@Mrpreshutchins under what rules? if under these rules Ali would have been slaughtered.. there was a dambe fighter known as Shago who fought western boxers in Nigeria and was said to have fell seven in one day.
Sadly, this is true... Africa in the entirerity has been stripped of its idenity.... Dambe needs to be popularized, and although this is off topic,ancient egypt needs to be officially recognized as a black state -.-.... I'm tired of historians portraying it as a white nation
@Sads626 I agree. Its mainly Sub Saharan Africa that always has the bad view. North Africa which is arab dominated always is looked up as a rich and superior part of the continent. .
@Sads626 Go tell an african he has no identity see how long you last mate. As for being "tired of historians portraying (egypt) as a white nation" what are you simple? It is a caucasian nation. Buy a plane ticket go see for yourself. Or better yet buy a few books learn to read.
@buffysnug you misunderstood historically, imperialism had robbed african nations of culture, women, wealth, history etc in essence it's idenity. I also wrote "ancient egypt." In reality, the ancient egypt was composed of a myriad of cultures, from nubian to arab, however, ultimately, ancient egypt had a siginificant indigenous african influence. egypt of today is a different place than the country of antiquity. There is a large arab community, but they are not orignal.
@0102106kls Yeah, they DO look pretty damn outdated bahaha. Absolutely no combinations to load up on and no potential for footwork/defense variation. Dumb stuff if you ask me.
@grapebusted My understanding is that the lead hand is called the "shield" and the striking hand is called the "spear." From that context, I can assume it is meant to mimic warfare, without people actually dying. Makes sense that the competitors would be cautious.
Its funny how some ignorant commenters would talk bad about Africans but when they see shit like this on youtube they turn around and want to claim it as their own or come up with a stupid excuse of why its there. There is no western influence in this art. I have a few friends who are hausa. So shut the fuck up.
For all of you thinking it's impossible dambe was based on oriental arts, I'll have you know that caoeira originated in Senegal before finding it's way to Brazil through slave trade!!
It was only of recent years that taekwondo incluenced some of the kicks... and yes, I am hausa! (Mu ne fa!!)
I've read of this art. Its an African kickboxing art of the Hausa. Its leg techniques are similar to tae kwon do and muay thai but was rarely used in matches. Soon TKD was introduced to them and now kicks very common. Though the techniques were very similar TKD only influenced the roundhouse kicking techniques. Other than that, this is an African martial art and has no western influence. It's its own the thing. Knowledge before judgment
Both of you are full of shit. Styles are incapable of fighting, so arguing about which style would win is an immense waste of time. What matters is the skill of the fighter, that's it. Nobody has ever fought by yelling out what style they practice and agreeing that one is better. Why? Because style has nothing to do with it.
@fakespotter asiatic martial arts are myth? then why do armed forces around the world incorporate asian martial arts as well as boxing and wrestling into their fighting systems?
I'm not sure... Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seems to be very effective, but most Asian martial arts seems to be better at the movies. I doubt a Kung Fu fighter could easily hit a western boxer, for example (unless the Kung Fu guy uses some weapon).
To be effective, a wrestling tecnique must involve real contact. However, I would never practice Muay Thai, because I'm not the kind of person that enjoys to get hurt for no reason. And most martial arts are useless against guns.
I don't remember saying that they are western, but I could say that they are geographically westerner than Greece. And Africa has been largely influenced the the so-called "Western culture" anyway. Besides, Africa originally was only the name of a Roman province in the North of the continent, so we could say that they are not Africans.
@fakespotter More like the puny gook will die. Asiatic Martial arts is just a myth. Boxing and werstling have proven superior. Only the Brazilian version of jj has proven to be extremely effective.
@TemplarX2 LOL ... says the guy who bases his information off of sporting events with rules and pads. I'm sure you can say what you did with confidence because you've practiced and become proficient at all styles. Right? LOL ... some people.
@Jabbaro123 Ive just seen brother Ahati kilindi Iyi (Ta Merrian Institute) in the UK’s, Martial Arts Illustrated magazine (july 2010 issue). It's a nice interview. African fighting arts don’t get good media coverage like Asian arts do. In fact, most people think martial arts is only an Asian thing. Africans and Europeans have their own arts.
