There's something about martial arts that encourages mythologising. The Reddit post you link to also mentions the uncritical assertion that Angampora is 5000 ye

There's something about martial arts that encourages mythologising. The Reddit post you link to also mentions the uncritical assertion that Angampora is 5000 years old. Gillian Russell wrote a nice essay about the nature of received wisdom among many martial arts practitioners: Epistemic Viciousness in the Martial Arts. https://fightsciencesresearchinstitute.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/epistemic-viciousness-in-the-martial-arts/ https://fightsciencesresearchinstitute.wordpress.com/2008/10...