why was martial arts first created for?

Question

for what purpose did it serve

NOT MODERN MARTIALS ARTS i'm talking way back a long ago

and not self defence

is anyone trying to answer this properly?
i said NOT SELF DEFENCE

Answer 1

Martial art was first learnt by bhuddist monks when crossing over Himalayas to save them from attacks both from animals and tribals on the way from India to China . So the teacher is India but was developed by chinese for their usage
The Martials arts has its origin from Tantra.

Answer 2

Martial arts are studied for various reasons including combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation (meditation), mental discipline, character development and building self-confidence.

Answer 3

Historically, Martial art was created by adopting the animals movement.It is use for self defense

Answer 4

What all and sundry above me pronounced. you are able to sure, yet no you are able to still take you heavily. your only 13. It do no longer remember in the experience that your 13, they do no longer instruct maximum childrens what they instruct to adults. maximum instructors that created their martial arts have YEARS of adventure.

Answer 5

Let me see! I practised tai-chi, that's Chinese. I think that to start with it was only practised by a few chosen ones. And it is suggest that it improves both the energy, the health and the concentration. The fact is that you do it while concentrating on your breath. Karate was also practised by samurais, the great Japanese warriors. They were models of stoicism. When they fails in their life, it was usual for them to do hara-kiri, suicide by knife. I would say, it was always a discipline, any way. Always to improve the Ki, Chi... energy... that the energy keeps flowing is the main preoccupation of oriental doctors.

Answer 6

Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat

Answer 7

In Taoism was to do the movements, controlling breathing, it primary for hearth and later the monks because they couldn't walk with wapons they used these movements as self defense.

Answer 8

One caveman figured out how to kick another caveman's ass really, really hard.

Voila, the birth of martial arts!

Answer 9

it was initially a form of dance mimicking animals.
it was called jeet-koon-do which means "way of the foot"
but then they realised that the foot was meant for kicking people.
and so it became a marital art form.

Answer 10

To defend,protect and defeat bandits and tyrants.