@nubanwarrior I guess they only get little coverage because of all of the Kung Fu cinemas that Asian's have created and the Asian's do have a long History in the Martial Arts world and i'm not trying to use this as a scape goat but. African Martial arts will always be overlooked in America heck you still have some people who are trying to take credit for inventing Hip Hop when we all know who made it.
@Jabbaro123 Its rare to find a program that teaches martial arts that is not Asian in the U.S., and majority of people who teach martial arts are Asian. If Africans kept in touch with their martial arts during slavery we would be like the Asians making money off of Martial art movies and teaching Martial arts in the U.S.. Its sad that alot people think Martial arts is an Asian only culture.
Check out these texts on indigenoua, ancient African martial arts: AFRICAN ARTS mag., Vol. 19, No.1, "Martial Arts Of The Annang," by Jill Salmons, on the martial arts of the Annang speaking peoples of Nigeria.; Knights Of The Congo, which mentions the martial arts still practiced by the Luba and Lunda speaking peoples ofthe DRC, central Africa;
...Forces Of Manding, on the martial arts of the Guinea kingdom of Wassaloun, still practiced by the SOFA warrior sect (from medieval Mali), both by Patrick Gorham .
@memorandum29 all the vids ive seen of this style show extremely primitive ineffective strategies and techs compared to modern combat sports like lickboxing,thai,boxing wrestling,mma.
@Lowdninja I'm sorry your talking about Ladja, which was influenced by laamb of senegal, engolo of angola and some other art that was from Senegal as well that looked like capoeira. Capoeira roots lead to nigeria, angola, congo, mozimbique, and CAR. There is an art fight dance in guinea that is like kungfu but it takes the form of the monkey, the snake, and panther.
The Dambe guy would get murdered. Their stance dosent offer a good surface to block low kicks and they lead with their right hand far too often. They would get chopped down and countered all day. All it is to avoid that right hand would be to slip it and counter with a stiff hook to the body or head.
I dont understand all these debates about where martial arts started. All martial art means is the art of fighting. War ha sbeen around as long as mankind, all cultures have martial arts which ofte developed into sport. Africa was the first continent so would have had fighting arts first
In Southern India? Maybe. Fighting styles have been around since the dawn of time, and you tend to repeat a move that works and tell your friends about it. And once there are competitive rules involved, the style starts to evolve around those rules (see wrestling, boxing, judo, etc) However, the earliest evidence I know of a "martial art", as in specific and disciplined move sets etc, would probably be Ancient Greek Pankration. I've heard about ancient Egyptian styles, but I'm not convinced.
bs people didnt just learn how 2 fight when greece came along. people ahve been practicing martial arts for years b4 greece ever came along. the birthplace of martial arts is africa, and im not trying 2 convince u.
1. There's a difference between a "fighting style" and a "martial art". With no training, every person who gets into a fight will have a "fighting style" - but that doesn't make it a "martial art", now does it?
2. I didn't say that Martial Arts were DEFINITELY invented anywhere. I just said the EARLIEST EVIDENCE was etc etc. Really, who the fuck knows?
No, no, no...Chinese Martial arts came from India, and so did Buddhism. I don't remember much but from what I know, a monk in India brought martial arts to China and taught it to all the Buddhist monks, and then they became "warrior monks" and defended the Chinese community from the corrupt Chinese Government.
Africa had almost nothing to do with India at that time, so the majority of African styles were made in Africa, by the Africans!
You are actually referring to the Shaolin Monks. However, Bodhidharma did not actually teach them the martial arts, despite popular belief. He taught them breathing exercises and postures for health benefits because the monks at that time were not strong and looked unhealthy. However, these postures were then used for the base of the martial arts they had created. So, technically speaking, Chinese MArtial Arts did come from India but not from their martial arts but instead their exercises.
I used to remember when I was kid my Dad kept telling me that my Grandfather was a well-known wrestler back in his day. I know that he used to traveled back and forth to Sokoto very often back then; even some of our distant family members are still there. So its HIGHLY possible that he himself participated in these bouts! It would've been cool if they had a written record of famous fighters from the last century.
yes it doe its calle kokowa but you cant find the videos on the internet this fight is just an exhibition if you have anymore questions message me i'm from north nigeriaoriginally.
