Re: Shuai Chiao How Old?
Originally posted by wiz cool c
Is Shuai Chiao really 3000 years old? I dont know why but I keep thinking it was taken from Judo
1. there are similarities
2. you probably knew about judo long before you had ever heard of shuai chiao. Just like some people think the oldest martial arts system is shaolin, and all arts come from it - not true, but it probably makes sense to them because they have never heard of the systems that predate it, like shuai chiao.
and its history was made up like Tae Kwoon Do's made up 2000 year old history. I sure I am wrong but is there historical facts that prove its history. Also the tops they wear looks very similar to a judo top and it seems that they wear japanese style belts. Any info would be appreciated.
None of the TKD guys I know have ever told me that. They all say that it came about in the 60's, after a difference in thinking between the various camps. Now, I have heard about the Hwa Wrang warriors, which were around 2,000 years ago. They trained with various weapons, and also trained a style called soo bahk that was primarily kicking. These warriors were fierce - I guess the equivalent of samurai. From there, a style developed called tae kyon. After the Japanese inhabitiation of Korea (maybe before, but I know after for sure) there were 5 main martial arts schools, and each had various styles. The 5 were Moo duk Kwan, Ji do Kwan, Chung do Kwan, Song mu Kwan, and Chang mu Kwan. soo bahk, tae kyon tang soo do, etc fell somewhere into these schools.
TKD was the result of an attempt to unify all of the schools. Not everybody agreed with that, like I stated before. So, I guess if you wanted to get technical, TKD does have roots 2,000 years ago. It's not TKD that's that old, but it's predecessors.
Last edited by SevenStar; 01-04-2003 at 06:31 PM.
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