During which dynasty did martial arts originate in?

Question

during the china...

Answer 1

Well it depends on which country you are asking about

China: Kung fu and wushu

According to legend, the reign of the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi, traditional date of ascension to the throne, 2698 BC) introduced the earliest forms of martial arts to China.[4]

Shǒubó (手搏) kung fu, practiced during the Shang dynasty (1766-1066 BC), and Xiang Bo (similar to Sanda) from the 600s BC,.[6] are just two examples of ancient Chinese kung fu.

Japanese martial arts are very vast so go to this site for more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ma...

Answer 2

Mesopotamia

Answer 3

When we think of martial arts, we usually think of China or Japan. Only recently, people have discovered that martial arts had its roots in India “somewhere”. The location of  the part of India martial arts came from still remains a mystery to many.

Another misconception is in which martial art the monk Daruma Bodhidarma had introduced to China. In many articles and web sites, it claims that Bodhidarma had studied and introduced Kalarippayattu to China. If Kalarippayattu had not been established until the 13th century A.D., then how would it have been possible for this art to have been introduced to China during the 6th century A.D. (700 years back)? Also, Bodhidarma was from Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu where several martial arts there were already in existence.

So the short answer is roughly1400 years ago. The long answer is we're pretty sure Asian Martial Arts originated in India with some influence from Africa but from when outside of Asia is un-clear.

Answer 4

Do you think the first cavemen to pick up a club and beat another caveman over the head with it never thought to practice with it?  My guess is that cavemen figured out pretty quick swinging a club on your own a bit before going toe to toe with another low-brow helps to increase your chances of survival.  

As long as their have been weapons in the world, there have been ideas about how to teach the use of weapons – which is what martial arts are.  So the first “martial artist” would have been the first caveman to swing a club, and would have evolved from there into the veritable plethora of dorky white guys dancing around in pajamas that we see today.

Martial arts, in China, India and elsewhere, have been around as long as war has been around.  So a better question to be ask, and much easier to find truthful answers to based on archeological evidence is this (are these):

When, according to archeological, records were swords invented (India, China, elsewhere)?

Going back further in time (Pre-iron/bronze age):

When, according to archeological, records were spears invented (India, China, elsewhere)?

Going back even further in time (cro-magnon man, or possibly homo erectus or homo habilis):  

When, according to archeological, records were clubs invented (India, China, elsewhere)?

Okay, I believe this question is asking more specifically, when (what dynasty) did martial arts originate in CHINA, and the simple answer is that modern martial arts originated long before the first Chinese “dynasty”.  The relatively “modern” styles of fighting like Shaolin Kungfu and Taichi evolved very gradually from more primitive tribal arts, which probably resembled Filipino Kali.  The tribal fighting arts evolved (in China) very slowly from the first (Chinese) caveman hitting another (Chinese) caveman with a club.

What do swords, spears and clubs have to with the evolution of empty-handed fighting styles (in China, anyway)?  Everything.  Empty-handed fighting (in Kungfu, anyway) fighting with weapons are fundamentally the same.  You learn to fight with your hands and feet first.  When you can do that real good, you pick up a sword or a spear or a big stick, and do the same stuff.  The way you move, the way you use your body and interact with another body, is fundamentally the same.  

People who trained martial arts 500 years ago were training for war.  They trained empty-handed, but they didn’t go to war empty-handed.  They most important aspect of martial arts was preparing you for war, preparing you for the use of a weapon.

They started teaching beginners to fight empty-handed because they were less likely to lop off their own ear that way (or their teacher’s).  Let ‘em get some skills before they handle anything long and sharp.

At what point in time (during which dynasty), did they decide to teach empty-handed fighting skills before learning weapons?  Dunno, try Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungfu

According to Chinese legends, martial arts were introduced by the “Yellow Emperor” Huang Di in 2698…  Around the same time period, according to western legends, Eve was created from Adam’s rib and she caused humanity to fall from grace because she merely listened to some insipid serpent.  Yada, yad, yada…

The wikipedia page on Chinese martial arts describes the earliest known records of martial arts activities as predating Lao Tzu and Confucius.  It summarizes with this sentence:

"The modern concepts of wushu (Shaolin and similar styles) were fully developed by the Ming and Qing dynasties.”

I know that everybody has stories about Bodhidharma bringing martial arts to the Shaolin Temple from India during the early fifth century AD, but according to wikipedia:

“The oldest evidence of Shaolin participation in combat is a style from 728 CE… From the 8th to the 15th centuries, there are no extant documents that provide evidence of Shaolin participation in combat. However, between the 16th and 17th centuries there are at least forty extant sources which provided evidence that, not only did monks of Shaolin practice martial arts, but martial practice had become such an integral element of Shaolin monastic life that the monks felt the need to justify it by creating new Buddhist lore” [the Bodhidharma mythology]  

"What dynasty did martial arts originate [in China]?”

War was not suddenly invented by the Emperor Huang Di in 2698.

As long as their have been human tribes going to war with other human tribes, their have been martial arts.

The sudden appearance of Kungfu in the Shaolin Monestaries, and extensive oral histories about Shaolin kung fu, coincides with the arrival of the Qing dynasty, a non-Chinese dynasty.  The Qing dynasty was plagued from the start to finish (1644-1912) by revolutionary societies trying to build secret armies and overthrow the Manchu invaders and restore a Chinese emperor to the dragon throne.  What better  way to hide a secret army in plain sight than have them shave their heads and start telling stories about Buddhist monks peacefully training kungfu for spiritual cultivation.  That might also explain why the Qing forces decided to tear the place down.