Are there any interconnection between diferent marial arts?

Question

are there any connection between all the martial arts even though they had diffent names and had differnt countries by origin

Answer 1

It stands to reason that most martial arts evolved separately of one another.  Consider the fact that throughout human evolution there have been conflicts between individuals, tribes, countries, etc.

In many cultures the warrior classes had nothing to do when there was no war.  These warriors still trained and fought in competitions - you can find documented evidence of this on every continent.  Some of these warrior competitions became surrogates for war, evolving into sporting competitions.  Look at tribal customs in Africa, South America, etc. as evidence of this.  These inter-tribal bouts became annual events and warriors modified their arts for hand-to-hand non-lethal combat.

Also, fighting styles of the warriors evolved as warriors/fighters exchanged ideas, either on the battlefield, in the combat arena, or as the conquerors of one nation or tribe forced their captors to demonstrate fighting techniques of their enemies.

Bottom line is that "martial arts" originated separately, but there has been so much exchange of idea, philosophy, and technique that very few are the same as when they were founded.  As combatants exchanged ideas martial arts evolved.  The only arts that never evolved eventually de-evolved so much that their combat effectiveness became obsolete.

Lastly, technology spawns revisions in combat technique . In feudal Japan new sword making techniques led to armor that could protect Samurai.  This in turn led to new weapons and techniques of fighting, such as the use of farm tools (sai) for piercing the armor, which led to new armor, and so on...the first ever arms race.  

Martial Arts is a real study in human history, as well as the human body and it's capacity to deliver and sustain damage.  But the evolution of fighting arts is connected, both directly from master to student from conqueror to conquered, and indirectly as one style adapts to defeat another style or technology.

Answer 2

Yes absolutely. Taekwando is a good example. Okinawan Karate is another.  Most of the Asian arts were influenced bu the monks traveling westward from regions around present day India. Taekwando is particularly influenced by the Chinese northern Wusu and later by influences from the occupation of Japan. Different cultures added and adapted their own fighting styles and made their own systems depending on their perceived needs. The Japanese arts are more influenced by the southern Chinese arts. When you compare Wing Chun and Taekwando at their higher levels there begin to be some similarities. Some of the similarity can be attributed to the fact that there is body mechanics and physics involved, yet I believe there is much more than that. These cultures were not isolated and and due to trade and wars began to adapt their martial arts from learning from each other.

Answer 3

ask any martial arts master and they will tell you that at the highest levels all martial arts are the same.. there are a finite number of principles so basically there are only a limited number of ways to apply the same principle.. be it ground fighting or stand up.. when you break them down they use the same principles of control, position and leverage.. not to mention the torque and tons of others... so yes all martial arts are related.. the way they apply similar techniques just LOOK different.... an ak47 uses the same principlkes as anm16 but they both do the same thing in the long run.

Answer 4

The study of Hoplology tackled this question.

http://www.hoplology.com

Some historians of the martial arts had claimed that all the martial arts had their origins in Ancient Greece and spread through India and Persia to the Orient.

Other historians claimed that the martial arts were a 'coeval' discovery:  that each country developed martial arts independently of other countries, and that only much later in human history did various styles spread and influence each other.