Thank you for this video they talk about every nation in the world beside Africa when it comes to Martial arts as if warrior there just fought with out any kind of training. To the person or persons that got this video please try and get old warrior story from the elders of these tribe and just like Om Bak make movie
Interesting, but people either dont know or tend to forgit that capoeira is african also, it was created by the slaves from angola, forma angola then regional was created
The only problem with this video is it is too short. Were are the other AfricaWrites videos on African martial arts. They need to put out a full length dvd oon each art. More! More!
If they are Muslim, they shouldn't be hitting in the face.
BatmanbinSuperman12 2 weeks ago
Muslim?
BatmanbinSuperman12 2 weeks ago
Between goverment and its masses
Sanimohammed1 1 month ago
I would've liked to have seen this style of fighting against (IN HIS PRIME) Muhammad Ali's WESTERN style boxing..
Mrpreshutchins 3 months ago
@Mrpreshutchins under what rules? if under these rules Ali would have been slaughtered.. there was a dambe fighter known as Shago who fought western boxers in Nigeria and was said to have fell seven in one day.
halfhausaman 4 days ago
The Hausa people are crazy
IfImBeingHonest 4 months ago
@IfImBeingHonest nope they just have courage something most people lack these days
halfhausaman 4 days ago
Why don't they teach this shit in America???!!!!
"Oh that's right no one cares about Sub Saharan Africa."
By Senate James Inofe
TheBanditghettoninja 6 months ago
@TheBanditghettoninja
Sadly, this is true... Africa in the entirerity has been stripped of its idenity.... Dambe needs to be popularized, and although this is off topic,ancient egypt needs to be officially recognized as a black state -.-.... I'm tired of historians portraying it as a white nation
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TheBanditghettoninja 5 months ago
@Sads626 I agree. Its mainly Sub Saharan Africa that always has the bad view. North Africa which is arab dominated always is looked up as a rich and superior part of the continent. .
TheBanditghettoninja 5 months ago
@Sads626 Go tell an african he has no identity see how long you last mate. As for being "tired of historians portraying (egypt) as a white nation" what are you simple? It is a caucasian nation. Buy a plane ticket go see for yourself. Or better yet buy a few books learn to read.
buffysnug 1 month ago
@buffysnug you misunderstood historically, imperialism had robbed african nations of culture, women, wealth, history etc in essence it's idenity. I also wrote "ancient egypt." In reality, the ancient egypt was composed of a myriad of cultures, from nubian to arab, however, ultimately, ancient egypt had a siginificant indigenous african influence. egypt of today is a different place than the country of antiquity. There is a large arab community, but they are not orignal.
Sads626 1 month ago
@Sads626 Who portrays ancient Egypt as a "white state"? Ive never heard of this. Sometimes ruled by arabs, but "white?"
falsefight 1 month ago
0:30 pause that is exactly what i have seen on the walls of ancient egypt
MrRobyopunkass 6 months ago
@MrRobyopunkass hausas are a kemetic tribe
halfhausaman 4 days ago
@halfhausaman i know they have eastern origin (Nubia/Egypt)
they even speak a similar afro-"asian" language.
actually many tribes in W.Africa have eastern origins.
even mummar Kaddafi claimed most tribes wer the ORIGINAL arabs that populated the areas 4rm canaan - Yemen.
Yemen Especially
MrRobyopunkass 3 days ago
@MrRobyopunkass I speak the language :o)
halfhausaman 3 days ago
these are the oldiest figbhting styles on earth no one else can claim that these are the first peopl to live on earth
0102106kls 8 months ago
@0102106kls Yeah, they DO look pretty damn outdated bahaha. Absolutely no combinations to load up on and no potential for footwork/defense variation. Dumb stuff if you ask me.
grapebusted 5 months ago
@grapebusted My understanding is that the lead hand is called the "shield" and the striking hand is called the "spear." From that context, I can assume it is meant to mimic warfare, without people actually dying. Makes sense that the competitors would be cautious.
