Why didn't christian monks develop a unique fighting style after fending off countless viking raids? Y'know, like the Shaolin monks did?
They developed turn the other cheek style of fighting aka cuck fu.
They were probably glad to get killed since christianity is a death cult anyway
>>926681
Shaolin monasteries relied on themselves for protection of their lands since Chinese secular, bureaucratic patrons would come and go without much guarantee of continuity or a supranational organization that can administer and defend it from afar with top-down political influence.
Christian monks however could reasonably rely on aristocratic patrons, landed families, and generations of knightly houses or free city militiamen to protect its interests. And if they couldn't, there was the network of bishops and the pope/patriarch who could appeal to imperial or royal authorities to do the job in a pinch.
As for why little came about from Viking raids, it's probably because most raids are fictional accounts written centuries later in a time of peace to give a monastery a legendary founding story and fiery baptism against heathen forces.
>>926685
Underrated post desu
>>926685
Underrated
>>926681
>like the Shaolin monks did
Because they weren't attacked by their own countrymen.
>>926681
Because vikings rarely ever fucking raided churches like >>926754
mentioned
And also Shaolin monks were fighting against basically everyone. When Buddhist monasteries became too powerful, they were antagonized by the government, when they became too wealthy, they were antagonized by other religions and wealthy artisans, when they started owning too much land, they were antagonized by the peasants, and when they help the common folks during a foreign invasion, they would be antagonized by the foreign invaders.
Basically everyone was out to get them so they had to develop a self-defence system due to pressure.
>>926685
>cuck fu
>>926697
TRUTH.
>>926685
underrated
>>926685
>cuck fu
lmao
>>926685
No. They defended themselves against the Muslim hordes in France and Spain.
>>926685
>cuck fu
I'm using this
>>926685
>Cuck Fu
>>926834
>defended
Your cuck fu is weak
>>926685
>>926685
Australia is that you?
>>926681
>Why didn't christian monks develop a unique fighting style after fending off countless viking raids? Y'know, like the Shaolin monks did?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_order_(monastic_society)
>>926685
You owe me new sides
Because they already where using generic swordplay style combat, which is a martial art.
>>926681
They had swords.
>>926685
As always, first post best post
>>926685
le lol
>>926681
The ones that were part of actual Millitary Orders probably did develop their own sword/fistfighting styles, but we lost a lot of knowledge about European martial arts
>>926681
Because they were cucks.
There was a skirmish near an Irish monastery in the 9th century where a group of a hundred Vikings lost to two villages' worth of peasants and monks commanded by an untrained Abbot because they kept falling for a false retreat
It was usually unnecessary to do this because if a monastery was ever attacked the monks could just call on a local King who would go to the nearest Longphort and BTFO the Vikings there
>>926825
*kisses feet*
>>930433
Disgusting.
>>930433
>vatican footfags
Chick was right
>>930433
It's funny how that Deacon looks disappointed as fuck and one of the women in line looks like she's wondering "Really?"
Cucktianity, not even once.
>>926681
>why didn't Christian monks do something diametrically opposed to the way of life they've dedicated their entire lives to
Read what you write before posting something so stupid next time.
>>926685
>cuck fu
kekitty kek
>>926681
The oldest european fencing manuals we have is about clergymen fencing though...
>>928731
Military Orders weren't exactly monks though, that's why they caused so much trouble on a philosophical sense, for the Church at least.
>>926681
Because they didn't have Pajeets to teach them martial arts
>According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin Kung Fu.
Really though, why is everyone in this thread an edgelord? I'm agnostic but I sympathise with christfags.
>>932720
Why do they have those cherub-like smiles plastered on their faces the entire time?
>>934358
Fuck off, Christfag-in-disguise
>>934358
Being a Christfag sympathizer is just as worse, get off the fence.
>>926681
There's a difference between pacifists and people who are forbidden weapons.
>>934358
Don't sweat it. Did you see how the world treated our leader?
>>926685
First post best post
>>934358
Yes, pay no attention to the cross and Summa that fell from my coat. I'm an eggnostig, guys, just like you
>>934367
because fencing is fun
>>926681
They were supposed to be protected by the local Lords, like other people
>>934358
Nigga it's just jokes
I don't whine about the fedora meme, hell I shitpost with it
