Shaolinwind
2nd Black Belt
I was thinking about how farm impliments evolved into Kung Fu weapons, and how many of today's uniforms are representations of what was once worn. Then I thought, what about the DISTANT future?
My thoughts then turned to Madd Maxx, a post-apocolyptic future where fuel is even more at a premium than it is now and firearm ammunition is limited. The drastically diminished population and mass destruction has slowed humanity's ability to pull itself back onto its feet and technogical development would find itself at a stand-still. In the intervening centuries in an every-man-for-himself world, hand to hand combat would be common. Perhaps some of our ancient martial arts may have survived, but without much basis people would need to re-discover h2h combat arts, and even create systems much like what we know as karate or kung fu. Perhaps inspiration will come from jackyls or wolves and they'll develop animal forms based on marauding pack animals or anything that has shown a knack for survival in this treaturous, fallen earth. I can see "ancient" tools like the crow bar or other bits of scavenged machinery like motorcycle drive chains evolving into standard weapons complete with forms. Fast forward another thousand years, and humans are back on top, the gene pool is once again robust and technology is again developing. The now ancient martial arts they developed would still be practiced, just as we now practice thousand year old arts. Uniforms might represent what they used to wear, perhaps baggy denim and blue mechanic shirts with their names on it, and they'll faithfully practice classic arts like "Iron Vulture" and elaborate forms utilizing the crowbar. The possibilities are endless!
Well, at least.. I enjoy thinking about it. =)
My thoughts then turned to Madd Maxx, a post-apocolyptic future where fuel is even more at a premium than it is now and firearm ammunition is limited. The drastically diminished population and mass destruction has slowed humanity's ability to pull itself back onto its feet and technogical development would find itself at a stand-still. In the intervening centuries in an every-man-for-himself world, hand to hand combat would be common. Perhaps some of our ancient martial arts may have survived, but without much basis people would need to re-discover h2h combat arts, and even create systems much like what we know as karate or kung fu. Perhaps inspiration will come from jackyls or wolves and they'll develop animal forms based on marauding pack animals or anything that has shown a knack for survival in this treaturous, fallen earth. I can see "ancient" tools like the crow bar or other bits of scavenged machinery like motorcycle drive chains evolving into standard weapons complete with forms. Fast forward another thousand years, and humans are back on top, the gene pool is once again robust and technology is again developing. The now ancient martial arts they developed would still be practiced, just as we now practice thousand year old arts. Uniforms might represent what they used to wear, perhaps baggy denim and blue mechanic shirts with their names on it, and they'll faithfully practice classic arts like "Iron Vulture" and elaborate forms utilizing the crowbar. The possibilities are endless!
Well, at least.. I enjoy thinking about it. =)
