1 posted on
11/07/2011 6:03:10 AM PST by
Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
11/07/2011 6:03:33 AM PST by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
3 posted on
11/07/2011 6:06:27 AM PST by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Renfield
He looks like a Scottish Highlander - so many weapons, its hard to know which one to use first!
6 posted on
11/07/2011 6:09:12 AM PST by
Little Ray
(FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
To: Renfield
7 posted on
11/07/2011 6:12:34 AM PST by
preacher
(Communism has only killed 100 million people: Let's give it another chance!)
To: Renfield
Are matchlocks still legal in the U.K.? Can you do this with rubber swords?
8 posted on
11/07/2011 6:15:41 AM PST by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Renfield
Most of those weaponry and martial art aren't unique to Sikhs but are borrowed from their Rajput predecessors and are also used by Marathas and Jats.
9 posted on
11/07/2011 6:20:09 AM PST by
ravager
To: All
Source article is well worth a read. Fascinating stuff!
To: Renfield
Why would one need to fight full of peace and tolerance muslims?
11 posted on
11/07/2011 6:30:40 AM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Renfield
You watch, Shastar vidya will be coming to a university near you. Some liberal will write a grant to 'preserve' the centuries-old Sikh battlefield art of shastar vidya.
Ceremonial gear will be mandatory for those taking the class.
To: Renfield
VEry much a story of the march of civilization. There was a time when knowledge of and ability to use the English long bow meant victory in war. Bow men practiced everyday of their lives and were capable of accurately firing 12 "cloth yard" shafts per minute at a range of 200 yards using the typical 150 lb bow. They developed bone spurs on their shoulders to accommodate the increased muscle mass required for the discipline . . . then came the cross bow which required no particular skill to aim and fire. Knowledge of the making and use of the long bow all but disappeared . . . then came the gun and both disciplines disappeared from the battle field.
Same for knowledge of how to use a long sword, the rapier and "maine gauche" and pretty much all other martial disciplines requiring extensive daily practice.
Unless they make movies about a martial art today or it is translated into a sport and it becomes trendy, it will disappear. Tradition and culture have been replaced largely today by fad and ease.
13 posted on
11/07/2011 6:48:34 AM PST by
Sudetenland
(There can be no freedom without God--What man gives, man can take away.)
To: Renfield
14 posted on
11/07/2011 6:50:30 AM PST by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
To: Renfield
I think the idea of “martial race” is plain nonsensical. The Sikhs empire was actually defeated by Caranatic Pandey soldiers serving in the British army who weren’t a martial race at all. Never had any martial tradition or history of warfare.
15 posted on
11/07/2011 6:53:39 AM PST by
ravager
To: Renfield
I hope he at least writes a book.
21 posted on
11/07/2011 6:05:14 PM PST by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: Renfield; El Sordo; SunkenCiv
23 posted on
11/07/2011 6:55:16 PM PST by
decimon
To: Renfield
It would seem the Brits love disarming people so they can beat them up.
We were lucky to have gotten our freedom before they perfected their skill in that direction, and to have a sizable cache of our own arms and the ability to use them.
Welsh, Scots, Irish, American colonists, Sikhs, Zulus, and Boers have had to battle these imperialists for too long.
I guess we succeeded in part because WE were THEM!!
31 posted on
11/09/2011 6:50:29 AM PST by
ZULU
(Anybody but Romney)
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