|
DATE |
PLACE |
HISTORICAL EVENT |
|
800 B.C. |
China |
Boxing can be traced back reliable
to the Choe Dynasty |
|
700 B.C. |
China |
Wrestling in China |
|
23 B.C. |
Japan |
First Sumo-match took place in front
of Emperor Suinin of Japan |
|
220 A.D. |
|
Hua To, "five animals play"-tiger,
deer, monkey, bear and bird-were developed |
|
470 |
India |
Bodhidarma was born as the Prince
of Kanchipura in the South of India |
|
516 |
China |
The Shaolin Temple was built |
|
527 |
China |
Bodhidarma arrived at the Shaolin
Temple |
|
547 |
China |
The first reference to Bodhidarma
was written in "The History of the temples Lo-Yang" by Yang Hsu |
|
552-710 |
Japan |
The Asuka Period: Buddhism
introduced during this time period |
|
552 |
Korea |
Buddhism was introduced to the kingdom
of Paekche |
|
594 |
Korea |
Prince Shotoku of Paekche proclaimed
buddhism the religion of the state |
|
604 |
Japan |
The Chinese calendar was adopted |
|
663 |
Korea |
Paekche was destroyed by the Chinese
loosening the grip of Japan from the mainland, who was Korea's ally |
|
670 |
|
Shaolin monks saves the emperor
of China |
|
672 |
Japan |
"The Chronicle of Japan", "Nihongi"
in Japanese was written, and the word "bugei" was used for the first time |
|
710-794 |
Japan |
The Nara Period: During this
period the Japanese people take up a primitive use of the sword |
|
720 |
Japan |
The "Nihom Shoki" first chronicle
concerning Japanese wrestling, complied |
|
780 |
|
Butokukai was founded by Emperor
Kamu |
|
794-1185 |
Japan |
The Heian Period: This time
period the emperor ruled like a god. Political classes were being implemented. Sumo wrestling and Daito-ryu jujitsu
(which heavily influenced Aikido) were developed. |
|
800 |
Japan |
Kenjutsu schools proliferate |
|
900-1200 |
Indonesia |
Silat transmitted from China |
|
900 |
Japan |
Ch'in-na transmitted from China;
becomes the basis for aiki-jutsu |
|
c. 900 |
Philippines |
Kali founded |
|
1100-1300 |
|
Shaolin heroic period |
|
1147-1170 |
Korea |
Subak reached its peak in popularity |
|
1185-1333 |
Japan |
The Kamakura Period: The Chinese
invade and introduce Zen Buddhism to Japan |
|
1185-1336 |
Japan |
Aiki-jutsu founded by Shinra Saburo
Yoshimitsu |
|
1192 |
Japan |
Bushido emerges |
|
1271-1368 |
China |
Kung-fu used by anti-government
resistance groups |
|
1274 |
|
The first mongolian attempt to invade
Japan was stopped by the Samurai |
|
1279-1368 |
China |
Yuan Dynasty |
|
1281 |
|
The second mongolian army (150,000
men) were destroyed by the typhoon "Kamikaze" after 49 days |
|
13th century |
Japan |
Zen transmitte by Chinese Buddhist
monks |
|
|
|
Chuan'fa reached its zenith during
the Ming dynasty |
|
c. 1300 |
China |
Chang San-Feng introduces soft elements
to Shao-lin kung-fu and reputedly founds t'ai-chi-ch-uan |
|
1300-1333 |
Japan |
Modern Iado, kenjutsu, were being
developed by Shigenobu Hayashizaki in a school format |
|
1300 |
China |
Empty hand styles were being codified
into five animal classifications. Some of these would later be introduced to Japan as Karate |
|
1300 |
Japan |
The Samurai caste came into existence
on the northside of Mt. Fuji |
|
1333-1568 |
Japan |
The Muromachi Period |
|
1336 |
Japan |
The Emperor Go-Daigo was forced
to flee the throne and a rival emperor sat in Kyoto. Feudalism arrived |
|
1350 |
Okinawa |
Okinawa in trading with China, Korea
and Japan introduces foreign fighting systems to the Ryu-Kyus (Okinawa Isles) |
|
|
Japan |
Nen-ryu, earliest recorded school
of swardsmanship, founded |
|
|
Japan |
Sword techniques systematized for
the first time by Choisai and Jion |
|
1368-1644 |
China |
Ming Dynasty |
|
|
China |
Ch'in-na recorded as a self-defense
system |
|
1372 |
Japan |
Takenouchi took sumai and kumiuchi
tactics combining them to make a new fighting system of jujutsu |
|
|
Okinawa |
King Satto officialy opens a dialogue
with the Emperor Ming of China thereby establishing trade between the Ryukyu Islands and mixing kung-fu with traditional Okinawan
styles |
|
1392 |
Okinawa |
36 Chinese families immigrate and
teach Chinese boxing to Okinawans |
|
1393 |
Okinawa |
Chinese officials were assigned
to Okinawa, several of these were experts in Chuan'fa |
|
c. 1400 |
Japan |
Ninjutsu emerges, flourishing for
four centuries |
|
15th century |
Malaya |
Huan Tuah purportedly founds bersilat |
|
|
Japan |
Atemi becomes popular |
|
1447 |
Japan |
Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu
was founded; the oldest existing martial arts school |
|
1470 |
Okinawa |
King Hashi unites all of Okinawa
and bans all weapons |
|
1477 |
Okinawa |
Sho Shin bans all weapons, which
stimulates underground training in unarmed combat |
|
late 1400's |
Tibet |
Pai Ho chuan (white crane Gung Fu)
is developed in Tibet |
|
16th century |
China |
Win chun founded by Yim Wing Chun,
a Buddhist nun |
|
|
Brazil |
African slaves develop capoeira |
|
|
|
Dragon style chuan'fa, T'ang Lang
chuan'fa (praying mantis) was developed in the Shaolin temples |
|
1542 |
Japan |
The Portuguese introduced firearms
in Japan reducing the status of skill in unarmed battle |
|
1543 |
Japan |
Portuguese traders land in Japan
spreading Christianity, and the use of their guns |
|
c. 1550 |
Japan |
Jojutsu founded by Muso Gunnosuke |
|
1568-1600 |
Japan |
The Momoyama Period: though
guns have come to Japan, swardsmanship reigns supreme. Famous Duelists came to light such as Musashi Miyamoto, Gonosuke
Muso, and Tsunenaga Gasekura |
|
1570 |
Japan |
Sumo emerges |
|
1582 |
Japan |
Hideyoshi Toyotomi succeeded Nobunaga
Oda bringing relative peace and unifying Japan |
|
1600-1853 |
Japan |
The Edo (Tokugawa) Period:
shogunate Era which divided once again the classes in Japan |
|
1600-1650 |
Japan |
