Reviving An Ancient Portuguese Martial Art - Jogo Do Pau | Trans World Sport

[@shork1847]

Would love to learn this. Had no idea it existed, but it's such an element of Portuguese culture and I'm surprised nobody has ever mentioned it to me.

[@DavideM1996]

Não se pode deixar esta arte morrer

[@razorslice99]

Thank you Trans World Sports for bringing this wonderful martial art some popularity, I like this martial art as well as other martial arts from Europe and Africa.

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

Thank you for keeping it alive. Muito obrigado por manterem a arte viva. Battle of Aljubarrota 1385.

[@maurox.3556]

its beautiful to watch, basically art in motion

[@bzidro]

Brutal e Feliz coincidência esta, de eu, por uma reminiscência fortuita, procurar este assunto e logo descobrir uma publicação tão extraordinária e tão recente ! Obrigado.

[@arpharph1772]

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[@Askarvi]

Obrigada mestre!

[@walkinginsingapore8548]

Let's not forget, competition isn't the priority, most importantly is to test whatever u learned from the teaching,TEST OUT whatever work or not in a FIXED SITUATION.

[@franklinhu573]

49 years ago I saw Portuguese boys dancing using poles as weapons in Honolulu, but thought they just imitating the kung fu dance was very popular at the time. now I know otherwise.

[@v.almeida7924]

This: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioC6XmqwaLutZqM or this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSaioupgtOGiqM

[@carlaavila7127]

It was taken from the azores islands, and from Madera islands to hawaii.

[@mattnobrega6621]

I'm portuguese/American and I never knew about this. This must explain my attraction to staffs and sticks 🤔

[@CoachHelder]

Outstanding!

[@j.g.h5491]

Love Love

[@anbarazen]

Awesome....

[@Ancient_Chronicler]

They hold the staff differently from the Chinese or the Japanese staff Arts I noticed they hold the staff with the left hand above the right

[@Janisurai]

very cool

[@zumbimaluco]

well, technically this is also HEMA

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

There's no need to say technically, it's a full blown European martial art in its own right, and I might be wrong but I believe it's one of the few European martial arts that hasn't stopped being practiced since it's inception. HEMA practitioners really should look into this.

[@zumbimaluco]

@@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods in the lusophone HEMA community it is

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

@@zumbimaluco Cool

[@mraffabilityGB]

Sadly this seems to be the case with martial arts in general, but especially Aikido where there is no competition and one needs a brain to understand the training, its methods and it's purpose.

[@billlawrence4047]

Where can I learn this wonderful Art

[@kosmyka9612]

Came to Portugal, you learn and then you teach all over the world 😅🙏

[@RuiCardosoish]

My Master #NunoRusso

[@anomalousviewer3164]

Is there parhaps a Portuguese club in South Africa that teaches this martial art?

[@pauloa.7609]

Its a very rare art, not found officially outside of Portugal.

[@satishpawar7036]

Nice

[@ShinobiNando]

Does anyone know if there are some online courses?

[@vidgood8682]

nice. maybe you guys could join a dog brothers tournament :) try sparring with filipino styles and others :)

[@jd13581]

❤️

[@Fazoéleson]

During the modern period, many Portuguese soldiers from the north of Portugal travel to the Indian Ocean to serve in the royal armies, alongside Christian Canaries, Nayaks Kerala and Indian Sepoys, before returning to their native villages 11. It is quite likely that these men , mostly poor and inland, have enriched their original fighting techniques during their years of service in the East. Especially since Indian discipline knows its golden age on the coast of Malabar during the period of Portuguese domination. Kalaripayatt is then an institutional pillar of Kerala society. Engaged in the Portuguese armada or allied to the Portuguese Crown, Nayak warriors practicing Kalarippayatt are the guarantors of the social order and back of Malabar security dominated by the Portuguese.

