Historical African Martial Arts: Spear Play

Da'mon explores different styles of striking and guards from different African styles.
This is in conjunction with the techniques taught by Da'mon Stith and his Martial Arts Group 'Sefe Dekote', or Guild of the Silent Sword.
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[@TemenosL]

Beautiful! This man knows how to throw a good overarm thrust to boot. Not many practice it properly. Well done altogether!

[@Deusvult-m1l]

I agree, I have learned much Hama from this man , I aim to be a ancient soldier someday
I also see you are another Greek

[@MadMamluk88]

It’s the combat realistic movement that does it for me. This is exactly how you’d be moving in a one-on-one

[@Stick3x]

No nonsense martial artist right here.

[@Vagrant860]

It is quite legit

Maravilhoso!!!!

[@wirawanasril4463]

Excellent👍👍

[@templarjinaiwarriors]

maravilhoso 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙇🏻‍♀️🙏

[@jaguarholly7156]

Tsss

[@noahazomme4305]

Does anyone know what this spear is called and where it’s from?

[@YaBoiDREX]

The spear looks to be a Zulu lklwa. I could be wrong, though many african cultures invented sword-spear hybrid weapons independently of each other.

[@allhailqueenhelga]

It's a bornu cavalry lance

[@MyDouble]

I'm a big fan of HEMA so this is a pretty cool new thing to see. I'm wondering do you know if the African soldiers in the Roman legions brought these techniques with them as they spread throughout the empire's territory and what kind of effect this may have had on the development of European fighting techniques later on?

[@historicalafricanmartialar4295]

The answer is probably not, Legionary training (though differing significantly in certain periods) had standardized elements when it came to equipment, training and fighting.