<P> The series showcases the seven martial arts of Shaolin Kung Fu, karate, taekwondo, aikido, Muay Thai, capoeira, and kalaripayattu . Kumar, who began learning martial arts at age 9, played the master for taekwondo, karate, and Muay Thai, and played the student of the other forms of martial arts from different trainers . The series' tagline was "The first thing you learn to kill is your ego". Kumar shared his personal beliefs about martial arts and talked about the benefits it brought to him . </P> <P> National Geographic Channel announced the series' launch on 27 April 2004 . The first part was aired on Sunday, 9 May 2004 at 8: 00 p.m. The rest of the parts were aired on the following Sundays . Before the series was launched, National Geographic Channel had planned to broadcast the series' second part in October--November 2004 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Akshay Kumar </Li> <Li> Sifu Kaniska Sharma </Li> <Li> Josette D. Normandeau </Li> <Li> Mehul Vora </Li> <Li> Puran Chauhan </Li> <Li> Luisa Elvira </Li> <Li> Jean Frenette </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sifu Kaniska Sharma </Li>

Seven deadly arts with akshay kumar national geographic