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>>257545
it depends what you mean, a continuous tradition keeping near the exact same curriculum as when it was founded? A cultural practice that is continuous but changes with each generation, maybe not even with a fixed curriculum? Do reconstructions count?
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>>257583
>Pretty much this. Virtually every single culture in existence has a documented tradition of wrestling, to a greater or lesser degree
And then I would simply defer to the oldest culture. So if Homo Sapiens originated in east Africa, then I would suggest maybe Nuba wrestling? But the thought occurred to me that perhaps there were martial arts before Homo Sapiens...
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>>257595
It's claims to historicity mostly rely on chinese apochrypal texts from the 17th century claiming to be about a man who supposedly lived in the 5~6th century. In all likelihood kalaripayattu as it exists today is only a couple hundred years old at best.
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