Urdarbrunn 4 months ago
Its funny how some ignorant commenters would talk bad about Africans but when they see shit like this on youtube they turn around and want to claim it as their own or come up with a stupid excuse of why its there. There is no western influence in this art. I have a few friends who are hausa. So shut the fuck up.
TheBanditghettoninja 8 months ago
For all of you thinking it's impossible dambe was based on oriental arts, I'll have you know that caoeira originated in Senegal before finding it's way to Brazil through slave trade!!
It was only of recent years that taekwondo incluenced some of the kicks... and yes, I am hausa! (Mu ne fa!!)
Lowdninja 8 months ago
I've read of this art. Its an African kickboxing art of the Hausa. Its leg techniques are similar to tae kwon do and muay thai but was rarely used in matches. Soon TKD was introduced to them and now kicks very common. Though the techniques were very similar TKD only influenced the roundhouse kicking techniques. Other than that, this is an African martial art and has no western influence. It's its own the thing. Knowledge before judgment
TheBanditghettoninja 10 months ago
@fakespotter
@leolucas1980
Both of you are full of shit. Styles are incapable of fighting, so arguing about which style would win is an immense waste of time. What matters is the skill of the fighter, that's it. Nobody has ever fought by yelling out what style they practice and agreeing that one is better. Why? Because style has nothing to do with it.
AkatsukiPR0 10 months ago 2
@fakespotter asiatic martial arts are myth? then why do armed forces around the world incorporate asian martial arts as well as boxing and wrestling into their fighting systems?
adicrei 10 months ago
its a black thang....
mixumup1 11 months ago
So do they hit each other , or is this a stareing contest.
badass76ta 11 months ago
They look like they are auditioning for a guitar advert.
GerudoUK 1 year ago
These brothers look intense. How old is the Dambe art? Are there any books on the subject?
zulubro 1 year ago
these guy would be finished if they were up against asian martial arts. i'm not being mean, just being honest
fakespotter 1 year ago
@fakespotter I would agree but it depends on the fighters. There really is not best martial arts its all based on how good the fighter is.
Daxter609 1 year ago
@fakespotter
I'm not sure... Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seems to be very effective, but most Asian martial arts seems to be better at the movies. I doubt a Kung Fu fighter could easily hit a western boxer, for example (unless the Kung Fu guy uses some weapon).
To be effective, a wrestling tecnique must involve real contact. However, I would never practice Muay Thai, because I'm not the kind of person that enjoys to get hurt for no reason. And most martial arts are useless against guns.
leolucas1980 1 year ago 3
@leolucas1980 these are not western, they are african. theres no good standing pose the way these guy are fighting
fakespotter 1 year ago
@fakespotter
I don't remember saying that they are western, but I could say that they are geographically westerner than Greece. And Africa has been largely influenced the the so-called "Western culture" anyway. Besides, Africa originally was only the name of a Roman province in the North of the continent, so we could say that they are not Africans.
Each word can have differenet meanings.
leolucas1980 1 year ago
@fakespotter More like the puny gook will die. Asiatic Martial arts is just a myth. Boxing and werstling have proven superior. Only the Brazilian version of jj has proven to be extremely effective.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 LOL ... says the guy who bases his information off of sporting events with rules and pads. I'm sure you can say what you did with confidence because you've practiced and become proficient at all styles. Right? LOL ... some people.
asswuppin 9 months ago
I like there battle stance.
Jabbaro123 1 year ago
@Jabbaro123 Ive just seen brother Ahati kilindi Iyi (Ta Merrian Institute) in the UK’s, Martial Arts Illustrated magazine (july 2010 issue). It's a nice interview. African fighting arts don’t get good media coverage like Asian arts do. In fact, most people think martial arts is only an Asian thing. Africans and Europeans have their own arts.
nubanwarrior 1 year ago
@nubanwarrior I guess they only get little coverage because of all of the Kung Fu cinemas that Asian's have created and the Asian's do have a long History in the Martial Arts world and i'm not trying to use this as a scape goat but. African Martial arts will always be overlooked in America heck you still have some people who are trying to take credit for inventing Hip Hop when we all know who made it.
