Folk Fighting Cultures

Conflict and combat are fundamental truths of the animal condition - mankind is no exception. The methods for embodying the skills for combat are what we call the martial arts. Whether it is boxing or wrestling, melee weapons or shooting, the lifestyle of the people and their history flavors the fighting art. Combat is an intrinsic part of our evolution, and a source of so much innovation and philosophy. Mankind brutalizes, hardens, and improves itself through martial pursuits. Among all the combat methods is a special kind, still deeply rooted in the environment and culture that gave rise to it: folk fighting arts.