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  2. Indonesian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Northern and southern Chinese martial arts are represented in kuntao, both from the external and internal schools. Some systems were directly imported from China and underwent little or no changes, such as thaikek ( tai chi ), pakua ( baguazhang or eight-trigram palm) and peh-ho ( baihequan or white crane fist).

  3. Origins of Asian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of the martial arts has been described by historians in the context of countless historical battles. Building on the work of Laughlin (1956, 1961), Rudgley argues that Mongolian wrestling, as well as the martial arts of the Chinese, Japanese and Aleut peoples, all have "roots in the prehistoric era and to a common Mongoloid ancestral people who inhabited north-eastern Asia."

  4. Mainland Southeast Asia martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The traditional martial arts of the Mainland Southeast Asia are related to one another, and as a group to Indian martial arts. The most salient common feature is Mainland Southeast Asia kickboxing. The region of Mainland Southeast Asia is believed to be the land of Suvarnabhumi that ancient Indians mentioned in Buddhist text and Hindu text.

  5. Indonesian Action Drama ‘The Tiger’ Spotlights Traditional ...

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    ANP Films Indonesia’s martial arts drama “The Tiger” makes its market debut at the inaugural JAFF Market, running alongside the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) from Dec. 3-5. The ...

  6. Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Many other Indian martial arts such as Mardhani Khel and Paika Akhada survived by practitioners practicing the art in secret, or by telling the colonial authorities that it was a form of dance. While many regional Indian martial arts forms are fading into obscurity, martial arts such as Gatka and Kalaripayattu are experiencing a gradual ...

  7. Indonesian art - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian martial arts are synonymous with pencak silat. [17] Nevertheless, a number of fighting arts in Indonesia are not included within the category of silat. Pencak silat styles and movements are as diverse as the Indonesian archipelago itself. Individual disciplines can be offensive as in Aceh, evasive as in Bali, or somewhere in between.

  8. List of martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts , as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins.

  9. Category:Martial arts in Asia by country - Wikipedia

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    Martial arts in the United Arab Emirates (7 C, 1 P) Martial arts in Uzbekistan (6 C) V. Martial arts in Vietnam (7 C, 1 P) Y. Martial arts in Yemen (3 C)