[@edstar83]

Martial arts was spread into Asia by the Ancient Aryans, not the other way around. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZvKZph5qLd1hsk kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYnPm3enoKmknLs

[@OmegaF77]

It looks like a lightsaber duel but with sticks.

[@nicholasjonas2505]

4:50 yeah that's way too long for a name.

[@jlGenozzV]

But is so Portuguese that I can smell the Porto wine and the pastéis from here

[@Zetrao]

0:18 Jogo do pau was not a battlefield martial art it was primarily self defence and solving disputes and so on (as mentioned later in the video), it was used for a short time in guerilla warfare but was not designed for it and footsoldier to poor to afford a weapon? trust me if they were even a basic soldier they would at least have a spear and they would not be swinging it around nearly as much as they show in the video, secondly at 0:23 isn´t even jogo do pau it´s from joachim meyer (1600 germany)

[@stephane310383]

Ohhh gode....😂😂 germany?1600?😂😂😂 go sleep

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

What? Are you serious? Soldiers that couldnt afford a better weapon? The Portuguese were armed by their Kings, everyone had full armour and everyone had the best weapons of that time. Google Battle of Aljubarrota and Portuguese montante. I think you meant to say that everyone practiced it because it was our national past time, but our knights were the most sophisticated and most respected knights around the world in the 14th century.

[@silveriorebelo8045]

there were many foot soldiers using 'varapaus' with steel at the end - it was used because it was effec tive, not because people didn't have better weapons....

[@gabrielp9646]

@Carlos Castanheiro It wasn´t your "national" past time. O Xogo do Pao was practiced in many parts of Spain (mostly Galicia, Extremadura and Asturias). When my grandad was a kid, there even were old men traveling around small villages in Galicia to teach it to kids.

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

@@gabrielp9646 That's true, but it started in Portugal and it is a remnant of Portuguese fencing. It was an art designed to fight against heavy armoured knights, it was used by Portuguese knights that fought on foot with longswords and sticks. Sticks were lighter too.

[@gabrielp9646]

@@carloscastanheiro2933 Facepalm... No, dummy xDxD It started in the Kingdom of Galicia (Portugal was a part of Galicia/Gallaecia, since before "Portugal" or "Spain" were even a thing... xDxD) Or, to be exact "Portucale" was a small part of Galicia: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Europe-south-west-kingdoms.png

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

@@gabrielp9646 Also the Condado Portucalense was founded by Don Afonso Henriques and he was from the Kingdom of Leon. The Peninsula Iberica had these kingdoms, Aragao, Leon and Castela. Galicia is the name of a region not a kingdom.

[@turro3212]

j jogo do vrau

[@youcannotredo3491]

Why Vladimir Putin

[@gabrielp9646]

@Trans World Sport The "Xogo do pao" is NOT "Portuguese". It was also practiced in places like Galicia, Extremadura and Asturias. When my grandad was a kid, there even were old men traveling around small villages in Galicia to teach it to kids. Please, get your information right Trans World Sport.

[@gabrielp9646]

@@antper8174 Sure... That´s why the "Xogo do Pao" it´s mentioned in medieval Galician songs and poems, that we still keep today, because it´s a "well documented Portuguese martial art" (Fun fact: Portugal/Lusitania was a part of the kingdom of Galicia through the majority of it´s history, and the Portuguese language is a derivation/variant of the Galician language).

[@kvatchyobiv8540]

My Friend its portuguese and Galicia has their own type of staff fight, cousins in true diferent tecniques. both from medieval ages but believes celts of Galaic that inhabbited Galicia untill Porto and Gaia. Portugal - Portus Calem - Port Galaic - Porto Gaia so galaic inhabitted from Galicia to Porto and Gaia, mostly must have celtic Roots.

[@kadalarsansilambammoorthi2700]

Great sir

[@microsilva2]

Portugal wins all world champions!!!

[@JoseCruz-bh4fk]

Defesa fraca

[@luizcarlossantoslourenco8967]

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