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Topic: Martial Arts History Posted: 05-Jun-2007 at 23:31 |
We all know about traditional Martial Arts exisiting now in the Eastern Asia: China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Phillipines, Indochina.
How about other parts of the world? Are there any historical evidence of smth. similar to the Far Eastern Martial Arts in Europe, Middle East etc. ?
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Posted: 07-Jun-2007 at 07:47 |
Depends what you mean by martial arts.
Fencing is a martial art. So are archery, Graeco-Roman wrestling, Cumberland and Cornish wrestling, boxing, jousting, quarterstaff....
If you can include Kendo and judo as martial arts I don't see how you can exclude fencing and quarterstaff and the Western wrestling disciplines.
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Posted: 07-Jun-2007 at 08:14 |
pub-brawling is a martial art...
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Posted: 08-Jun-2007 at 03:38 |
The French have Savate, the fine art of kicking. And the Russian army have Systema. But thats just hand to hand (or foot) combat.
Technicly, any fighting system is a martial art, just that Hollywood has made inti a lame Ninja thing, so any society/culture with a tradition of maintaining armed forced is likely to have at least one refined martial art.
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Posted: 08-Jun-2007 at 03:59 |
Originally posted by Cywr
The French have Savate, the fine art of kicking. And the Russian army have Systema. But thats just hand to hand (or foot) combat.
Technicly, any fighting system is a martial art, just that Hollywood has made inti a lame Ninja thing, so any society/culture with a tradition of maintaining armed forced is likely to have at least one refined martial art.
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Russian army doesn't have systema. And there is nothing "traditional Russian" like systema.
All the things they say about their "art" on their website is BS. Russian however have a fine art called Sambo or Sombo. A fighting system based on Judo wrestling with elements of boxing and kicking.
However Sombo derives from Japanese Judo it's not "traditionally" Russian The same thing is with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Savate is indeed a very interesting MA.
I also heard about the similar fighting system in Spain (similar to Savate). Has anybody heard about it?
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Posted: 09-Jun-2007 at 07:51 |
It's always worth bearing in mind The Raiders of the Lost Ark and Harrison Ford's answer to the multiple sword-waving character in the market.
In any army you learn some kind of hand-to-hand combat skills. One of the prime lessons is don't get involved in unnecessary fripperies like spinning around on one foot and all the other glamourised manouevres of so-called martial arts.
And another is never let the opponent play his game.
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Posted: 09-Jun-2007 at 10:34 |
I thought Indiana Jones taught us the lesson, the best weapon in a sword fight is a pistol.
Edited by Paul - 09-Jun-2007 at 10:34
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Posted: 11-Jun-2007 at 03:44 |
Russian army doesn't have systema. |
There are a multiple of disciplines, that get dumped under the generic name 'systema'. Its not an exclusive spetsnaz (or whatever) only thing like those sites trying to sell DVDs claim. But it is used by various branches in some form or another. Sambo is something different again.
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Posted: 11-Jun-2007 at 13:16 |
Originally posted by Cywr
Russian army doesn't have systema. |
There are a multiple of disciplines, that get dumped under the generic name 'systema'. Its not an exclusive spetsnaz (or whatever) only thing like those sites trying to sell DVDs claim. But it is used by various branches in some form or another. Sambo is something different again.
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What is this systema? I mean, one can say that Sambo is more or less a martial art. But this Systema concept is too ambiguous and vague.
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Posted: 11-Jun-2007 at 17:28 |
I got the impression it was a mix of boxing and wrestling, with some fitness training thrown in for the mix.
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Posted: 11-Jun-2007 at 17:54 |
Is aikido as good as i see in the movies with that american guy with the ponytail that beats the krap out of everyone? God i love these movies.Pizza beer and asskicking for a living!
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Posted: 12-Jun-2007 at 09:55 |
Originally posted by Paul
I thought Indiana Jones taught us the lesson, the best weapon in a sword fight is a pistol. |
That was my point.
Of course an AK-47 or even a Sten is better than a pistol.
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