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Donga
Donga is a ceremonial stick-fighting tradition associated with the Suri, also called Surma, of southwestern Ethiopia. Participants use long wooden staffs in supervised one-on-one bouts governed by customary rules that limit escalation and prohibit deliberate killing. Anthropologists describe the practice as ritualized violence linked to courage, status, social relations, and courtship rather than...
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Arnis
Arnis, also known as Kali or Eskrima, is the national martial art and combat sport of the Philippines. It is distinguished by a training methodology that begins with weapon-based combat, utilizing rattan sticks, blades, and improvised weapons before transitioning to empty-hand techniques. Practitioners learn to strike, block, and disarm opponents through fluid, continuous motions. It is taught wor...
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