Tracy Yarborough
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I love the art of 52 blocks. To me its unique in its own way. Its a mixture of African, European,some oriental martial arts, and MMA. On this video this man named Phil Elmore states that it isn't real. He states that we call it a prison fighting system and we have to go to jail if we want to learn it. To me this man is obviously listing stereotypes about this art and why it isn't real BASED of the stereotypes. From my point of view it formed from a mixture of African wrestling and grappling art forms from west and central Africa and and grabbed strong influences from European boxing. Like the art knocking and kicking it went underground and was highly secretive hidden under the art of western boxing. It soon was revealed by an author who trained from it by one of the families who broke the racial boundaries of its secretiveness. When it began to settled, it took on other influences as well mostly from asia like kung fu and jujitsu.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14155
This weapon was used by the turkana of Kenya. The igbo of South Eastern Nigeria and the nuba of Sudan. It consisted of blocking blades and countering them with elbows similar to 52.
Here is some guy who actually took the time to go to Africa an show some footage of the weaponry art. It also shows how the weapon is demonstrated by the warriors though it is very little. Plus this guy is a centrist to let you know. He came to explain montu arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHr4ekIq2HQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvy8H-2D3o&feature=related
The igbo must have carried on some of the parent arts themselves after being enslaved and sold as slaves. T.J. Desch Obi explains of an old wrestling style African Americans still preserved called kicking a wrap which is related to igbo. He explains that some of these styles may have been stumped out by European influences and are only known by the elderly in his country. There are other wrestling arts as well by the nuba which consist of mimicking the baboon as well as other African arts. Heres some other videos anyways to push my evidence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-2xp6CN6VA
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nuba+wrestling&aq=f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWF_ARr91bs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvcUx6sta4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C42O3THzoJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUp1D81kLW8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyeY3yFOfM&feature=related
To prove more of my point T.J. Desch Obi mentions from detailed scripts that senegambians ethnics dominated lousiana and practce a wrestling known as laamb. chapter 3 second paragraph. his book on chapter 3 page 87 he explains federick douglass explaining how fist fighting was being practiced as well among slaves. It was in Frederick Douglass's book My Bondage and My Freedom. written in 1855.
To let you know my goal is not to prove thatits an African martial art but an art that has roots traced back to Africa.
I love the art of 52 blocks. To me its unique in its own way. Its a mixture of African, European,some oriental martial arts, and MMA. On this video this man named Phil Elmore states that it isn't real. He states that we call it a prison fighting system and we have to go to jail if we want to learn it. To me this man is obviously listing stereotypes about this art and why it isn't real BASED of the stereotypes. From my point of view it formed from a mixture of African wrestling and grappling art forms from west and central Africa and and grabbed strong influences from European boxing. Like the art knocking and kicking it went underground and was highly secretive hidden under the art of western boxing. It soon was revealed by an author who trained from it by one of the families who broke the racial boundaries of its secretiveness. When it began to settled, it took on other influences as well mostly from asia like kung fu and jujitsu.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14155
This weapon was used by the turkana of Kenya. The igbo of South Eastern Nigeria and the nuba of Sudan. It consisted of blocking blades and countering them with elbows similar to 52.
Here is some guy who actually took the time to go to Africa an show some footage of the weaponry art. It also shows how the weapon is demonstrated by the warriors though it is very little. Plus this guy is a centrist to let you know. He came to explain montu arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHr4ekIq2HQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvy8H-2D3o&feature=related
The igbo must have carried on some of the parent arts themselves after being enslaved and sold as slaves. T.J. Desch Obi explains of an old wrestling style African Americans still preserved called kicking a wrap which is related to igbo. He explains that some of these styles may have been stumped out by European influences and are only known by the elderly in his country. There are other wrestling arts as well by the nuba which consist of mimicking the baboon as well as other African arts. Heres some other videos anyways to push my evidence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-2xp6CN6VA
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nuba+wrestling&aq=f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWF_ARr91bs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvcUx6sta4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C42O3THzoJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUp1D81kLW8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyeY3yFOfM&feature=related
To prove more of my point T.J. Desch Obi mentions from detailed scripts that senegambians ethnics dominated lousiana and practce a wrestling known as laamb. chapter 3 second paragraph. his book on chapter 3 page 87 he explains federick douglass explaining how fist fighting was being practiced as well among slaves. It was in Frederick Douglass's book My Bondage and My Freedom. written in 1855.
To let you know my goal is not to prove thatits an African martial art but an art that has roots traced back to Africa.