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Juego del palo or banot (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxweɣo ðel ˈpalo], game of the stick; Guanche: banod) is a traditional martial art/folk sport of stick-fighting practiced in the Canary Islands. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It involves the combative use of a slender stick from 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 m) long, wielded in both hands, and characterised by fluid ...
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Juego del garrote (Venezuelan traditional, woodstick fencing) or juego de garrote larense ('Venezuela Stick fighting') [1] is a Venezuelan martial art that involves machete, stick-fighting, and knife fencing. It is most associated with the Venezuelan state of Lara.
Khel (meaning "sport" or "game") is the modern competitive aspect of gatka, originally used as a method of sword-training (fari‑gatka) or stick-fighting (lathi khela) in medieval times. While khel gatka is today most commonly associated with Sikhs, it has always been used in the martial arts of other ethno-cultural groups.
Juego de maní ('game of peanut') often simply called maní or mani, sometimes referred to as baile de maní ('dance of peanut') or bambosa, [1] is a stick-fighting martial art and dance that was developed in Cuba by African slaves. It is still kept alive today in Cuba by folkloric groups. Practitioners are referred to as maniseros. [2]
Tahtib (Egyptian Arabic: تحطيب, romanized: taḥṭīb) is the term for a traditional stick-fighting martial art [1] originally named fan a'nazaha wa-tahtib ("the art of being straight and honest through the use of stick"). [2] The original martial version of tahtib later evolved into an Egyptian folk dance with a wooden stick.
Bajan sticklicking (often spelled stick-licking) is the traditional form of stick fighting in Barbados. [1] It is a stick fighting martial art that has its roots from Africa , where two participants used fire-hardened wooden sticks, varying in length as weapons and carrying out fighting techniques.
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