Editing History of martial arts (section)

==Africa==
[[Image:Beni Hassan tomb 15 wrestling detail.jpg|thumb|300px|Detail of the wrestling fresco in tomb 15 at [[Beni Hasan]].]]

An  [[Egypt]]ian fresco, dated to 3400 BC, and depicting military training at Beni Hassan is the world's oldest known artistic representation of an organised fighting system. In gymnasiums similar to those of Greece, recruits would practice wrestling, callisthenics and duelling with single-stick. The attacking weapon apparently had a basket-guard protecting the hand, while the left forearm had a splint strapped on to serve as a shield. Soldiers fought with spears, large shields with an eye-hole, clubs, axes, poleaxes, flails, bows, slings, and swords of various forms.

Later, martial styles as varied as Gidigbo (a form of wrestling practiced by the [[Yoruba people]] of [[Nigeria]]), Donga (a form of stickfighting practiced by the [[Suri people]] of [[Ethiopia]]), Musangwe (a form of bare-knuckle boxing practiced by the [[Venda people]] of [[South Africa]]), Tahtib (a form of stickfighting practiced by the [[Copt]]s of [[Egypt]]) and Engolo (a form of kicking, dodging and leg sweeping practiced by the tribes of the [[Cunene river]] region of [[Angola]]), to name just a few, were developed by cultures all over [[Africa]].