This piece is a little different than what I normally post. It attempts to trace the origins of primate-based Chinese martial arts like Monkey boxing. Sun Wukong is important to the study because he is portrayed as a master of armed and unarmed combat and is associated with staff and sword fighting as far back as the 13th-century.
https://journeytothewestresearch.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/the-connection-between-primates-and-chinese-martial-arts/ The original drawing of Monkey teaching martial arts to a young human disciple is by Celsohenrique on deviantart.
https://www.deviantart.com/celsohenrique/art/Kiiromaru-and-Sun-Wukong-Training-514010034













