PRESERVING  A  MARTIAL  ART  LINEAGE

 

The origin and development of Martial Arts is intimately tied to the history of the masters of old, who brought it to its present form and preserved its tradition for centuries. A major root of the discipline can be traced to ancient China where Buddhist Monks developed a series of exercise forms.

 

Those exercises concentrated on the art of learning to control and master the mind, body and soul.

The forms have become distinguishing traits of the various martial art form of today. This process was achieved by the passing of this knowledge from father to son/daughter and master to student.

 

One of the primary goals of Grand Master David J. Harrell of the Traditional Martial Arts Institute is to preserve the martial uniqueness given to him by his instructors.