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Originally Posted by Iain
I would probably hesitate to apply a general term like that to all dha/daab users. Perhaps a better way to phrase it would be that certainly those within the standing militaries and palace structures (meaning also regional power centers) of the time had training in martial arts and sword work. Those in more rural areas, perhaps less so focused on just swords but certainly would have engaged in muay thai. Fights were common for entertainment and training purposes.
There were to my understanding a wide variety of local styles, schools, and techniques adapted to the many varieties of swords we see in the region. But I think generally it's safe to say that a bodyguard to a local ruler or governor certainly spent more time training than say, someone engaged as a caravan guard.
Modern krabi krabong is an amalgamation of styles and techniques, and I am far from knowledgeable on the subtleties of what differentiates it from older techniques, but I understand there are substantial differences.
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Thanks Ian, My first and main interest is Congo weapons. That each boy was trained from a certain age in Congo to be a warrior and initiated into everything a man needed to know and be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous living environment. The handling of different weapons was covered and man to man combat, often wrestling techniques. From that standpoint I assumed that in South East Asia there might have been similar structures in the education of boy to man. If you walk around with a sword/machete every day you better be able to handle it.
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Marc