Is there any European Martial arts? If so, is it something we donīt now of or something we just put in the category as Karate etc.
If there is one, who is with me to start one xD?
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Is there any European Martial arts? If so, is it something we donīt now of or something we just put in the category as Karate etc.
If there is one, who is with me to start one xD?
-traditional swordfight
-knife combat (from variuous places..)
-glima
-pancratium
-gure
-lotta sarda
-greco roman wrestling
-savate
-systema
-boxing have obviously european origin
these are few that I remember.. there are many others...
actually I'm training in traditional swordfight (including axe,scramasax and shield) knife combat (italian sistem) and traditional boxing.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_wrestling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling
And unlike karate etc bullshit these are not some oriental balley, these are effective combat disciplines.
Gladiatorial combat systems with varius weapons could be also considered as such.
also SAMBO