Yaomachtia- Mexican martial arts

Yaomachtia is supposably a Mexican martial art used by the Mexican military in ancient times. Yaomachtia translates into " warrior teachings" Yaomachtia comes from the two nahuatl words Yaotl- warrior and machtia- to study. They built temples, schools, and universities to teach Mexican men how to become deadly war machines. I read this some where on the internet and since I am a martial artist I have started my reasearch on this martial art. It is similar to the Japanese  Bushido- "way of the warrior" What I read was that boys and men would train at these schools learning how to use the, chimalli- shield, Maquahuitl- sword, Atl-latl- spear thrower, and other variouse weapons. The most skilled Yaotl would become an eagle knight or a jaguar knight after proving himself on the battle field. I am not sure how they fought hand to hand but I am sure they taught wrestling techniques or somthing. Tons and tons of information did not survive the brutal Spanish invasion because they burned most Mexican cities to the ground, they burned down all the Yaomachtia schools and all the codixes and scrolles containing the techniques of combat in Yaomachita and the philoshophy of this Mexican art.

In my opinion I believe my ancestors practiced a well organized way of combat, how else did we have the most skilled warriors in all of Mexico and how else did we unite most of Mexico during the time period of the Mexican empire?  Their was also a guy who was supossably teaching Yaomachtia in Texas but he all of a sudden vanished. Their was also a website- www.yaomachtia.com but I think it is out of order or somthing. If we get enough information about this ancient Mexican martial art I would be honored to teach it and become an instructor after I fully understand what it is and how it is done.

Hey paul, I saw the topic where you built your own maquahuitl, and I was very impressed. You should send me one man! that would be tight!

But anyways I had a question, This guy on the net who is history teacher said that one of his students asked, why didnt the Mexican empire make full use of metal? He told him because they had somthing better already so they didnt have to use metal, it was obsidian. He said the ancient greeks first used obsidian for their weapons but there was not a large supply of it in greece so they had a reason to leave obsidian behind and switch to bronze and steel,  but in Mexico their is alot. He said that the ancient Mexicans didnt make full use of metal because obsidian was better and it is harder than steel.

I thought obsidian was fragile or somthing? I have been to my grandpas village and I found obsidian everywhere under the soil. It was hard but i dont remember so much. So paul if obsidian was hard and realible dont you think that at one time somebody in Mexico would have made a sword with the blade made fully of obsidian? for example imagine a long sword or short but instead of gray steel it was black shiny obsidian? do you think it is possible?

Tlazohcamati! Mexicatl tiahui!!!!

So that teacher lied? obsidian is weak? well im interested on that thing you said about the Spanish saying that my ancestors would put an obsidian blade in wood 50/50 and it would make the obsidian less fragile? if you have any pics or anything of the 50/50 wood with an obsidian blade post it please. Cant you forge and make the obsidian malleable? like steel you can make it malleable with extreme heat,  could my ancestors have been able to make obsidian malleable to make it into a sharp smooth blade? like those pics you have the blades are all bumpy and have alot of gap things. If the obsidian was weak how did my Mexican ancestors hold off and slaughter the Spanish and Tlaxcala traitors for such along time until the fall, and rape of Mexico? if the obsidian was fragile and a battalion of Mexican warriors were sent out equipped with obsidian swords to duel with spanish swordsman wouldnt the Mexicans swords just shattered when they blocked the swing of a spanish sword? and that would have led to a way faster defeat of my ancestors. Or was the obsidian strong enough to duel with and effective enough to overcome a Spaniard in a duel? I mean if i was a Mexican warrior back then,  was equipped with an obsidian sword and I started to duel with a Spaniard and when I blocked his swings or thrusts with my sword my sword would just shatter I would retreat. But history says my ancestors held them off for along time, for example the battle called, The night of victory, or La noche triste for the Spanish. Plus when Cortes came back again to Tenochtitlan we still held them back and fought to the bloody end. We were not beaten in 1 day or 2 days, I believe the battle lasted 300 days? or somthing. But yeah I am seriouse about the Maquahuitl, if you have a web site were you sell them I would definetly buy one for 20 to 30 dollars because I heard in the time of the MEXICAN empire maquahuitls were cheap to make.

By the way paul, just interested dont get offended or somthing, are you Mexican?

Thanks for the information paul, no it isnt offensive to be called Mexican    I was just wondering because your so interested in Mexican history and culture, well are you Mexican?  I am but i was born in Los angeles California, we natives of california call california,  Callitlan! etze!

My parents come from Mexico and I have been all over Mexico

Tenochtitlan(mexico city), teotihuacan, everywhere man and our culture lives its just the Spanish have made Mexico really bad! yes they gave us domesticated animals, boats, guns, horses, they forced us to speak spanish , take spanish names, be catholic and tried to destroy every aspect of our culture,  but all that will never make up for the genocidal holocaust they commited!

Tlazohcamati paul! tiahui! Mexico- the center of the moon. did you know Mexico means the center of the moon in nahuatl?

what did the Mexicans do when they first saw the spanish riding horses? I know the Mexicans said the horses were large deer without horns but when the spanish were staying in Tenochtitlan with all their horses dont you think a  noble/politician/informer/ or a loyal servant to Moctezuma  would have got curiouse or been sent to learn how to ride a horse? Also after the 1st battle of Tenochtitlan dont you think when the Spanish retreated they would have abandon some horses? did the Mexicans capture them and learn to ride them? or did they just sacrificed them all? I dont think they would have sacrificed them all. Then they could have used the horses against the Spanish-Tlaxcallan army.

so no mexican warriors or knights didnt ride the spanish horses during the conquest?