About GokNur
About GokNur.org
GokNur.org website is maintained by the Goknur family. GokNur Martial Arts System is their Family Martial Art. In both eastern and western cultures, it has been customary for old families to maintain their own closed, in family martial art system. This is akin to maintaining a family craft. GokNur Martial Art System as a whole complete system, is taught to only those individuals the Goknurs deem their family.
Origins of Goknurs
Goknurs trace their lineage to central Asia through Turkic Kipcak and Pecenek tribes that settled to the region known as Deliorman, to the city of Shumen. Another blood line of Goknurs is from European regions currenlty known as Bosna and Trakya.
Meaning of word GokNur
The word Göknur consist of two separate words that are of Ancient Turkic origin; Gök meaning Celestial, Sky or Heavens and Nur meaning Brightness, Heavenly Light, or Knowledge. Gök in this sense also means all encompassing.
Savaş Sanatları, combined with the words Gök and Nur, may be interpreted as “The Martial Arts of All Encompassing light.” However due to ancient nature of the language, every word has a deeper meaning.
Savaş, is an ancient Turkic word for war, triumph or combat. Savaş notates putting forth best effort and using all means to reach certain victory. It also refers to fighting for a noble cause.
Sanatları refers to the Art or Craft with many components that requires skill and patience.
Origins of GokNur Martial Arts System
GokNur Martial Arts System is the result of years of research and study of various eastern and western martial arts in tracing Goknur family origins from Central Asia and Europe. Through out history, Deliorman was famous for it's wrestlers or Pehlivan. Gures, specifically techniques from Aba Guresi (Garment Wrestling) plays an important part in GokNur Martial Arts Curriculum. However the curriculum has been researched and expanded to include other arts and techniques that were dispersed around the globe by nomadic tribes of central asia before the advent of current political borders. Following their Central Asian Turkic and Indo-European Slavic heritage Goknurs have formed their own all inclusive curriculum of Martial Arts as a multifaceted guideline to follow. GokNur system consists of techniques at short range, mid range and long range. It includes the techniques that are used in several modern striking, grappling and throwing arts. GokNur also includes curricula and training methods of several ancient weapon arts.
Logic of Ancient Warfare in Relation to History of Martial Arts
The GökNur System is centered on the following common knowledge:
1. The oldest traceable elements of any martial art style consist of series of distinguishable base techniques or methods. To the large extent the base techniques of martial arts are same as one another due to Geographical Proximities of source origins.
2. Techniques or methods stem from indigenous peoples need to defend themselves against various types of hostility that may have been expected in the said geographical locations.
3. Since modes of travel in the ancient times were limited, type of hostility faced in ancient times by indigenous people has direct correlation to the geographical structure and lay of the land, thus effecting the development of type of technique or defensive and offensive strategy needed.
4. In ancient time’s combat strategy of indigenous people greatly depended on fighting systems and warfare methods of their enemy.
5. Type of techniques adopted by indigenous people took in the consideration bodily makeup and physical characteristics of themselves and their enemies.
6. All methods and modes of armed and unarmed warfare was developed to function at long, mid and short ranges of combat engagement.
7. Use of weapons and armory was considered first logical choice in engagement instead of unarmed combat.
Geographical distribution of the GokNur study:
In development of curriculum and also in organization of GökNur System, the 16 Khanates (later called beylik) that have evolved into major Turkic empires are considered. The techniques are cataloged, presented, and taught according to geographical areas affected by war campaigns for expansion, direct occupation and settlements of these Khanates. Forced migrations to adjacent areas are also considered in studying the development of martial arts in nearby lands.
GokNur.org website is maintained by the Goknur family. GokNur Martial Arts System is their Family Martial Art. In both eastern and western cultures, it has been customary for old families to maintain their own closed, in family martial art system. This is akin to maintaining a family craft. GokNur Martial Art System as a whole complete system, is taught to only those individuals the Goknurs deem their family.
Origins of Goknurs
Goknurs trace their lineage to central Asia through Turkic Kipcak and Pecenek tribes that settled to the region known as Deliorman, to the city of Shumen. Another blood line of Goknurs is from European regions currenlty known as Bosna and Trakya.
Meaning of word GokNur
The word Göknur consist of two separate words that are of Ancient Turkic origin; Gök meaning Celestial, Sky or Heavens and Nur meaning Brightness, Heavenly Light, or Knowledge. Gök in this sense also means all encompassing.
Savaş Sanatları, combined with the words Gök and Nur, may be interpreted as “The Martial Arts of All Encompassing light.” However due to ancient nature of the language, every word has a deeper meaning.
Savaş, is an ancient Turkic word for war, triumph or combat. Savaş notates putting forth best effort and using all means to reach certain victory. It also refers to fighting for a noble cause.
Sanatları refers to the Art or Craft with many components that requires skill and patience.
Origins of GokNur Martial Arts System
GokNur Martial Arts System is the result of years of research and study of various eastern and western martial arts in tracing Goknur family origins from Central Asia and Europe. Through out history, Deliorman was famous for it's wrestlers or Pehlivan. Gures, specifically techniques from Aba Guresi (Garment Wrestling) plays an important part in GokNur Martial Arts Curriculum. However the curriculum has been researched and expanded to include other arts and techniques that were dispersed around the globe by nomadic tribes of central asia before the advent of current political borders. Following their Central Asian Turkic and Indo-European Slavic heritage Goknurs have formed their own all inclusive curriculum of Martial Arts as a multifaceted guideline to follow. GokNur system consists of techniques at short range, mid range and long range. It includes the techniques that are used in several modern striking, grappling and throwing arts. GokNur also includes curricula and training methods of several ancient weapon arts.
Logic of Ancient Warfare in Relation to History of Martial Arts
The GökNur System is centered on the following common knowledge:
1. The oldest traceable elements of any martial art style consist of series of distinguishable base techniques or methods. To the large extent the base techniques of martial arts are same as one another due to Geographical Proximities of source origins.
2. Techniques or methods stem from indigenous peoples need to defend themselves against various types of hostility that may have been expected in the said geographical locations.
3. Since modes of travel in the ancient times were limited, type of hostility faced in ancient times by indigenous people has direct correlation to the geographical structure and lay of the land, thus effecting the development of type of technique or defensive and offensive strategy needed.
4. In ancient time’s combat strategy of indigenous people greatly depended on fighting systems and warfare methods of their enemy.
5. Type of techniques adopted by indigenous people took in the consideration bodily makeup and physical characteristics of themselves and their enemies.
6. All methods and modes of armed and unarmed warfare was developed to function at long, mid and short ranges of combat engagement.
7. Use of weapons and armory was considered first logical choice in engagement instead of unarmed combat.
Geographical distribution of the GokNur study:
In development of curriculum and also in organization of GökNur System, the 16 Khanates (later called beylik) that have evolved into major Turkic empires are considered. The techniques are cataloged, presented, and taught according to geographical areas affected by war campaigns for expansion, direct occupation and settlements of these Khanates. Forced migrations to adjacent areas are also considered in studying the development of martial arts in nearby lands.
