3] ANKATHARI In which both opponents are armed with chuttuval & paricha.Once the practitioner has become proficient with all the wooden weapons , he / she proceeds to ankathari with starting with metal weapons.

The first weapon taught is the Kadhara, a metal dagger with a curved blade.The next weapon is the sword [ val] and shield [ paricha] , subsequent weapons include the spear [ kuntham], trident [ trisool] and axe [ venmazhu] , usually the last weapon is the flexible sword [ urumi] .