online Gatka show (Ancient Indian swordplay)

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam,

Yogiji has said that the Panthra exercise is the one of the quickest

ways to balance the left and right hemispheres of the brain and to

charge your electromagnetic field. It's something I practice almost

daily. If you do it for than a eleven minutes you can get a good sweat.

It's impossible how to describe in words and I await the day when

someone will film it and put it online for the virtual community. Maybe

I'll be the one.

Panthra is to Gatka, as Kata (?) is to Karate. It's simply practicing

and perfecting the form and flow for internal balance and physical

conditioning.

When I continually see that at least 90% of new students to yoga are

women, I wish this art were more visible. It would appeal to the male

aspect in us all. (I, in no way, am condoning violence. This is much

more complex. It requires meditation, as Gururattan so well stated)

Sat Nam,

Dharam Singh

 

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Every summer, Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (located in Rockville, MD)

holds an annual Sikh Youth Camp entitled Camp Gurmat. A nine minute film

has been created that summarizes last year's Gatka Show. It shows the

hard work of all individuals involved and gives a retrospect as to what

Gatka is and how it is intertwined within the Sikh spirit. The film puts

into perspective that Gatka being practiced today should be held in

great light as it gives a gateway to Sikh history and endless Sikh pride.

 

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Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa! Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh!

The pure ones belong to God and the victory belongs to God.

 

Gatka brings to a human being those facilities of fulfillment,

success, and excellence. Gatka is a martial art; it is a science. "Gat"

sometimes spelled "Gut" means grace, liberation, respect in your power,

your good will. "Ka" means, that of, or one who belongs. Therefore Gatka

means, one whose freedom, sovereignty and liberty belongs to grace. It

is an art of self-defense which makes a person graceful.

This grace comes from the great master to the spirit and it is the

art of the "krishatryas," the ancient warriors of India. It has 2'/z

steps to the left and 2'/z steps to the right. The 2'/z steps movements

produce a 3 1/2 cycle of the electromagnetic psyche to create one-point

and a half strength of endurance with the electromagnetic field of the

infinity of the universe.

In that total congeniality, the human Tattwas, five Tattwas,l)

ether, 2) air, 3) water, 4) fire, 5) earth, and the aura which is nine

feet on each side, come to a controlled balance. So under that strength

this knowledge was basically developed. And when with reverence, with

the devotion and the salutation we gracefully learn it with the mantra

Wha he Guru.

It is not only a defense art, but a totality of the definition of

human fulfillment, human essence and human grace. It is a martial art

that makes a person fearless, makes a person revengeless, makes a person

able to concentrate. Every movement is scientifically originated,

organized and projected. This is a discipline in which there is nothing

but success. However, it does need practice. It needs dedication, it

needs devotion, and it needs time. But those who spend time to keep up

in this art and science will understand the art of life, the art of

success, the art of excellence, the art of grace. That is what Gatka means.

 

I wish well to all those who are in practice. And I dedicate it to

the Guru and to the Guardian Angels which belong to all our future

generations and children.

 

Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa! Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh!

Humbly, Yogi Bhajan

April 3,1988

Guru Ram Das Ashram Los Angeles, CA

 

Taken from "Gatka"

by Nanak Dev Singh Khalsa and Sat Kartar Kaur (ISBN 0-89509-087-2)