The founder of Veerakalai is Hon. Dr. Manoharan, aged 68 also called as “VEERAKALAI VAENTHAN” (EMPEROR OF VEERAKALAI), and a senior most Martial artist in India. He is a well-versed expert in Martial arts like Silambam, Kuthuvarisai, Karate, Kung Fu, Tun Fa, Nunchaku, Bo and Tai Chi.
He spent 46 years in practicing these arts and teaching students for almost 40 years. His significant contribution for the growth of Karate and Silambam is well recognized. He holds a record for continuously performing Karate katas for 10 hours and also a record for performing most number (75) of Karate Katas.
He has created thousands of Black Belt students in India and most of them forms a part of the existing Karate federations and Associations in India.
His exquisite research in Martial arts, through all his years of hard practice, has led him to an enlightenment that all Martial Arts aims at bringing the hands and legs under our control, but each Martial art has its own approach according to its traditions.
He felt that India being the birthplace of Martial arts, should not follow in other words, the people should not be taught Karate, Kung Fu, Taekwondo or other foreign Martial arts, as it directly imposes a foreign language, foreign culture and tradition. It is extremely difficult for Indian people to learn Martial arts in a foreign language. Also learning foreign culture and tradition, will enslave them indirectly.
Silambam, Kuthuvarisai etc. are also being taught by other Masters is also not providing significant development among the students, as they are taught only traditional ways and with only limited lessons. When compared to the Martial arts in China and Japan (Kung Fu and Karate respectively), their lessons are in depth and more advanced, that the students are equipped with knowledge, skill and inner feel.
Contrastingly, the traditional Masters in India failed to cope up to advancements and new innovations and shown lack of unity and excess jealousy, Our Aasaan came up with a new concept called “Veerakalai”.
He sees Veerakalai as the ultimate solution to prevent and save people from miseries like diseases, anti-socialists’ attacks and negative emotions. He devised concepts, methods and syllabus of Veerakalai, that is now being taught by him to his students. Veerakalai as a Martial art is been taught by him since 2001, but the conceptualization actually started in 1995.
Being solo, he went on facing oppositions and treason, from the existing federations and yet he grown strong and overcame all obstacles. He focusses on enlightening the common man and the weak, with Veerakalai. His descriptive concepts and intense training benefitted his students, who are around the world leading their life healthy and successful.
1) Have been practicing and training Martial Arts for the past 45 years.
2) Have trained 10 patients and cured their diseases like Diabetes, Cardiac Problems, Hypertension, Cholesterol, Knee and Joint pains and Depression in one month with the approval of Doctor.
3) Have received the Honorary Doctorate for achievement in the field of Martial arts.
4) Have done a world record of demonstrating Karate lessons continuously for 10 hours.
5) Have done 75 Japanese Karate lessons in 2 hrs and 29 mins on 26-1-2000.
6) To be the only Indian to know more than a 100 Life Saving Martial Arts lessons.
7) To be the only person to hold a 10th Black Belt Grade in India.
8) Have released 6 Martial Arts VCDs.
- i) Indian Martial Arts – Kuthuvarisai & Silambam
- ii) Definition of Karate Tournaments
- iii) Meaning of Katas
- iv) 75 Japanese Karate Lessons – Volume-1, Volume-2, Volume-3
9) Have written and published a book called “Veerakalai Vazhvin Jeeva Oli”(Veerakalai - Life's Eternal Light).
10) Have created thousands of Black Belt students.
11) Have secured First and Second places by participating in All India Karate Tournament, Tamilnadu Karate Tournament and District Karate Tournament,(1984,1985,1986,1987).
12) Have trained Martial Arts to students of 100 schools across Tamilnadu.
13) Have trained Millions of Students to protect themselves from dangerous diseases using Martial Arts.