Martial Arts have been tied with technology for thousands of years. Many were directly dependant upon it. It made sense to train Aikido/Iaido/kenjutsu etc. if you were a soldier carrying a naginata or katana. You could not use those weapons very effectively without that training, and you would not likely survive many battles without it.
Katanas forged with the best craftsmanship were like having a HK 416 with scopes and handgrips while others just have a plain AR with Iron sights back in those days. Having that fancy katana was a waste if you did not have the training and strength to make a deep cut and pull it out fast enough to cut the next guy coming. If your sword was knocked out of your hands, the Aikido/Ju Jitsu helped you grab that attacker and disarm him too. Now the odds are even again.
By the end of the Meiji Restoration, all these trainings largely because useless as Samurai were disbanded and sword carrying banned. Learning how to shoot long guns and rifles became the priority, marching in formation, reloading strategies, and volleys became number one. Melee fighting was not very common and if it happened, machine made mass produced katanas, knives, and bayonets were good enough by WW1 and 2.
Going back to Vikings and their weapons, their advanced steel forging techniques gave them huge advantages on the battlefield. That said, they still came up with clever ways to defeat men carrying shields and had their own European Martial Art style to accommodate it. They put small, sharp, axe heads on top of a long pole. Then would split skulls over the top of a shield with a downward swing. They even had melee techniques and strategies to quickly pull out of that skull for repeated attacks.
As long as conventional forms of warfare and conflict exist, a man with martial arts skills, has an advantage. For nation states, finding that sweet spot of how much money and time to invest in that training is always a challenge. This is the only reason these ancient and old methods have survived as long.
Katanas forged with the best craftsmanship were like having a HK 416 with scopes and handgrips while others just have a plain AR with Iron sights back in those days. Having that fancy katana was a waste if you did not have the training and strength to make a deep cut and pull it out fast enough to cut the next guy coming. If your sword was knocked out of your hands, the Aikido/Ju Jitsu helped you grab that attacker and disarm him too. Now the odds are even again.
By the end of the Meiji Restoration, all these trainings largely because useless as Samurai were disbanded and sword carrying banned. Learning how to shoot long guns and rifles became the priority, marching in formation, reloading strategies, and volleys became number one. Melee fighting was not very common and if it happened, machine made mass produced katanas, knives, and bayonets were good enough by WW1 and 2.
Going back to Vikings and their weapons, their advanced steel forging techniques gave them huge advantages on the battlefield. That said, they still came up with clever ways to defeat men carrying shields and had their own European Martial Art style to accommodate it. They put small, sharp, axe heads on top of a long pole. Then would split skulls over the top of a shield with a downward swing. They even had melee techniques and strategies to quickly pull out of that skull for repeated attacks.
As long as conventional forms of warfare and conflict exist, a man with martial arts skills, has an advantage. For nation states, finding that sweet spot of how much money and time to invest in that training is always a challenge. This is the only reason these ancient and old methods have survived as long.
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