hi buddies,
               we indians must be proud that the mother of all martial arts is from our indian state, kerala. Kalaripayattuis an ancient indian martial art, which has given the direction for developing all other martial arts. it is a very healthly form of art which consists of muscle healing techniques, sword/ shield fight, wrestling, and many more defense methods.

later it was the great lord Sidhartha gauthama buddha himself who preached. He was naturally brought up as a warrior and was taught all kinds of combat, so that he could be one of the strong and powerful kings.
he the prince was born in Nepal at Lumbini.
As he gained keen interest in the philosophy of life, his inherited lifestyle changed and discovered the new way of life. He needed some form of exercise to keep his body in good condition and at the same time defend against weapon and others with open hands according to his new way of life. So he developed the exercises and technique associated with unarmed combat. That appears to be most effective and it was a birth of another Martial Arts.. then he passed on to his desciples.

One of Gautama Buddha's disciples traveled to China with Buddha’s scriptures and lessons. It was between 520 to 529 AD, Damo. Many Chinese called him as “Bodhi Dharma”.  Buddha Dharma introduced the unarmed combat method  as explained above then it become  popular as Kung fu in the world.
This proves that origin of Martial Arts began from Lumbini Kapilbastu  Nepal a long time back. However tremendous development took place in China, Japan, and Korea.

Especially China, Japan and Korea deserve the prime credit for the development of Martial Arts in today’s world.

hope u all have enjoyed it.
there is loads of knowledge, i will share it in part-3. this is just the beginning.
plz reply about this information.

cheers
arun