Singlestick
Sign in to saveSinglestick is a martial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon. It began as a way of training soldiers in the use of backswords (such as the sabre or the cutlass). Canne de combat, a French form of stick fighting, is similar to singlestick play, which also includes a self-defense variant with a walking stick.
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- Martial art.image
- Singlestick practice on the U.S.S. New York.jpg
- Martial art.imagecaption
- U.S. sailors practice with the singlestick
- Martial art.name
- Singlestick
- Martial art.aka
- Single-stick, cudgels
- Martial art.focus
- Weaponry
- Martial art.hardness
- Full-contact
- Martial art.country
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Martial art.olympic
- Yes (1904 Summer Olympics only)
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- Country of origin
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Image
- Singlestick practice on the U.S.S. New York.jpg
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- Singlestick
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Français
Le singlestick, ou cudgels désigne un art martial utilisant un bâton, mais aussi ce même bâton. Il s'agit d'une évolution du (en) très utilisée pour l'entraînement des marins dans la Royal Navy puis dans l'United States Navy.
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