defence.

MEDIATION Several techniques of medittion are tought to concentrate the mind, so the student can have a relaxed and concentrated mind which then useful as well to keep it calm in a case of sef-defence. Among the several meditation tecniques, based on the natural elements we can outline the next ones: 1. Wind meditation 2. Earth meditation 3. Water meditation 4. Fire meditation 5. Sun meditation 6. Moon meditation

PARTNER FIGHTING

In Dhinki this is call "half fight". It is played as a from of sport and is has been inspired in the farmer action of cutting rice. The partner must being of the same high. One of them is wearing clothes in red color and the other in blue. The left hand wear a cotton protection and the other a cotton nunchaku. The puntuation system is as follows: - Hitting on the lower part of the leg = 1 point. - Hitting on the feet = 2 points. - Hitting on the uper part of the leg = -1 point. - Hitting on the rips = -1.50 points. - Hitting on the arms or back = -3 points. - Hitting on the head = -5 points. There are three rounds of 5 minutes.

NUNCHAKU

Developped by Om Hari Monk not inspired in the chinese or japanese nunchaku techniques but in his own techniques. There are 20 techniques call houses combined together in a shadow exercice. Theses techniques can be combined in 2000 different movements.

Besides all these techniques there is as well self-massage techniques in order to compensate for all the muscle tension that can come out from the practice. This is done once a week.