The amazing knowledge of the human body’s anatomy in ancient
Egypt,
which is clearly observed in almost all the ancient carvings, had a great
influence on developing the Martial arts. That special knowledge enabled them
to discover the pressure points in the human body as well as the center point
which controls the balance for the warrior’s body.
F-1. A scene from tomb of Amenmhat, one of Beni Hassan tombs which
exceed 3000 years old.It represents 隅 落とし” すみ おとし “Sumi Otoshi” technique.
The scene above came from the group of the wrestling scenes
of Beni Hassan and it matches the well known Aikido Martial art technique “
Sumi Otoshi” 隅 落とし” すみ おとし which means the
corner drop as fighter A counterattacks fighter B by striking down his elbow
and his forearm at once which must synchronize with fighter A foot work as fighter
A must step with his right foot forward into the left side of fighter B aiming
at breaking his balance and dropping him to his body’s corner.
F-2. The Aikido technique of Sumi
Otoshi.
F-2 shows fighter A
while performing the Sumi Otoshi technique on fighter B by using fighter B force
of attack and shifting it in order unbalance him, meanwhile pushing his right arm
downwards.
By Yasser Kamel” Aikido practitioner
“ for Museumegypt, All rights reserved.
Copyrigt©Museumegypt. 
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