Esoteric~Japer
01-05-2006, 09:13 PM
Know of any particular fighting styles, not necessarily Kung-Fuish, busting cinder blocks with your nostrils kind of thing, that doesn't have much of a following? SHARE! Prepare to be enlightened, fools!
1: Savate. A French style of kick-boxing developed by French sailors, who were proficient fist fighters, that spent a good deal of time in Asia, namely, China. While there they got the chance to observe some Shaolin Kung-Fu and began to fuse the kicking techniques of kung-fu with the quick punches of western boxing thus creating a style of fighting which would dumbfound and dominate most other western fighters who relied almost exclusively on their fists. It also begain to work down certain street-fighting techniques to an art. Such as fighting with canes, clubs, knives and even things like bottles and chairs.
2: Capoeira. Created in Brazil by slaves it was a fusion of African and Native American fighting styles and dances. Using mostly kicks delivered during flips or handstands the movements were designed to look like a dance in order to allow the practitioners, or capoeiristas, to train in full view of their slave masters. Capoeristas often leads revolts against slavers either to escape themselves or rescue other slaves. An expert capoeirista could easily kill their opponent with a single, well placed kick to the head or neck.
I'd also say Muay-Thai but, since that movie Ong-Bak came out, alot more people know about it so... that's it for me. Join in the fray every-peoples! :D
1: Savate. A French style of kick-boxing developed by French sailors, who were proficient fist fighters, that spent a good deal of time in Asia, namely, China. While there they got the chance to observe some Shaolin Kung-Fu and began to fuse the kicking techniques of kung-fu with the quick punches of western boxing thus creating a style of fighting which would dumbfound and dominate most other western fighters who relied almost exclusively on their fists. It also begain to work down certain street-fighting techniques to an art. Such as fighting with canes, clubs, knives and even things like bottles and chairs.
2: Capoeira. Created in Brazil by slaves it was a fusion of African and Native American fighting styles and dances. Using mostly kicks delivered during flips or handstands the movements were designed to look like a dance in order to allow the practitioners, or capoeiristas, to train in full view of their slave masters. Capoeristas often leads revolts against slavers either to escape themselves or rescue other slaves. An expert capoeirista could easily kill their opponent with a single, well placed kick to the head or neck.
I'd also say Muay-Thai but, since that movie Ong-Bak came out, alot more people know about it so... that's it for me. Join in the fray every-peoples! :D