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Post by youxia on Jun 21, 2012 16:29:07 GMT -5
Thought you guys might find this interesting. Sorry for the very large size, but this mural from the Shaolin temple depicts monks sparring using kung fu techniques. I'm not sure how old the murals are, but they are quite interesting.
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Post by Chef Samurai on Jun 21, 2012 17:00:34 GMT -5
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Post by youxia on Jun 21, 2012 20:01:07 GMT -5
Whao, those are cool! Thanks man
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Post by Chef Samurai on Jun 21, 2012 20:03:53 GMT -5
No problem man I`m a martial arts history buff it`s good to see other people interested.
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Post by youxia on Jun 21, 2012 20:11:25 GMT -5
yeah lol I can see from some of your other posts
Some of the things you were saying about the Greeks sounded very interesting. I had no idea they had finger strikes and such, I'd been operating under the seemingly wrong presumption everyone just fought like bararians until Shaolin. But it makes a hell of a lot more sense that people were devising ways to kill each other since the dawn of time lol.
And you seem very knowledgable in bare kunckle boxing, am I right in saying that was once a very versatile martial art, encopassing kicks and such? And where is it from? England?
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Post by Chef Samurai on Jun 21, 2012 20:58:28 GMT -5
thanks a lot man I try lol
I was under the same presumption for years too man until I saw a bunch of stuff that changed my views.
And yes Boxing was a versatile full fledged self defence system but the exact details of it's history are a bit blurry.
It had everything from punches, kicks, elbows, knees, headbutts, open hand strikes, throws, chokes, joint locks, fishhooking/tearing, ground fighting and weapons!!
As for where it came from it's a heated debate but it probably came from greece via the romans and the english expanded upon it with their own indigenous methods since we know greek pygmachia (fist fighting) didn't have kicking or gouging or grappling but the englsih did which is more like the greek pankration (free fighting).
I plan on posting a bunch in the History section so check it out once in a while if you are interested.
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Post by youxia on Jun 22, 2012 4:54:07 GMT -5
Wow that's really cool, I might never have know otherwise.
I'll be sure to check out your posts on Martial arts history, really interesting.
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Post by youxia on Jun 22, 2012 11:17:25 GMT -5
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