Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

Rick · 7th December 2012, 05:38 AM

A few Moros .
First picture; a Moro of above middle class; he has a horse and a nice kris .

Second; two Vintas .
Note that the tassels on the boom-ends are most likely used as 'tell-tales' to show wind flow over the sail .

I think it is interesting to note that almost all the spears in the 'fence' ,picture 3 have 'tassels just below the blade .
I expect those were functional rather than decorative .
Wouldn't we love to own that fence .

Looks like a Krag that the soldier in the background of the next to last picture is holding; these strike me as exceptionally long lances .

And the guys in the last picture ??
Pure attitude .

Enjoy .

sirupate · 7th December 2012, 11:07 AM

Fabulous pics, they appear to re-enforce my view that what is called FMA these days is not what was traditionally practised and used in their Martial Arts until at some point in the early 20th century.
Which was possibly first affected by the Spanish training friendly Filipino's for use in their army, then the Americans and then the Japanese (of whom quite a few fled to the Philippines in the 17th century)in WW2 and Japanese MA post WW2, just thoughts that have been floating around in my mind.

7th December 2012, 05:38 AM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	A few Moros . First picture; a Moro of above middle class; he has a horse and a nice kris . Second; two Vintas . Note that the tassels on the boom-ends are most likely used as 'tell-tales' to show wind flow over the sail . I think it is interesting to note that almost all the spears in the 'fence' ,picture 3 have 'tassels just below the blade . I expect those were functional rather than decorative . Wouldn't we love to own that fence . Looks like a Krag that the soldier in the background of the next to last picture is holding; these strike me as exceptionally long lances . And the guys in the last picture ?? Pure attitude . Enjoy . Attached Images Last edited by Rick; 7th December 2012 at 06:15 AM.

7th December 2012, 11:07 AM	#2
sirupate Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 373	Fabulous pics, they appear to re-enforce my view that what is called FMA these days is not what was traditionally practised and used in their Martial Arts until at some point in the early 20th century. Which was possibly first affected by the Spanish training friendly Filipino's for use in their army, then the Americans and then the Japanese (of whom quite a few fled to the Philippines in the 17th century)in WW2 and Japanese MA post WW2, just thoughts that have been floating around in my mind.