> -----Original Message----- > From: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carole McDonnell > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:04 AM > To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Should Steve Barnes Sue George Lucas? > 3) Not connected to the comparison bit but something I noticed on the > Barnes entry made me wonder if there is a kind of African martial art > out there. I think Asian martial arts are beautiful and > effective, mind > you. But I wonder if there are other martial arts -- Native > American or > African styled-- that we never studied which are equally graceful and > effective? -C
I don't claim to know much about it, but there's Capoeira, a martial art developed by African slaves in Brazil. It's beautiful to watch -- looks like a very acrobatic dance, which disguises its true violent purpose. Supposedly a lot of old African martial arts got spread throughout the world and mutated under slavery in this manner. I heard recently of something called "Jailhouse Rock", the modern form of a secret martial art once practiced by slaves in America, which (sadly) is now practiced only in prisons. There's something else in Mauritanea that was developed by slaves, too, but I don't know the name of it. And in researching my novel I ran across Egyptian stick fighting -- called Tahtib or Tahteeb, supposedly dating from ancient Egypt. It still exists in Egypt, the Sudan, and Eritrea today, although I'm told it's separated into various forms and has evolved even in just the centuries since colonization, so I figure it's probably pretty different from the original art as practiced back in the (ancient) day. Nora ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Zo.u8A/lOaOAA/Zx0JAA/DtIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
