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Originally Posted by fearn
Great to see these! Anyone have an example of the magila from the Canary Islands?
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Just to clarify, "
makila" is the Basque word for "stick", and also a specific type of it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makila
http://www.argia.com/makilak/makopaes.htm
There's also a Basque combat school using a big stick (quarterstaff-type), also called "
makila", but it has nothing to do with the cane-type stick mentioned above.
On the other hand, the Canary Islands stick fighting is called "Juego del palo Canario" (Canary Stick Play):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juego_del_Palo
http://www.palocanario.com/Historia%20JPC%20INGLES.htm
I didn't know about the Cretan stick fighting. The specialized shape of the stick is fascinating. Thank you very much for pointing this up, Eftihis!
