What is one of the oldest known martial arts?

toughynutter

"Kalaripayattu is the oldest existing martial art form, dating back more than 2000 years and said to be the forerunner of popularly known Chinese martial arts, as the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma took this knowledge from India to China. " http://www.kalari.in/kalaripayattu.htm "Legend states that "jiao di" was used in 2697 BCE by the Yellow Emperor's army to gore the soldiers of a rebel army led by Chi You.[1] In later times, young people would play a similar game, emulating the contests of domestic cattle, without the headgear. Jiao di has been described as an originating source of wrestling and latter forms of martial arts in China.[2] The practice of Jiao li in the Zhou Dynasty was recorded in the Classic of Rites[3]"Jiao li" (Šp—Í) was a grappling martial art that was developed in the Zhou Dynasty (between the twelfth and third century BCE). An official part of Zhou military's training program under the order of the king[3][4], jiao li is generally considered to be the oldest existing Chinese martial art and is among the oldest systematic martial arts in the world." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuai_jiao Mar 18 07, 12:37 PM

TTFAN1994

Thanks, toughynutter! Mar 19 07, 7:17 PM