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Angampora is a Sinhalese martial art that combines combat techniques, self-defense, sport, exercise, and meditation. [1] [2] A key component of angampora is the namesake angam, which incorporates hand-to-hand fighting, and illangam, involving the use of indigenous weapons such as the ethunu kaduwa, staves, knives and swords.
Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing , but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword.
Silat shares many similarities with Okinawan karate as well as the throws and stances of weapon-based Japanese martial arts [15] which probably date back to this time. Trade with Japan ended when the country went into self-imposed isolation but resumed during the Meiji era , during which time certain areas of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore ...
His son Shivaji Raje Bhosale learned the art of fighting from a young age and by his adolescence was already proficient in the use of various arms. [1] His weapon of choice was a 4-foot sword named Bhawani. [1] At the age of 17, Shivaji took advantage of the chaotic affairs of the Deccan and subverted Bijapuri authority to strike it out on his own.
5.1 Stances and steps. 5.2 ... mancak a Batak fencing game "with long swords, ... the forms for dancing rather than the formalized training of fighting techniques. [4]
[4] The stick used in Gatka is made of wood and is usually 91–107 cm (36–42 in) long, with a thickness of around 12.7 mm (0.50 in). It comes with a fitted leather hilt, 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) and is often decorated with Punjabi-style multi-coloured threads. [2] The other weapon used in the sport is a shield, natively known as phari. It ...
Waki-gamae (脇構), sometimes shortened to waki, is one of the five stances in kendo: jōdan, chūdan, gedan, hassō and waki, as well as other related and older martial arts involving Japanese sword. Waki-gamae is a stance involving the swordsman hiding the length of one's own blade behind their body, only exposing the pommel to the opponent ...
"Pari" means shield and "khanda" means sword according "Chhau" region, therefore this art uses sword and shield for fighting. This fighting form has given birth to a local dance form named "Chhau" dance and its martial elements have been fully absorbed by this dance. It is even practised in some parts of Jharkhand and Odisha. Chhau is the name ...