"Hand-to-hand combat is as old as time — here's how " Topic

…it evolved

"Since the dawn of warfare, so since the very beginning, man has sought the ability to subdue or kill his opponents with his bare hands. Weapons have changed, but not alleviated, that search. Bones and shafts break. Arrows and bullets run out. Swords and rifles get dropped and lost. Then, the warrior has only his wits and whatever barehand skills he possesses to prevail over his enemy, especially in close quarters, where he can smell him.

Hunting and fighting were intrinsically tied back in pre-history, before civilization, agriculture, religion, and armies. Indeed, fighting and hunting were probably the same skill sets. Killing to eat, be it mastodon or deer, and killing to protect, be it from neanderthal or cave bear, drew on the same or similar skills and tactics: Put down the other before he or it puts you down…"
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