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crovax612
15-Aug-2003, 10:15 AM
A co-worker/friend of mine were having a discussion about martial arts at work one day. Eventaully he said "if you think about it, all asian martial arts come from Chinese martial arts." I kinda scoffed at the comment and said "Maybe they've been influenced by Chinese martail arts, but they havent ALL come from it. Muay Thai (which I train under) is an old MA that's history dates back at least 400 years, maybe even more. It also doesn't seem to resemble Kung- fu much, in my opinion."

So my friend responds with "Well, even if it is 400 years old or so, Chinese culture is much older than that...."

"So you're saying Chinese MA are the start of all Asian martial arts because China has a long history as a country?"

"Well, not just as a country, with martail arts."


I didn't want the arguement to drag on, so I just told him I'd get to the bottom of it and ask around. So yeah, is he right?


Help a brotha out:D !
booksie_girl
15-Aug-2003, 10:30 AM
I'd venture to say that all eastern MA have been influenced by Chinese MA, even if with another county in between, but also Chinese MA have been influenced by MA from other countries.

Saying that they come from Chinese MA would be wrong, IMO, but I haven't researched this. People everywhere in the world have needed to be able to fight, and they would have had their own fighting traditions before coming into contact with the Chinese. However, take it back far enough, and all MA come from cavemen beating each other with clubs.
WhiteWizard
15-Aug-2003, 10:35 AM
i think we had this thread before
Greg-VT
15-Aug-2003, 10:58 AM
Yes..... I think we did. Infact, I was surprised there were so little replies in this thread. I'm sure there were more.
Greg-VT
15-Aug-2003, 11:00 AM
Yeppers, he we are. :D

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4150
Sub zero
15-Aug-2003, 05:48 PM
NIce avatar white wiard!
Infact i might birng in an avatar form another forum.
Sub zero
15-Aug-2003, 05:53 PM
OH well i must have deleatd my Michael Jackson/BO selecta one.

|_Bo selecta_|
crovax612
16-Aug-2003, 06:34 AM
Originally posted by Ving Tsun
Yeppers, he we are. :D

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4150

Oh wow, sorry about that:( . My computer went offline shortly after posting that late one night, so being too lazy to go back on (seeing it was around 4 am) I instead went to sleep. I checked the forum the following day and didn't find the thread anymore, I even did a search and came up with nothing. Yeah, odd I know.

So, sorry about all the confusion guys. My mistake:o .