Stickfighting in Lombok, Indonesia

[John J]

Hello,

Did anyone catch the clips of these fights on RealTV yesterday? The fighters had no protection and relied on what appeared to be a 2'X2' shield to defend against a flexible sticks around 36-38" long.

Here is a link with some information. It looks like the fighters in these pictures are using larger shields with non-flexible sticks.

http://www.hobocamp.com/Chapter5.html

Anyone have more information or clips they can share?

John

 

[Rich Parsons]

I have seen this and other such clips and stories on the Discovery channel and even once on the History Channel.

This type of stuff interests me. I like it.

Thank you for sharing.
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