What's the oldest known martial art? Is it Sebek-kha?
>>257545>it Sebek-kha?I don't know wtf that is, but the oldest martial art is wrestling. It's depicted on ancient Egyptian walls.
>>257556Pretty much this. Virtually every single culture in existence has a documented tradition of wrestling, to a greater or lesser degree
>>257545it depends what you mean, a continuous tradition keeping near the exact same curriculum as when it was founded? A cultural practice that is continuous but changes with each generation, maybe not even with a fixed curriculum? Do reconstructions count?
>>257583>Pretty much this. Virtually every single culture in existence has a documented tradition of wrestling, to a greater or lesser degreeAnd then I would simply defer to the oldest culture. So if Homo Sapiens originated in east Africa, then I would suggest maybe Nuba wrestling? But the thought occurred to me that perhaps there were martial arts before Homo Sapiens...
>>257545Isn't it Kalarippyattu?
>>257595It's claims to historicity mostly rely on chinese apochrypal texts from the 17th century claiming to be about a man who supposedly lived in the 5~6th century. In all likelihood kalaripayattu as it exists today is only a couple hundred years old at best.
>>257545big stick
