by Walter Wong » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:59 am
Are you trying to be specific with Martial Art styles of every country? Each country has several different Martial Arts even of the same style. And going broader is that there are just different Martial Arts within the same country. Like Kung Fu is from China. Is that naming the Martial Art from that country or did you want to hear the names to every Chinese style from China? Even with a Chinese Kung Fu style like Praying Mantis, there's several styles of Praying Mantis now.
Japan has Samurai arts that has several different styles as well. With it's Jujutsu, Aikijutsu, Kenjutsu, Iaijutsu and etc. contained in the Samurai arts. And with some Jujutsu styles existing on their own, there are different Jujutsu styles.
In the Filipines, the Filipino Martial Arts have different styles.
Capoeira has different styles as well. With Capoeira I'm only familiar with the Angola style. There are other styles of Capoeira as well. Capoeira is considered Afro-Brazilian. As slaves brought to Brazil were from Africa. And they brought with them their own Martial Art which was modified to disguise it as dance. It would be bad for slave owners if they were aware that their slaves were training to fight.
France, yes, it is Savate. There may also be different styles of Savate that I would bet. Savate is an open hand style with kicks. At the time of it's development, the law was that hitting someone with a fist or closed hand was illegal. To still fight legally, they just used open hand strikes and kicks with no punching. Well, today I think they may have included punching. But from what I read, original Savate had no punches.
Styles evolved and developed based on it's enviroment, cultural behavior and body types.
Russia has Sambo and Systema as far as I know. Of course there are more.
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