🧵 Is there an arabic martial art that originated in the Gulf?
Abdulkhaliq at Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:48:00 UTC No. 142582
Anonymous at Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:23:29 UTC No. 142584
They had their forms of wrestling like most pretty much everywhere else. There is even a story of Muhammad winning a wrestling match.
>It was known that in Mecca there was a person of immense strength who was skilled in wrestling. People would come from other places to wrestle him and he would defeat them. One day when he was in one of the valleys of Mecca he met the Prophet (PBUH) who said to him, ‘O Rukanah, are you not conscious of Allah and accept that which I call you to?’ Rukanah replied, ‘O Muhammad, do you have anything as proof of your truthfulness?’
>He replied, ‘Yes, if I was to defeat you in wrestling would you have faith in Allah and His Messenger?’
>Rukanah replied, ‘Yes O Muhammad, prepare for a wrestling match!’
>The Prophet (PBUH) said, ‘I am ready,’ at which point the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) threw him down. Rukanah was astonished at this and asked for another match, and he was defeated
for a second and then a third time.
>Rukanah stood up amazed and said, ‘Your matter is astonishing.’”
https://aboutislam.net/reading-isla
https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/24/73
I'm sure there's others, I'd imagine there's stuff about weapons training you can find at least.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furus
Link about horseback combat tradition, might be interesting
Abdulkhaliq at Sat, 15 Apr 2023 02:21:49 UTC No. 142600
>>142584
Thank You Bro.
Anonymous at Thu, 11 May 2023 01:54:32 UTC No. 145894
>>142600
Not gulf per se, but it's easy to see how the Persian arts of Zurkhaneh and the Indian Pehlawani stuff are in a continuum with the wrestling and martial arts heritage of the gulf and share techniques and movements.