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Pages in category "African martial arts". The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
strength, power. N'golo (anglicized as Engolo) is a traditional Bantu martial art and game from Angola, that combines elements of combat and dance, performed in a circle accompanied by music and singing. It is known as the forerunner of capoeira. Engolo has been played in Africa for centuries, specifically along the Cunene River in the Cunene ...
Nigeria. Olympic sport. No. Martial art. Yes. Dambe is a martial art of the Hausa people from Nigeria. [1] Competitors in a typical match aim to subdue each other into total submission mostly within three rounds. It often results in serious bodily injury. Boxers are called by the Hausa word "daæmaænga".
Knocking and kicking (or yuna onse[1]) is a little-known traditional African-American dance-like martial art, arguably practiced clandestinely in parts of the Southern US and on the Sea Islands. Music and acrobatic movements made knocking and kicking inseparable from dance. Knocking and kicking was performed secretly within a black community.
Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts , as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins.
Fencing in Africa by country (13 C) Judo in Africa by country (15 C) Karate in Africa by country (9 C) Kickboxing in Africa by country (11 C) Mixed martial arts in Africa by country (1 C) Muay Thai in Africa by country (10 C) Taekwondo in Africa by country (15 C) Wushu in Africa by country (1 C)
Shaka Zulu, Nelson Mandela. Olympic sport. No. Nguni stick-fighting (also known as donga, or dlala 'nduku, which literally translates as 'playing sticks') [1] is a martial art traditionally practiced by teenage Nguni herdboys in South Africa. Each combatant is armed with two long sticks, one of which is used for defense and the other for offense.
Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica. Parenthood. Old Kalenda. Calinda (also spelled kalinda or kalenda) is a martial art, as well as a kind of folk music and war dance in the Caribbean which arose in the 1720s. It was brought to the Caribbean by Africans In the transatlantic slave trade and is based on native African combat dances.