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Four thousand years; although Kung Fu was not invented until the 500's A.D., prior to the invention of Kung Fu, China had its own indigenous sword, spear, and Wrestling arts. China's oldest martial art in fact is Shuia Jiao, also known as "Chinese Wrestling." Shuia Jiao played with "gentleness" theories long before Judo, in fact it has twice as many throws. Also, even though Kung Fu itself is only, give or take, 1,500 years old, many of the THEORIES, that go INTO Kung Fu, often came from much older sword, and spear arts. While the style itself is only in fact, not even as old as some western styles of fighting, the THEORY, behind Kung Fu, is 4,000 years old.

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Which martial arts has been used in china for nearly 1000 years?

Tai Chi is a very ancient martial art that has been used in China for thousands of years.


What is the oldest martial art?

It is believed that the oldest martial art in the world is 'kalari payatu'. It is practiced in Kerala state of India, from there legend says that the Buddhaharma took it to China and it became kung fu. It went from China to Okinawa and became karate. Recently the Discovery Channel & National Geographic reported kalari payatu as the oldest martial art in the world.


Why did Martial Arts start?

Though Japanese sword play has been around for an in fathomable period of time hand to hand martial arts did not truly get introduced until after the first occupation of Okinawa in 1609. The now popular Japanese karate did not become wildly popular in Japan until after the Okinawan Master Funikoshi did a demonstration for the crown Prince of Japan in the early 1900's


How many styles of martial arts can a person know before the age of 29?

It is impossible to know any martial art in anyamount of time. Besides you do not need to know several martial arts. If you find a martial arts that suits you and train, train and train, then in 3-4 years you should be pretty proficient at it. Everyone who studys martial arts are always learning. If anyone says they know a martial art, they are either lying or have a massive ego.


How did martial arts come to the US?

Martial arts as we understand the term today, the Asian arts, came to the US with the immigrants from China, Japan and Okinawa. It's popularity was greatly enhanced by the servicemen coming back from Asia having been exposed to the art.

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