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    Syre Guest

    Ancient Egyptian Martial Arts

    Someone was asking about the origin of martial arts, and we have a topic "Indian Martial Arts" which has links to some videos of what looks like a proto-martial art from India (and as we know, the Indian martial arts were possibly brought to the Shaolin Temple by Bodhidarma).

    So here are some links for Egyptian martial arts:

    Some articles:

    http://www.hiddendragon.com/articles/Egyptian.html
    http://www.hiddendragon.com/articles/Egypt2.html

    A tomb painting of 'boxing':

    http://www.sis.gov.eg/egyptinf/histo...l/sports07.htm

    More info on sports in ancient Egypt, including locations of paintings, etc.

    http://www.ioa.leeds.ac.uk/1980s/84085.htm

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    Sharky Guest
    that's cool

    All i wanted was some RICE CAKES! Now? WE MUST BATTLE.

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    Thanks for the links, let me take the opportunity to state categorically that MARTIAL ARTS DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE ORIGIN except the tendancy of ****nids to fight.

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    re

    Thanks for the links Syre!

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    Beni Hassan Tomb, Egypt, 2000 BC
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    yeah it's cool. Like a wrestling manual.
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    Yeah I don't see any striking either.
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    ya thats cool. starts with clinching up, you see some ground and pounding, taking the back, leg sweeps, hip tosses....etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xiao3 Meng4 View Post
    Yeah I don't see any striking either.
    Could it be Egyptian salsa?

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    Tahteeb

    Here's a new one on me.

    OCTOBER 4, 2017 / 3:25 AM / 2 DAYS AGO
    From death to no-contact, ancient martial art revived in Egypt
    Reuters Staff
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    Zayed Abd El Naiem and Masry Abd El Fatha dance with their 'El Nabout' canes as they perform Tahteeb, an ancient form of martial arts and dance, in Sohag, Egypt, September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

    Sohag, EGYPT (Reuters) - Turn the clock back just over half a century and a contest between two men in the ancient Egyptian martial art of tahteeb could see the loser injured, or even killed.

    Today however, striking is no longer permitted in this form of stick-fighting, references to which were discovered written inside ancient Egyptian tombs.

    In the city of Sohag which lies on the banks of Nile in central Egypt, one martial arts school is working to keep the ancient sport alive.

    “Long ago, this game was violent, and about 60 or 70 years ago, it was similar to fighting games, because that was the era known as one of manhood,” said Sabry Mohamed, who founded the International Centre for Tahteeb in 2012.

    Tahteeb requires a great deal of skill and control, and there are rules which govern how to hold the stick and the kinds of blows permitted, some of which were aimed to be deadly before the martial art became a no-contact discipline.

    Sabry has set his sights on organizing international championships for the martial art.

    “We can make use of tahteeb by forming an international body that can organize international championships and we’ll benefit from this a great deal, monetarily, and also by spreading our culture and heritage to other people.”

    Reporting by Abd Mohamed El-Ghany; Writing by Mark Hanrahan in London; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky
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    Hikuta

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