Pankration , or sometimes pancratium , the Ancient-Hellene version of 21 st -century MMA is often touted [rightly] as a forerunner of a sport so many of us enjoy today. Careful studies of the past can allow us to glean wisdom, both tactical and strategical, to be applied to our own game in the present. It has been said many times, and in many versions, that there is nothing new under the sun, or that often our “newest discoveries” are but re-discoveries. Or as two ancient texts would present an idea that was already ancient at the time of their writing: “ The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun .”- Ecclesiastes 1:9 “ Truly it has been said that there is nothing new under the sun, for knowledge is revealed and is submerged again, even as a nation rises and falls .”- Paracelsus Past is forerunner et cetera et cetera… But…if we are to learn from the past it is w...
Examining & Resurrecting Indigenous Skills and Frontier Rough & Tumble Combat