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Encyclopedia > Stick fighting

Stick fighting is a generic term for martial arts which utilize simple long slender, blunt, hand-held, generally wooden 'sticks' for fighting such as a staff, cane, walking stick, baton or similar. Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...

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Stickfight in Kerala's Kalarippayattu discipline

Some of its techniques can be also be used with a sturdy umbrella or a sword in its scabbard, but thicker and/or heavier weapons such as clubs or the mace are outside the scope of 'stick fighting' (since they cannot be wielded with such precision, so sheer force of impact is more important) as are more formed weapons such as the taiaha. An umbrella is a device used to keep rain off a person. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword. ... A club, cudgel, truncheon, night stick, or bludgeon is perhaps the simplest of all weapons. ... Assorted maces For its symbolical derivative, see ceremonial mace. ... A Taiaha (pronounced Tie-ah-ha) is a weapon carried by the Maori warriors of New Zealand. ...


Many systems are defensive combat techniques, intended for use if attacked whilst lightly armed, but others such as kendo were developed as safe training methods or re-creation for dangerous weapons - but whatever their history, many lend themselves to being treated as sports. Kendo ) or way of the sword, is the martial art of Japanese fencing. ...


In addition to martial arts specifically devoted to stick fighting, certain other disciplines include it, either in its own right, as in kung fu (various variations are part of the traditional Chinese weapons, or merely as part of a polyvalent training including other weapons and/or bare hand fighting, e.g. using the Kettukari (staff), Cheruvadi or Muchan (a shorter, also straight stick) and otta (curved stick) in Kerala's Kalarippayattu tradition, where these wooden weapons serve as preliminary training before practice of the more dangerous metal weapons. Alternative meaning: Kung Fu (TV series) Kung fu or gongfu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a well-known Chinese term used in the West to designate Chinese martial arts. ... This is a partial list of martial arts weapons. ... Shareeravadi is a bamboo staff having a length extending from the practicers neck to his feet. ... Otta may refer to: A working name leading to what became the SI prefix for 1024. ... Kalarippayattu (Malayalam:കളരിപയററ്)is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. ...


Stick fighting systems and styles

Stick fights between individuals or large gatherings between sub-tribes where men fight duels are an important part of the anthropological heritage of various cultures, especially tribes such as the Nilotic Ethiopian Surma people (where 'donga' is a general obsession and the best means of showing off to look for a bride, often naked or nearly) and their more warlike neighbors the Nyangotam (who fight duels bare-chested, the aim being to inflict visible stripes on the back of the adversary, using not plain staffs but sticks with a flexible, whipping tail-end). Surma is the Ethiopian governments collective name for the Suri, the Mursi and the Meen. ... The Nyangatom (sometimes written Inyangatom) are a numerically small and warlike [] pastoral ethnic group of south western Ethiopia and south eastern Sudan, who live with their herds in a particularly inhospitable part of the disputed Ilemi Triangle. ...


Traditional European systems of stick fighting included a wide variety of methods of quarterstaff combat, which were detailed in numerous manuscripts written by masters-at-arms. Many of these methods became extinct but others adapted and survived as folk-sports and self defence systems. Examples include Portugal's Jogo do Pau, France's bâton français and Italy's scherma di bastone. Giuseppe Cerri's 1854 manual Trattato teorico e pratico della scherma di bastone is influenced by masters of the Italian school of swordsmanship, Achille Marozzo and perhaps Francesco Alfieri. Jogo do Pau. ... The Bâton français (French stick fighting) is a European fencing system that uses a staff about 4 feet long. ... Achille Marozzo was a Bolognese fencing master teaching in the Dardi tradition. ... Francesco Alfieri of Padova was a 17th century master of the Italian school of swordsmanship. ...


The French system of la canne is still practised as a competitive sport. A self-defense adaptation of la canne developed by Swiss master-at-arms Pierre Vigny in the early 1900s has been revived as part of the curriculum of Bartitsu. Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Weapon stubs | Stick fighting | Fencing | Mêlée weapons ... A montage of Bartitsu self defence techniques. ...


British stick fighting, known as single stick or cudgels, was a popular pastime in the UK from the 18th to the early 20th century, when it was included in the Olympic Games. Although interest in the art declined, a few fencing coaches continued to train with the stick and competitions in this style of stick fighting was re-introduced into the Royal Navy in the 1980s by commander Locker Madden. The art continues to gain a small following amongst the martial art community in the UK, Australia, Canada and the US. Singlestick, also known as cudgels, is a martial art related to fencing and stick fighting, and a wooden weapon for the art, used for attack and defence, the thicker end being thrust through a cup-shaped hilt of basket-work to protect the hand. ... Olympics redirects here. ...


