Talk:Bando

Merging
Each of Bando, Bando kickboxing and bando yoga do not have enough to make a worthwhile article and they are strongly related. Far better to have something that can develop into a reasonable article than a series of stubs. The kickboxing and yoga versions would still exist as redirects and be their own subsections.

It might make sense to merge the Bando Kickboxing and Bando topics but much more can be added to the Bando article, and Bando Kickboxing should be eliminated or consolidated with the Lethwei topic as they are the same thing. Bando could be considered similar to the term Kungfu. Bando encompasses a wide range of combative styles, and where there is redundancy the articles should be consolidated. I don't really agree with the yoga consolidation though. This is not part of the Martial System, it is a "healing" system with a separate history even though it may intersect with the martial system. The yoga systems, include "Dhanda yoga", "Longi yoga", and additional subdivisions. TheUglyAmerican 16:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Makes sense - there is a lot of stuff on Bando in the Burmese martial arts article that should be shifted over. So - I did my best sorting things out but expect I messed up somewhere along the way. My impression was that the original author was a bit indiscriminate but hopefully with what I did this topic can grow properly.Peter Rehse 00:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Someone added some what seemed like ethnocentric information regarding Japan's influence on Burmese martial arts. I altered the content, as the Burmese arts can be traced back to around the time of Christ. There was some cross cultural exchange between the Burmese and Japanese, but all martial arts were developed and refined through conflict. The Chinese, Tibet, Thai, and Indian arts all contributed in the development, so saying that because there was trade with Okinawa in the 1700s means there was significant development or influence by the Japanese makes no sense. The Burmese Empires fought many wars, and have their own history. Infact it is more likely that the Japanes arts were ifluenced by the migration of Martial Arts and Buddhism through South East Asia via Burma (Myanmar), Thailand (Siam), etc.... TheUglyAmerican 21:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)TheUglyAmerican

Japanese Influence
As previously stated, it is more likely that the Burmese had an influence on the Japanese styles than the other way around. Either way it is speculation. Burmese martial history goes back prior to the time of Christ. There is imperical evidence of this developement through the Pyu empire. I don't think the Japanese arts can be traced back that far, other than through thier migration from India via Burma, China, etc.... TheUglyAmerican 18:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

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