Hello all!
I'm Bryce, and I'm partnered with Xaralambos "Bobby" Papadatos and together we will be covering the spread of Asian culture. I will be focusing on the spread of martial arts and the ultimate unification of them, and Bobby will focus on the spread of technology and material goods in the pursuit of financial gains.
In ancient times where unarmed combat was more practical, people trained extensively to protect themselves. Fighters picked a style of martial arts and focus on mastering that single martial art, and there was limited overlap among the martial arts. Whenever a variation within a style of martial art became too different, that style broke away from the parent martial art, and it was then its own style and people trained in it solely. An example of this is the Judo/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu split.
Judo was a very popular martial art in many Asian countries, and it spread to be an international martial art. In Brazil, a judo student learned the art and focused on the ground-fighting portion of the martial art. It became so focused that it soon became a new branch, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which finds its origins with the Gracie family.
The most well known example of the unification of martial arts is the result of the Gracie family's first Ultimate Fighter Championship. They hosted a tournament open only to black belts and the rules were absolutely minimal. Fighters soon realized that the grappling art Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu forced fighters to fight on the ground--which many martial arts did not train. Soon stand-up martial arts like Muay Thai started to incorporate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu into their training, so that fighters could now fight both on the ground and standing up. Those mixed martial arts was born.
Bobby's and my seminar is tentatively February 27. Bobby and I hope to see you there!
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