In the world of Martial Artsthe oriental techniques As the Karate and Tae Kwon Do are the best known, however, there is a martial art based on the shapes of combat ancestral of the prehispanic cultures: the Xilam.
However, this art Fight did not emerge millennia ago like those originating in Asia, but 53 years ago the martial artist Marisela Ugalde devised this form of combatdrawing on anthropological studies of ancient battle tactics.
Xilam is the first martial art modern Mexican, but with estate at pastwhich combines three techniques of Fight from cultures mesoamerican the mexican territoryin addition to also taking philosophies from the estate prehispanic.
According to the creator of Xilamthe styles of combat What mix are:
Porous sweatshirt: a form of Fight zapoteca that his name means “two hitstwo falls”, which aims to throw the opponent to the ground using gripping techniques and launch, applying the force own and that of opponent.
Similar to judo, the ancient Zapotecs held tournaments between the Warriors and the one who managed to throw the other participant to the ground won.
Ihioki: it was an art of Fight in which it was also taught to control the emotions as the iraand which also combines techniques of Fight Nahuatl, but adds meditationapplications of temazcal and war dances.
Two ye te lines: in the Mayan language it means “ceiba tree planted in the middle of the road”, and it was a technique of combat that combined the mobility the ball gameand made use of the elbows, knees and hips to hit and defend against the enemy.
Likewise, techniques of Fight RarámuriPurépecha philosophy on the sense of justice and the laws of nature as a strategy of warand the Mexica philosophical concept of the Moyocoyani: “the one who invents himself”.
At Xilam also applies the combat with weapons such as the rod, deer horns, hondaspear darts, macheteamong others, however, are only used for practitioners of advanced degrees and exhibitions.
For more information, you can visit the official website https://www.xilam.org/
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