A Martial Art For Every Country

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A Martial Art For Every Country

Postby Pooh_Tao » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:47 pm

I thought of a challenge. How many countries can you name where a martial art has originated from? I got this idea while reading this forum and listening to irish music.

Is there a practiced form of Irish fisticuffs? Do the Scottish have a self-defence system to call their own?
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Postby scramasax57 » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:07 pm

i would say every country has a style, but often not as "systemized" as the asian ones. why, i don't know. also a lot of the western ones have been lost because we got guns much earlier. but if anyone has any info, i'd be interested. there's a french style that does all kicking...something with a s....don't remember.
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:14 am

The French style is called Savate. I think most countries have at least one form of wrestling. For example in the UK we have Cornish and Scottish wresting and probably other forms that I can not recall plus the rules for Boxing were first laid down here. I’m sure between everyone here on this forum we could come up with a martial art for most countries.
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Postby Inga » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:44 am

do shinty (Scotland) and hurling (Ireland) count? :)
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Postby N0M4D » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:04 pm

Hi, everyone


In Portugal we have an old martial art called Jogo do Pau ("stick play" or “stick fencing” are possible translations).

Here’s a link with further information:

http://home.dbio.uevora.pt/~oliveira/Jogo_Pau/J_Pau.htm


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Postby adamfuray » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:49 pm

CAPOEIRA-BRAZIL
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Postby zipwolf » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:49 am

aaah but everyone knows about capoeira, we need something less known.

we need something like German's who threw chickens,

And that has just made me remember, football hooliganism!

where guys throw garden chairs.
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Postby 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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Postby yat_chum » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:56 am

Here is a list of some martial arts from around the world
Bali:- Gabug
Burma:- Bando
Cuba:- Bombosa
Egypt:- Tahteeb
Ethiopia:- Dulla
Greece:- Prankration
Hawaii:- Lua
India:- Kalarippayattu and Vajramushti
Java:- Pencak silat
Madagascar:- Morengey
Martinique:- Le Ladjia
Micronesia:- Bwang
Northern Nigeria:- Shakafa and Kwambe
Senegal:- Bure
South Africa:- Zulu stick-fighting
South Western Nigeria:- Gidigbo
Sudan:- Donga
Tonga:- Luka Luka
Trinidad:- Kalinda
Vietnam:- Qwankido and Vovinam

I haven’t bothered to include China, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Thailand and others already mentioned. I don’t know anything about some of arts listed but have just heard the names. Jo
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Postby Walter Wong » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:46 pm

That's a very nice list. May I add on to the Vietnamese Martial Arts? Another Vietnamese Martial Art is Cuong Nhu.
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Postby Pooh_Tao » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:17 pm

Wow, this forum has a pretty extensive knowledge when combined. Well done to everyone, but extra kudos to anyone who can name either a German, Scottish, Irish or Welsh art.
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:48 pm

Hi Pooh_Tao, here are a couple of web sites you might be interested in

http://dirkdance.tripod.com/index.html

http://johnwhurley.com/
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:06 pm

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Postby Pooh_Tao » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:34 pm

Wow, thanks jo, that's very interesting.

I particularly like the reference on one of the links to the scottish art of "shin-kicking." :P
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:07 am

How about some Ethiopian Donga (stick fighting)

http://j.b5z.net/i/u/2098198/f/realstickfight.mov
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Postby zipwolf » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:04 pm

we forgot happy slapping!
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Postby William » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:12 pm

Old Old post but for Irish I would have to say the only thing I know of is Bhata(stick fighting) (which I was lucky enough to study for a short while)

nm I see this was covered in a link from another post
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:38 pm

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Postby Asmo » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:46 am

Moluccan islands, Pukulan Ama Laka.
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