Yaomachtia- Mexican martial arts

As far as we know, they sacrificed them all when they captured them alive.

The Tenochca were, in some senses, very traditional - compared to the rest of the Nahuatl they seem to have been something like religious fanatics, even. It got them into trouble a few times (as when they flayed the daughter of a powerful king in the Valley, soon after they arrived, after which they were supposedly banished to a swampy, muddy island in the middle of Lake Tenochtitlan).

The Texcocoans might have done something like this if they ever had the opportunity to do so, they were more progressive (if that term can be used) and more innovative. But I'm not sure whether or not they ever would have had the opportunity.

Other native groups certainly were quick to adopt the horse, particularly groups on or near the Great Plains or the pampas. Had they the chance, the Inca too intended to not only learn to ride horses, but to capture Spaniards and have them build guns and cannon - this was apparently Atahualpa's intent when he met Pizarro at Cajamarca, but he was a little too overconfident to pull it off!

Ive got a theory that i would like to share. Ive been reading all these post about Aztec Martial Arts. First i would like to point out the obvious, Anyone whos says the Aztec never had a martial art is wrong. The Aztecs would train their warriors  in a school called Telpochcalli. Here, they would learn the art of war. So the biggest question is what techniques did the Aztecs teach at these schools?  The only way to possibly come up with how the Aztecs trained their warriors, is to look at all world culutres as a whole. It is not as if the Aztecs were completly off the map from other cultures. I think the biggest connection is the weapons they used to wage war. The BOW and ARROW, the SLING, the ATLATL, and SPEARS. ALL these weapons can be found in other cultures as well. So they techniques used to train warriors with them would be somewhat similar to other cultures. Even the concept of the sword is found in the Macuahuitl more or less.

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

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.

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?