The first caveman to hit another caveman and teach yet another caveman to do it again. No one knows
He still does martial arts on the side of his acting career
Legend says that it was the Bodhidarma that started Chinese martial arts. He brought the arts he learned in India to the Shoalin temples. But the arts were there long before that.
no single person invented martial arts - there's a 'fairy tale' that an Indian prince took martial arts to china' but the truth is that in south America (Brazil) japan and other countries around the globe martial arts became popular because of combat with other countries therefore no single person invented it
Not sure of the specific martial art, but it is more likely the other way around, according to the oral traditions of the martial arts. The Buddadharma was an Indian Prince, trained in the Indian Martial Arts before he travelled to China and taught the techniques to the monks.
There are many, many legends involving the martial arts. One is that the Asian Martial Arts originated with an Indian prince who came to study Buddha, and ended up creating Kung Fu and Zen.
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{| |- | Yoga is not a martial art. It originated in India. It is believed that the martial arts can trace their roots to Indian martial arts training, some of which probably incorporated things similar to yoga in the routines. |}
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The martial arts was started when one person hit another person. Unfortunately there is no sexy story or history of how Martial arts was started. additionally Marital arts is generally thought of by most people as being something that came from China/Japan. However any combat style is a martial art. This includes boxing, sword fighting, stick fighting, nunchaku, etc.
Bodidharma was an Indian monk who travelled to China. He taught Buddhism and martial arts to the shaolin monks from techniques he brought back from India. That was when martial arts was born.Second answerNo, he was not the creator of martial arts. Martial arts arise independently within cultures all around the world. Wherever there is war, there is always someone who knows how to wrestle or handle a sword. The concept that Bodhidharma knew or created martial arts does not predate the 20th century. See the paper "Ignorance, Legend, and Taijiquan" by the martial arts historian Stan Henning.
he started at 6
When he was young, after learning chacha.