Some of the most advanced stick fighting systems come from the Philippines. Filipino martial arts are known worldwide for their combat stick fighting systems. The weapons vary in design, size, weight, materials and methodology. Baston or olisi, eskrima sticks, are traditionally crafted from rattan or kamagong. Filipino Martial Arts The Philippines The Martial Culture from the Philippines. ... In Eskrima, this is the use of the single stick, and the core fundamental system in all of the FMA. Beginners learn this system first to learn the 12 basic angles of attack and defense. ... Genera Calamus Calospatha Ceratolobus Daemonorops Eremospatha Eugeissonia Korthalsia Laccosperma Metroxylon Myrialepis Oncocalamus Pigafetta Plectocomia Plectomiopsis Raphia Zalacca Zalacella Rattan (from the Malay rotan), is the name for the roughly six hundred species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia. ... Kamagong is a very hard wood native of the Philippines. ...


See also

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Bata (Bataireacht or Uisce Beatha Bata Rince in Irish) or Irish stickfighting is a traditional martial art of Ireland. ... The Bâton français (French stick fighting) is a European fencing system that uses a staff about 4 feet long. ... Bojutsu (棒術) is the martial art of using a staff weapon called bo (abbreviation of roku-shaku-bo (six-shaku-staff), a shaku being close to one foot long). ... It has been suggested that kalinda be merged into this article or section. ... // [edit] List of Dravidian Martial Arts by state or province [edit] Kerala Kalarippayattu (ക്അലരിപ്പയത്തു) Marma Adi (മര്മ അദി) [edit] Tamil Nadu & Northeast Sri Lanka Adithada (அடிதட) Kuttu Varisai (குத்துவரிசை) Malyutham (மல்யுதம்) Varma Kalai (வர்மக்கலை) [edit] See also Tamil Martial Arts Categories: | ... Several types of Egyptian stick fencing were practiced during religious ceremonies, processions, and as sport or game in ancient Egypt. ... A collection of training weapons used in an Eskrima class. ... Filipino Martial Arts The Philippines The Martial Culture from the Philippines. ... Gun event at the 10th All China Games The Chinese word Gun (Chinese: ; pinyin: gùn) refers to a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. ... The hanbo is a quarterstaff used in martial arts. ... Jogo do Pau. ... Jojutsu (Japanese:杖術) or Jodo is a Japanese martial art using staves (jo), similar to bojutsu, in defense against the Japanese sword. ... Maestro Elisio Deniz fences with a young student Juego del Palo or the Game of the Stick is a traditional martial art/folk sport of stick fighting practiced in the Canary Islands. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Weapon stubs | Stick fighting | Fencing | Mêlée weapons ... Children stick fighting in Madadeni, Natal, South Africa circa 1994 Nguni stick fighting is a martial art traditionally practiced by teenage Nguni herdboys in South Africa. ... A herder is a worker who lives a semi-nomadic life, caring for various domestic animals, especially in places where these animals wander unfenced pasture lands. ... Quarterstaffs in use, from Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs, published 1891 A quarterstaff is a medieval English variant of the staff weapon, consisting of a long shaft of hardwood, sometimes with metal-reinforced tips. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Society for Creative Anachronism (usually shortened to SCA) is a nonprofit educational organization whose goal is described in their By-Laws and Corporate Policies as a group devoted to the study of the Middle Ages and Renaissance life and culture of the landed nobility in Europe prior to A... Empty Hand Combat Adithada (Kickboxing) - அடிதட Kuttu Varisai (Hand and Foot Combat) - குத்துவரிசை Malyutham (Grappling) - மல்யுத்தம் Varma Kalai (Pressure Point Attacks) - வர்மக்கலை Weapons Based Arts Silambam (Long Staff) - சிலம்பம் Muchaan (Short Staff) - முச்சான் Iretthai Mulonggol (Double Stick) - இரெத்தை முலொன்க்கொல் Iretthai Vaal (Double Swords) - இரட்டை வாள் Vaal (Single Sword) - வாள் Vaal/Kedeyam (Sword/ Shield) - வாள்/கேடயம் Vettarival (Machete) - வெத்தரிவல் Kattari (Small Dagger) - கத்தரி Peetchuva (Double Edged...

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Stick fighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (366 words)
Stick fighting is a generic term for any of several martial arts which employ a small staff, cane or walking stick as a blunt hand weapon.
Most stick fighting systems are serious combat techniques that were intended to be used if attacked whilst lightly armed, but a few, such as la canne and kendo, are also practiced today as sports similar to fencing.
British stick fighting, known as single stick or cudgels, was a popular pastime in the UK from the 18th to the early 20th century, when it was included in the Olympic Games.
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