GrahamB wrote:- "martial arts were created to teach people how to fight".
It seems to me that once you trace "martial arts" back further and further it becomes harder ...
Were they all "created" for that purpose? How can we be sure?
Steve James wrote:Which martial arts were not created for training people how to fight? I think you're confusing function with purpose. Hammers are made to hammer/pry nails --unless they're war-hammers meant to bash skulls. They're by primary purpose.
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It is interesting to consider when an organized martial art first emerged. But, imo, it had to have started with some form of organized training. There had to be a group of people doing the same thing --wherever it came from-- with the purpose of fighting.
Steve James wrote:
It is interesting to consider when an organized martial art first emerged. But, imo, it had to have started with some form of organized training. There had to be a group of people doing the same thing --wherever it came from-- with the purpose of fighting.
What if, for example, there was a ritual that was performed every harvest moon where a priest or shaman invoked the spirits of the dead warriors of the battlefield
Kelley Graham wrote:When fight? Why fight? How fight? What is a threat? Knowing what is not a threat. These are deep issues, and difficult ethical questions are involved, but not complicated.
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