1896 Burmese Martial Art (Thaing) & Chinlone Exhibition In London

These two films were filmed in July 1896 by Lumiere camera operator Alexandre Promio.
The Location was Sydenham Crystal Place Park London.
The first film depicts a form of Burmese martial art which includes open hand strikes, kicking and grappling. It is unclear what style is depicted as Burma (Myanmar) has a large variety of styles. (Martial Styles of Myanmar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IBH...
Both practitioners seem to be sparring in a light friendly manner for the camera.

The second film presents a solo performance of the ball exercises known in Burma (Mynamar) as Chinlone. Chinlone dates back over 1,500 years, and is heavily influenced by traditional Burmese martial art and dance. It was originally conceived as a form of entertainment for Burmese royalty. It is also played as a team sport and over the centuries, players have developed more than 200 different ways of kicking the ball. Form is all important in Chinlone, there is a correct way to position the hands, arms, torso, and head during the moves. A move is considered to have been done well only if the form is good.

*Footnote:
In the 1897 Catalogue of Lumière Cinematograph Film published by Fuerst Brothers, the company's London agents lists films (53) 'Japanese Jugglers' and (56) 'Japanese Wrestlers'.
In the 1907 Catalogue Général des Films Lumière, their nationality was changed to Javanese.

In the summer of 1896, a company of exotic performers were one of the attractions at the Crystal Palace and they were from Burma. These performers are the ones that appear in Lumiere films 53 & 56, so its seems clearly that their nationality is Burmese not Javanese.

As advertisements in the Morning Post dated May 21st 1896 show, dancers and wrestlers were among the 'Burma in London' attractions. The Burmese 'football players' also mentioned in the ads of the Morning Post, are in fact Chinlone practitioners, an ancient Myanmar (Burmese) ball art based on traditional dance and martial art moves.
Chinlone can be played as a team sport which probably gave rise to billing it as football. When performed solo, it resembles a juggling act using balls. One of most famous practitioners at the juggling of balls style performance was Moung Toon. It is most likely that we are viewing a performance by Toon in film No. 53.

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