Tanzanian swagger/fighting stick?

Tim Simmons · 27th July 2006, 07:32 AM

My stick is made of fairly heavy dense wood and oddly just too short to work as a walking stick. I am only 5' 8" so not tall. Sticks are important objects in Africa and stick fighting almost a continent wide sport. Another area where knowledge seems in short supply.

"Edit" The neck on this second stick looks rather too delicate to be a fighting stick. It is possible that sticks are made and carried as a shadow of former times.

27th July 2006, 07:32 AM	#5
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	My stick is made of fairly heavy dense wood and oddly just too short to work as a walking stick. I am only 5' 8" so not tall. Sticks are important objects in Africa and stick fighting almost a continent wide sport. Another area where knowledge seems in short supply. "Edit" The neck on this second stick looks rather too delicate to be a fighting stick. It is possible that sticks are made and carried as a shadow of former times. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 27th July 2006 at 08:14 AM.

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