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“Soft” Chinese Martial Arts
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Sôhei
See Warrior Monks, Japanese/Sôhei
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia consists of contemporary Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. These countries occupy
both peninsular and island landforms, with China to the north and India
to the west. Many of the distinctive cultural institutions, including the martial
systems, were shaped by Indian and Chinese civilizations. The influence
of Indian religions, in particular, is highlighted by the labeling of Southeast
Asian civilizations as Hindu-Buddhist.
Although information regarding the earliest cultures in the area is
sketchy at best, archaeological evidence indicates that the area was populated
gradually and undramatically. Early immigrants of Malayan stock
formed the core of the indigenous population. The earliest cultures owe a
debt to southwestern China, and the religions were animistic. Much later
with the arrival of Hinduism and Buddhism (Mahayana, followed a few
centuries later by Hinayana) from India and, beginning in the thirteenth
century, Islam, many of these indigenous practices were absorbed into the
imported religions. Animistic principles may still be seen in Southeast Asian
martial systems.