@royal_rumble_man:
Well, from what I've read, Chin-Na is a Chinese term for joint lock, it means seize and control. It's one of the four pillars along with striking, kicking, So basically, it's Chinese for grappling.
I'm writing the styles into the Warrior Scrolls as they appear in history. The Bronze and Iron age didn't really have many advancements in martial arts besides wrestling and boxing. Everything was boxing and wrestling back then. Pankration and T'ai chi ch'uan(Tai Chi) was the first change. Pankration boxing and wrestling mixed, and a little more wrestling. Tai Chi was a little of the same at the time, just more boxing.
Xingyiquan is chinese boxing, just more strict formed.
Heres the fun part...if you look up Xingyiquan and Pankration; And watch them. You'll see the earliest signs of eastern and western style difference. Pankration is more loose and rough. Xingyiquan is more strict and straight to form.
But so, Chapter lll-Medieval Age will have most of the styles we all know and love. Kung Fu, Jujitsu, TaeKwonDo, Mauy Baron, Karate, Judo, Wing Chun, modern Tai Chi ect....all came around somewhere between 72AD to the 1790s.
Oh, almost forgot...Greco-Roman is a modern Olympic version of ancient Greek Wrestling. Average wrestling, Folk wrestling, Pankration are it's predecessor.
d^_^b whoo...a mouth full
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