Acharya Raghu

Founder · Grandmaster · Scholar

A scholar-practitioner who rebuilt Sailum as a mind-led discipline: calm standards, precise fundamentals, and disciplined repetition — training that shapes character, not performance.

40+ years teaching
10,000+ students trained
Defense Forces trained
Featured in Thai PBS
Book

Bodhidharma Retold traces the journey from the Srisailam region to Shaolin — connecting Indian Hatha Yoga to the origins of Kung-Fu. View on Amazon ↗

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Learning under him

Traditional, never theatrical. Students build foundations until they become real skill — stance, breath, balance, timing, and control.

  • Mind-led precision
  • Foundations before flair
  • Progress earned through consistency

Selected credentials

  • Academic: MA History & Psychology
  • Martial training: South Korea & Shaolin, China
  • Yogic practice: Hatha Yogi; high-altitude kriyas
  • Adventure: 25+ Himalayan expeditions; paramotor pilot; scuba diver

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