Jabbaro123 1 year ago
@Jabbaro123 Its rare to find a program that teaches martial arts that is not Asian in the U.S., and majority of people who teach martial arts are Asian. If Africans kept in touch with their martial arts during slavery we would be like the Asians making money off of Martial art movies and teaching Martial arts in the U.S.. Its sad that alot people think Martial arts is an Asian only culture.
Daxter609 1 year ago
@Daxter609 Sad thing is a percentage of African Americans today don't really care about the accomplishments of there own people.
Jabbaro123 1 year ago
@Jabbaro123
Correct.
shango1963 1 year ago
@shango1963 Thank you.
Jabbaro123 1 year ago
@Daxter609
Africans did/do, you just don't hear about it because there is no African indigenous martial arts mass marketing campaign for these.
shango1963 1 year ago
@Daxter609
Check out these texts on indigenoua, ancient African martial arts: AFRICAN ARTS mag., Vol. 19, No.1, "Martial Arts Of The Annang," by Jill Salmons, on the martial arts of the Annang speaking peoples of Nigeria.; Knights Of The Congo, which mentions the martial arts still practiced by the Luba and Lunda speaking peoples ofthe DRC, central Africa;
shango1963 1 year ago
@Daxter609
...Forces Of Manding, on the martial arts of the Guinea kingdom of Wassaloun, still practiced by the SOFA warrior sect (from medieval Mali), both by Patrick Gorham .
Enjoy.
shango1963 1 year ago
@Jabbaro123
We Africans can and must fix that, since is our cultural practices involved.
shango1963 1 year ago
@shango1963 True.
Jabbaro123 1 year ago
@memorandum29 all the vids ive seen of this style show extremely primitive ineffective strategies and techs compared to modern combat sports like lickboxing,thai,boxing wrestling,mma.
billysue2 1 year ago
@billysue2 lickboxing LOL
dev1on 1 year ago
go nigeria
IKEAboks 2 years ago
very cool always good to see African martial arts. Ag'ya reminds me of this.
Narmer 2 years ago 6
@Narmer instead of african martial arts..just say original martial arts
skatering42 6 months ago
this is one of the africans slower martial arts of counter fighting.
i Liked some of the other style of african arts i saw that were straight to the point.
1Soahc 2 years ago
i would like see more vids like this
hotpopcorncake 2 years ago 14
@hotpopcorncake there is very little coverage on african martial arts and fighting styles unfortunately.
BlakcNinja 1 year ago
@BlakcNinja True! Capoeira has it's roots in senegal but very few people know that. Slave trade is the reason it ended up in Brazil.
Lowdninja 8 months ago
@Lowdninja I'm sorry your talking about Ladja, which was influenced by laamb of senegal, engolo of angola and some other art that was from Senegal as well that looked like capoeira. Capoeira roots lead to nigeria, angola, congo, mozimbique, and CAR. There is an art fight dance in guinea that is like kungfu but it takes the form of the monkey, the snake, and panther.
TheBanditghettoninja 8 months ago
is it about the stands, cus i didnt see any action.
SquareballTV 2 years ago
african martial arts! cool!
Supertomiman 3 years ago 2
does this go in in Kenya and Uganda? I am going there this summer and it would be cool to watch one
rexwetwillykilgore 3 years ago
Did you not see Nigeria in the description? Why would it go on in Kenya? Because they are black too? How dumb.
bruin03 2 years ago
@rexwetwillykilgore
In Kenya, they have traditonal Chikundi, a whole ancient military art done for sport also but with no hand wraps.
shango1963 1 year ago
wow this shits pretty intense, it'd be interesting to see a traditional dambe fighter against a traditional muay thai fighter
jjjaaaccckkk 3 years ago 2
The Dambe guy would get murdered. Their stance dosent offer a good surface to block low kicks and they lead with their right hand far too often. They would get chopped down and countered all day. All it is to avoid that right hand would be to slip it and counter with a stiff hook to the body or head.
Jackthestripper 2 years ago
yeah yeah
metamoredon 2 years ago
true .. their legs would be destroyed with low kicks
juanluis64 2 years ago
@Jackthestripper
Kicks are thrown low as well, so that's nonsense.
shango1963 1 year ago
@shango1963 its not nonsense at all. I said it provides a terrible base for checking kicks, not throwing them.
