Continental SEA...More than just swords & knives??

aiontay · 11th April 2010, 09:50 PM

There is a coffee table photo book, "The People of Burma", or something like that. I forget the author, but the afterward is by Martin Smith(!). It has some photo from the early 20th Century showing a Kachin, Rawang or Maru as I remember, armed with a shield and spear. I loaned the book to a friend who moved and didn't get it back. Zoran Rebac, in his book "Traditional Burmese Boxing" notes that the banshay (weapons) aspect of Thaing, the traditional Burmese martial art, includes fighting with sword, lance, stick and knife.

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11th April 2010, 09:50 PM	#9
aiontay Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 88	There is a coffee table photo book, "The People of Burma", or something like that. I forget the author, but the afterward is by Martin Smith(!). It has some photo from the early 20th Century showing a Kachin, Rawang or Maru as I remember, armed with a shield and spear. I loaned the book to a friend who moved and didn't get it back. Zoran Rebac, in his book "Traditional Burmese Boxing" notes that the banshay (weapons) aspect of Thaing, the traditional Burmese martial art, includes fighting with sword, lance, stick and knife.