Are there any forms of Martial Arts other than just Far Eastern?
Are there any types of fighting from say, South America or Europe or Saudi Arabia? Basically do any other places have their own styles of fighting? I'm just curious.
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Yes, Brazil has capoeira and Israel has Krav Maga, there are probably alot more I don't know about but both these styles are supposed to be very effective.yes in europe there is a type of fighting called savate its french it had nothing to do with the east and is kinda cool you dont hear much about it as its mostly a french thing
In effect, every country and every culture has a martial form of some sort. I don't know of a culture on the planet that, in some form or another, didn't have a martial way.
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The oldest recorded empty hand combative art is supposed to be Pankration - ancient greek form having striking, kicking, and grappling - similar to Jeet kune Do to look at.A guy named Avantis is the modern guru.
Savate is french but was inspired by french sailors travels to Siam (Thailand) and China. The fact is that Asia (India,China,Korea, etc) has the monopoly on unarmed combat systems due to the fact that the local populace were forbidden to carry swords way back when.
Europeans have not much recorded in the way of early martial arts.
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Okay... Europe has traditional Fencing (swordplay) and Pugilism (boxing) as well as old style wrestling manuals including such vivid descriptions of "illegal" moves which were very useful in an actual fight.More Questions & Answers...