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MABAGANI · 9th February 2005, 12:58 AM

Is it really a stretch considering the Greco-Romans had flame daggers, blades with waves? In the earliest Hindu-Buddhist sculptures you find the enlightened one draped in Greco style clothe. These same traces, Greco/Hindu/Buddhist are found in the martial arts so why not the blade? Makes me wonder how much cross cultural exchange is going on and how far back, IMHO...
If we're using "proper" citations sentence 1. As scene in sketches of warriors in the book "The Art and History of Personal Combat" (my books are in storage and I don't recall author and year at the moment). 2. Asian Art Museum, SF, CA as revealed by resident curator. MHO side note: the Buddha was a royal who had foresaken the material world in search of enlightenment. As a royal he would have been learned in outside cultures as evidenced in the sculptures. 3.MHO recalling the history of martial arts as it travels spreads through Buddhist teachings from India to the Far East, search Bodhidharma.

9th February 2005, 12:58 AM	#5
MABAGANI Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 221	Is it really a stretch considering the Greco-Romans had flame daggers, blades with waves? In the earliest Hindu-Buddhist sculptures you find the enlightened one draped in Greco style clothe. These same traces, Greco/Hindu/Buddhist are found in the martial arts so why not the blade? Makes me wonder how much cross cultural exchange is going on and how far back, IMHO... If we're using "proper" citations sentence 1. As scene in sketches of warriors in the book "The Art and History of Personal Combat" (my books are in storage and I don't recall author and year at the moment). 2. Asian Art Museum, SF, CA as revealed by resident curator. MHO side note: the Buddha was a royal who had foresaken the material world in search of enlightenment. As a royal he would have been learned in outside cultures as evidenced in the sculptures. 3.MHO recalling the history of martial arts as it travels spreads through Buddhist teachings from India to the Far East, search Bodhidharma. Last edited by MABAGANI; 9th February 2005 at 04:09 AM.