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'''Angampora''' is a Sri Lankan [[martial art]] that combines combat techniques, [[self-defense]], [[combat sport|sport]], exercise, and meditation.<ref name="angam11" /><ref name="limelight">{{cite news | url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2013/05/28/main_Letters.asp | title=Angampora should be brought back to the limelight| work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]] | date=28 May 2013 | access-date=13 March 2016 | author=Perera, Harshi}}</ref> A key component of angampora is the namesake ''angam'', which incorporates hand-to-hand fighting, and ''illangam'', involving the use of indigenous weapons such as the [[urumi|ethunu kaduwa]], staves, knives and swords.<ref name="angam3" /><ref name="sinha" /> Another component known as ''maya angam'', which uses spells and [[incantation]]s for combat, is also said to have existed.<ref name="angam14">{{cite news | url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/11/22/mag01.asp | title=A truly Sri Lankan art | work=[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Observer]] | date=22 November 2009 | access-date=19 May 2012 | author=Kulatunga, Thushara | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120210727/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/11/22/mag01.asp | archive-date=20 November 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Angampora's distinct feature lies in the use of [[pressure point]] attacks to inflict pain or permanently paralyze the opponent. Fighters usually make use of both [[Strike (attack)|striking]] and [[grappling]] techniques, and fight until the opponent is caught in a submission [[Joint lock|lock]] that they cannot escape. Usage of weapons is discretionary. Perimeters of fighting are defined in advance, and in some of the cases is a pit.<ref name="angam14"/><ref name="angamexp">{{cite web | url=http://exploresrilanka.lk/2010/07/angampora-the-martial-art-of-sri-lankan-kings/ | title=Angampora: the Martial Art of Sri Lankan Kings | publisher=Explore Sri Lanka | work=angampora.org | date=July 2010 | access-date=20 May 2012 | author=Perera, Thejaka}}</ref>
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A number of paintings related to angampora are found at [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temples in Sri Lanka. These include [[Embekka Devalaya]], Gadaladeniya Rajamaha Viharaya, [[Temple of the Tooth]], [[Maha Saman Devalaya|Saman Devalaya]] ([[Ratnapura]]) and [[Lankatilaka Vihara|Lankathilaka Rajamaha Viharaya]].<ref name="angam9"/><ref name="njs12">{{cite news | url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=26419 | title='Not Just Sports' – Part 12 : 'Jana Kreeda' change as kingdom moves to east | work=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)|The Island]] | date=28 May 2011 | access-date=19 May 2012 | author=Silva, Revata S.}}</ref>
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===Modern period===
Angam techniques were used by the locals in their resistance against the early colonial occupants of the island's coastal areas.<ref name="angam4">{{cite news | url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11A/Aug26_1314337918KA.php | title=Sri Lankan traditional martial arts show in Colombo | work=Colombo Page | date=26 August 2011 | access-date=11 May 2012 | location=[[Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> The British, who occupied the whole island by 1815<ref name="kmds">{{Cite book| last = De Silva | first = K. M. | title = A history of Sri Lanka| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dByI_qil26YC | publisher = [[University of California Press]] | year = 1981 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dByI_qil26YC/page/n252 230]–235 | isbn = 978-0-520-04320-6}}</ref> (and who had full control of it by 1818<ref>G. C. Mendis, Ceylon under the British (2005), p. 6</ref>) issued a [[The Sri Lanka Gazette|gazette]] banning the practice in 1817 with harsh punishments for flouters, paving the way to its decline.
The martial art re-surfaced from an area known as Beligal Korale, around [[Kegalle]], subsequent to the end of British colonial rule in 1948
Angampora has been the subject of a number of films and television dramas in Sri Lanka. One such film, [[Angam]], directed by Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe, explored the origins of the art through traditional folk-stories and scientific examination.<ref name="angam1">{{cite web|url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/lk/col/en7940089v.htm|title="Angam" - a Documentary directed by Anjula Rasanga Weerasinghe|work=[[Goethe-Institut]]|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="angam2">{{cite news|url=http://sinhalaya.com/news/eng/2011/angam-%E2%80%93-the-movie-exploring-ancient-sri-lankan-martial-art-angampora/|title="Angam" – the Movie – exploring ancient Sri Lankan martial art "Angampora"|date=3 January 2011|work=sinhalaya.com|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> Jayantha Chandrasiri's tele-dramas Dandubasnāmānaya and Akāla Sandhya also featured angampora.<ref name="angam3" /><ref name="angam7">{{cite news|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/070422/TV/000tv.html|title=Return of the Reviver|author=Fernando , Susitha R.|date=22 April 2007|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="angam6">{{cite news|url=http://asianmirror.lk/english/index.php/daily-highlight/3096-angampora-revived|title=Angampora revived|date=28 August 2011|work=asianmirror.lk|access-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221055427/http://asianmirror.lk/english/index.php/daily-highlight/3096-angampora-revived|archive-date=21 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> These depictions have boosted the art's recent revival.<ref name="angam3" />
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