History of Martial Arts
The oldest visual record of a fight sequence dates back to the 40th century BC from Egypt. The subjects were two people in some form of struggle. The second historical visual art found dates to the beginning of the 30th century, where poems were found regarding fighting as a sport. This one was found in Mesopotamia. Certain drawings were also found from Vietnam, which depicted some method of combat involving stick, bow, spear and sword.
The Chinese martial arts started from the Xia Dynasty around 4000 years from now. Emperor Huangdi also known as the Yellow Emperor, had introduced the earliest fighting in China. Around 2700 BC, before Huangdi became an emperor, he had written treatises on medicine, astrology and martial arts. Chi You, one of Huangdi ' s greatest competitors had introduced Jiao Di, which soon followed the modern Chinese wrestling. The modern martial arts are a mix of the ancient Chinese and Indian martial arts.
At the time of the warring states in China i. e. 480-221 BC, the Chinese made significant development in the martial philosophy and strategy. Sun Tzu ' s ' Art of War ' is also a book released in that time. The art of Shaolinquan also originated because of the spread of Buddhism in the 5th Century AD.