Originally posted by DAC..florida
Everyone seems to agree that martial arts started in either the middle or far east.
I feel that over the years the M.A.'s have evolved just like everything else in this world and i also feel that like the automobile there should be different makes and models, and maybe even new styles but how different or new are they really, doesnt everything stem from the original.
Whether or not it is accepted by the majority, there will always be new flavors introduced. All through martial history arts have been changed and so have the names.
Can anyone actually claim to practice or teach an art that is original in form and name? NO!
Even the arts today that have the names that you see in here, Okinawa Te and Shuri Te. They may be traditional but how can they be in original form? We know those arts names were changed and techniques were modified and somebody down the line changed the name back to the original name.
Whether or not they can argue about the name and who did or didn't change the name. The fact remains that as the arts were passed down they were changed and the "majority" knows this as well as they know the names were changed also.