MARTIAL ARTS, BUDDHISM, EGYPT, INDIA, AND CHINA In depicting the Egyptian figures involved in the diagrams portraying judo holds, the individuals are described as Egyptians and their negro opponents. The intention is to draw attention to the supposition that the white figures are Caucasian. This fails to observe the conven- to portray African coiffure as a bun, a tight-fitting hat of sorts: and all figures have this style - both black and white are African. In addition, naming the figures white fails as well to realize that to show stances clearly contrast is needed. Martial arts, Egypt being in Africa and inhabited by Africans, is an African legacy to the world. Above is the picture of Bodhidharma of Tamil Nadu in India. He formed the Shaolin School of Buddhism and learning his martial arts trainings which historians claim is perhaps thousands of years old, their unique form developed - Shaolin martial arts. From here, developed all other Asian forms of the art. Bodhiharma is prognatious, his lower jaw extends. This is an African trait and this feature identifies him phenotypically as African. Africans gave the world martial arts and its conventions as in the way drawings depict it. “Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen Buddhism to China and he is the First Patriarch of Chinese Zen Lineage. He was born on Oct. 5th. (Chinese Lunar Calendar) in Southern India, and was the third son of an Indian King. Bodhidharma arrived in Shaolin-si (small forest temple), China from India and taught Zen Buddhism. He also introduced a systematized set of exercises designed to strengthen the mind and body, exercises which allegedly marked the beginning of the Shaolin style of temple boxing. Bodhidharma's teachings later became the basis for the majority of Chinese martial arts.”..art, art history, Paul Marc Washington, paleoneolithic@yahoo.com

Martial arts, Part II, Part III.



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