Jackthestripper 1 year ago
well said
BoxerMonkey 3 years ago
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who know religious hausa girl wanna get married to halfcas liberian boy write me but she has to be good muslim and cute
Romarinho89 3 years ago
your a douche bag ( @romarinho89)
oroge 3 years ago
can white americans compete in it
codymana1 3 years ago
not really its done by traditional fighters from the Hausa tribe but you can watch the spectacle.
sexymalcom1970 3 years ago
damn, im goin to africa on safari and id LOVE 2 compete
codymana1 3 years ago
@codymana1
You must know Dambe to compete.
shango1963 1 year ago
i love dambe. out of all my MA's this has gotta be one of my favorites.
Maodifi 3 years ago
and that roundhouse kick was sweet
antixtheeloquator 3 years ago
I dont understand all these debates about where martial arts started. All martial art means is the art of fighting. War ha sbeen around as long as mankind, all cultures have martial arts which ofte developed into sport. Africa was the first continent so would have had fighting arts first
antixtheeloquator 3 years ago 2
It is too bad that I can not learn this martial art in the united states.
hiphopisdead93 3 years ago
yes that round kic was sweet
sanddocon 3 years ago
Does anybody know if throws are legal in Dambe?
MischaC 3 years ago
yeah, it has grappling aspects as well called kokowa, anyone with questions about my tribe or our martial art should feel free to message me.
oroge 3 years ago
i read somewhere that martial arts were invented in southern india
randomchampion 3 years ago
In Southern India? Maybe. Fighting styles have been around since the dawn of time, and you tend to repeat a move that works and tell your friends about it. And once there are competitive rules involved, the style starts to evolve around those rules (see wrestling, boxing, judo, etc) However, the earliest evidence I know of a "martial art", as in specific and disciplined move sets etc, would probably be Ancient Greek Pankration. I've heard about ancient Egyptian styles, but I'm not convinced.
skraddypoo 3 years ago
bs people didnt just learn how 2 fight when greece came along. people ahve been practicing martial arts for years b4 greece ever came along. the birthplace of martial arts is africa, and im not trying 2 convince u.
wheatbread87 3 years ago 2
1. There's a difference between a "fighting style" and a "martial art". With no training, every person who gets into a fight will have a "fighting style" - but that doesn't make it a "martial art", now does it?
2. I didn't say that Martial Arts were DEFINITELY invented anywhere. I just said the EARLIEST EVIDENCE was etc etc. Really, who the fuck knows?
skraddypoo 3 years ago
oh may bad i misinterpreted ur statement and i agree with u
wheatbread87 3 years ago
in Sri Lanka ,,, there iz 1 ,, but diz seems to be the indian style ,,,,
hashanfernando 3 years ago
No, no, no...Chinese Martial arts came from India, and so did Buddhism. I don't remember much but from what I know, a monk in India brought martial arts to China and taught it to all the Buddhist monks, and then they became "warrior monks" and defended the Chinese community from the corrupt Chinese Government.
Africa had almost nothing to do with India at that time, so the majority of African styles were made in Africa, by the Africans!
akaiYaMa9 3 years ago 3
You are actually referring to the Shaolin Monks. However, Bodhidharma did not actually teach them the martial arts, despite popular belief. He taught them breathing exercises and postures for health benefits because the monks at that time were not strong and looked unhealthy. However, these postures were then used for the base of the martial arts they had created. So, technically speaking, Chinese MArtial Arts did come from India but not from their martial arts but instead their exercises.
ReijiTaro 3 years ago
Nice kicks.
Infame16 3 years ago
Capoeira was born in africa as a dance/game. It was developed as a martial art in Brazil.
Infame16 3 years ago
wrong
tpbisdivine 3 years ago
Right
DoYouMaybe 3 years ago
great, na gode sosai!
Maiguida 3 years ago
sanu dan uwa!!!
oroge 3 years ago
These are real warriors. I hope some people aren't getting intimidated.
