So I made some comments on a post in another group that caught some interest so I will post it to other groups to see what I get.. Slavs were born warriors and kings. At 7, 10, or 12 years old, the father cut the son's hair and started teaching them warfare. Of course culture is also influenced by surrounding cultures and everything has been corrupted sbd lost with time, like some of the original pagan beliefs and practices. Women were considered equal and some stayed and made clothing abd weapons, but there were also women warriors. The arts I done research on for the most part have similarities related to pagan beliefs and magic. I would like to hear thoughts from some other martial artists. I have personally spent 15 years learning and teaching taijiquan, and 4 with guided chaos based on taijiquan principles, which definately is similar to some points in these arts. The regions that preserved the most martial arts were Poland, Russian and Ukraine. Poland preserved the polish sa...