VraiDiouf 3 years ago
does anyone know the rules of these fights
this look real interesing
5/5*s
sharpstown08 3 years ago
I used to remember when I was kid my Dad kept telling me that my Grandfather was a well-known wrestler back in his day. I know that he used to traveled back and forth to Sokoto very often back then; even some of our distant family members are still there. So its HIGHLY possible that he himself participated in these bouts! It would've been cool if they had a written record of famous fighters from the last century.
anak1 3 years ago
btw My Grandfather's people were Hausawa originally from Upper East Region, northern Ghana.
anak1 3 years ago
no, hausa are from Nigeria, northern Nigeria.
antixtheeloquator 3 years ago
hausas are originally nigerian ghanaian hausas migrated from nigeria.
oroge 3 years ago
and Niger (North of Nigeria)
VraiDiouf 3 years ago
correct.
oroge 3 years ago
kai wawa ne!!
oroge 3 years ago
sokwoto is in nigeria get your facts str8 wawa!!
oroge 3 years ago
anyone know what type of martial art that move like a breakdance?
pegash4rk 3 years ago
You're probably thinking of Capoeira. It's a martial art from Brazil.
Fireballpanda17 3 years ago
yes yes..thx..finally..
pegash4rk 3 years ago
reminds me of Karate or somthing.
1ToNJaB 3 years ago
check out here on youtube a video called kemetian fighting
bigjheazy 3 years ago
According to Wikipedia there's also a grappling element of Dambe (Or at least there use to be)
Does it still exist? Where could I see some of that?
BlackstarSirius 3 years ago
yes it doe its calle kokowa but you cant find the videos on the internet this fight is just an exhibition if you have anymore questions message me i'm from north nigeriaoriginally.
oroge 3 years ago
Thank you for this video they talk about every nation in the world beside Africa when it comes to Martial arts as if warrior there just fought with out any kind of training. To the person or persons that got this video please try and get old warrior story from the elders of these tribe and just like Om Bak make movie
bigblackjr7 3 years ago
im glad the culture of my tribe is finally acknowledged
oroge 4 years ago
Dambe & Capoeira, FOREVER!
EmeraldSlayer 4 years ago
some of the act all hard wen they win
they have no respect for the apponent
unlike in most other tribal sports
shkodrani16 4 years ago
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Nigerian fighting hahahahaha. please the tribe my bloodline come from would own them
DivinePoetry 4 years ago
Those are probably the ones who were too much trouble. May we all be too much trouble to enslave.
Kortoso 4 years ago
oh shut up your bloodline got carried to america mine killed of the portugese go and die
oroge 4 years ago
i thought batuque died out, do you have anymore literature about it in africa?
qwertytrewqwer 4 years ago
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Bullshit!!!!
bgavidia 4 years ago
Interesting, but people either dont know or tend to forgit that capoeira is african also, it was created by the slaves from angola, forma angola then regional was created
Uberboy07 4 years ago
dambe fightiing has little action because it is all about laying one criticle shot tho the opponent
kisuke17 4 years ago
I want to see more because this was too short. I also want to see South African Stick fighting if anyone has it.
memyself2k 4 years ago
that was anice leg kick 2 high kick combo there.
ironkong26 4 years ago
^^exactly
Africa has plenty of martial arts. Usually within each tribe.
EtherG 4 years ago
If it stupid go watch something else. Youtube retards always have dumbshit to say and nothing constructive.
animepop2 4 years ago
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This is STUPID
yinka4u 4 years ago
Thanx for the video. This is the first time I actually saw African martial art. Could someone post Zulu stick fighting video too?
crazyboyfromjapan 5 years ago
I always wanted to know if Africa had any martial arts, I want to see a little more.
LLMelvinL 5 years ago
trust me there are alot, but slavery killed off alot of them, or misplaced them.
jadanlin 4 years ago
Wow, that was something I did know.
LLMelvinL 4 years ago
The only problem with this video is it is too short. Were are the other AfricaWrites videos on African martial arts. They need to put out a full length dvd oon each art. More! More!
jmsatty 5 years ago
That sucks, when they kick the dirt probably flies in their oppenents eyes. and these guys need to attack more.
pulsex 5 years ago
Great vid lanfia!
And like most things, they say martial arts exist everywhere else BUT Africa...
anak1 5 years ago
very good
irosta 5 years ago