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	Encyclopedia: Egyptian stick fencing
		Stick fencing is still popular, particularly during the month of Ramadan.
		Stick fighting Kendo Kendo (剣道; Kendō, 劍道), which is the modern martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu.
		Fencing with the foil, originally a practice weapon for the smallsword, continued to develop into a sophisticated art that let swordsmen use their technical mastery of all the techniques of killing in a context where injury was highly unlikely.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Egyptian-stick-fencing (481 words)

	Stick fighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stick fighting is a generic term for any of several martial arts which employ a small staff, cane or walking stick as a blunt hand weapon.
		Most stick fighting systems are serious combat techniques that were intended to be used if attacked whilst lightly armed, but a few, such as la canne and kendo, are also practiced today as sports similar to fencing.
		British stick fighting, known as single stick or cudgels, was a popular pastime in the UK from the 18th to the early 20th century, when it was included in the Olympic Games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stick_fighting (374 words)

	FightingArts.com - Getting to the Point: The European Art of Fencing
		The story of fencing as it exists today, though, really begins in late fifteenth-century Spain, for that was where the custom of wearing swords with everyday civilian dress was most widespread, and where the first known schools of specialized instruction in a civilian style of swordsmanship existed.
		Fencing was an integral part of the first modern Olympics, and the FIE, or Federation International d'Escrime, was founded in Paris in 1906 to oversee rules and standards for international competition.
		In épée fencing, for instance, a touch to the foot sufficient to set off the electric scoring machine is a valid hit, whereas the counter-thrust to the attacker's throat that arrives an instant after is not counted as valid.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=125 (2641 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Society and Family Life
		Egyptians (except the king) were, in theory, monogamous, and many records indicate that couples expressed true affection for each other.
		Egyptian women had greater freedom of choice and more equality under social and civil law than their contemporaries in Mesopotamia or even the women of the later Greek and Roman civilizations.
		Egyptian children who successfully completed their fifth year could generally look forward to a full life, which in peasant society was about thirty-three years for men and twenty-nine years for women, based on skeletal evidence.
	fathom.lib.uchicago.edu /2/21701778 (5118 words)

	The Swagger Stick: Origin, History, Evolution, Military, USMC, etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The first actual presentation of the swagger stick was made in 1569 when Charles IX of France made his brother Henry a Generalissimo and gave him one to signify his appointment.
		From the earliest times, the staff or stick has been a tool of power, be it the small boy using it to annoy small animals, the parent using it on a child (or an overseer on a slave) or for use in defense.
		Egyptian Staffs Many discoveries in Egypt would indicate that sticks from three to six feet long were frequently carried by Egyptians of exalted rank.
	www20.brinkster.com /gunnyg/swaggerstick.html (6523 words)

	Ancient Egyptian Society and Family Life
		Moves on board games were determined by throw sticks, astragali (animal anklebones), or after the late New Kingdom, cubic dice that were usually marked in the same pattern used today.
		At least fourteen different wine-producing areas existed in the Delta alone; although the extent of these regions cannot be defined, their general location can be identified--Upper Egyptian vintages were not as numerous as those of the Delta, but were said to be of excellent quality (e.g., Theban wines were known for their lightness and wholesomeness).
		Egyptian lutes had a long slender neck and an elongated oval resonating chamber made of wood or tortoise shell (the sound emitted from these instruments would have been something approximating a cross between a mandolin and the American banjo).
	www.fathom.com /course/21701778/session4.html (1830 words)

	Fencing - All About All findings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Several types of Egyptian stick fencing were practiced during religious ceremonies, processions, and as sport or game in ancient Egypt.More recently (about the 18th century) it has been reported that similar stick fencing still existed.Stick fencing is still popular, particularly during the month of Ramadan.It is called tahteeb and still practiced in northern Egypt.
		The Dingo Fence The Dingo Fence is a barrier that was built in Australia during the 1880s to keep Dingos out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent (where they had largely been exterminated) and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland.
		The Rail Fence Cipher is a form of transposition cipher that gets its name from the way in which it is encoded.In the rail fence cipher, the plaintext is written downwards on successive "rails" of an imaginary fence, starting a new column when we get to the top.
	www.allaboutall.info /search/Fencing (651 words)

	Martial art
		But what differentiates the martial arts from mere unarmed brawling is largely this codification or standardization of practices and traditions, many times in routines called forms (also called kata, kuen, tao lu, or hyung), and above all, the controlled, mindful application of force and empirical effectiveness.
		In this sense, boxing, fencing, archery, and wrestling can also be considered martial arts.
		With his untimely death however in 1973, he was unable to develop and articulate his philosophy further, but, what he had already developed has since been built upon by his students and colleagues and developed, ironically, into a new style, which Lee himself named "jeet kune do" (Cantonese, lit.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/m/ma/martial_art.html (1608 words)

	Fencing?
		In fact, to celebrate his victory over the Libyans, Egyptian Pharoah Ramses III organized the earliest recorded fencing tournament similar to that of a modern one, complete with masked and armoured competitors armed with blunted blades, and a presiding jury.
		Unarmored opponents gave rise to the emergence of fencing in the common classes and lighter swords called the Rapier became increasingly popular as a sidearm of choice for many European nobles.
		In 1573 Henry de St. Didier was the first French fencing master to publish a treatise, and one of the first to advocate heavy use of the Épeé instead of the Rapier.
	www.geocities.com /sji_fencing/fencing.htm (672 words)

	Sports History. Historical Facts About The Origins Of College Sport And Games.
		Most players were unable to get close to the ball, and so took to concentrating their efforts on using their stick as a weapon.
		Some others believe it was derived from a roman game called "harpastum", and was adapted in the Basque country, where it was named "jeu do paume" because the ball was hit on a wall with the hands.
		Early Egyptian and Babylonian relief's depict wrestlers using most of the holds known to the present-day sport.
	www.collegesportsscholarships.com /history-sport.htm (625 words)

	Martial Styles A-Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		His prowess as a master stick fighter was also established as he went undefeated in stick fighting competitions in the area.
		The 'cheibi' stick is 2 to 2.5 feet in length, and the shield is 1 metre in diameter.
		The main object of a fencing bout (what an individual "game" is called) is to effectively score 15 points (in direct elimination play) or five points (in preliminary pool play) on your opponent before he scores that number on you.
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	Canary Islands Stick Fighting
		Juego del Palo may be described as a form of stick fencing between two jugadores (players) which is characterized by the spontaneous interplay of attacking techniques (ataques) and defense techniques known as atajan.
		Among its unique characteristics are that Acosta jugadores tend to grip their sticks in the centre, and frequently employ jumps in order to displace their bodies in defense and outmaneuver their opponents guard in attack.
		Traditionally the stick is held at the thicker end in recreational sparring, and at the thinner end in combat.
	www.ejmas.com /jwma/articles/2000/jwmaart_wolf_0500.html (2560 words)

	BudoSeek! Martial Arts Community Forums - Tahtib: The oldest Egyptian Martial Art
		Tahtib is the Ancient Egyptian art of stick fencing which is also a famous egyptian folk dance that's considered an African martial art, it is the oldest and possibly the one of the last surviving form of Ancient Egyptian Martial Arts alongside Wrestling and Fencing.
		The regular stick, called Asa or Asaya, Shoum or Nabboot, used for Tahtib is about 4 feet long, but when playing from horseback the stick is closer to 12 feet long.
		The female version has been developed with a flirtatious and generally less aggressive style, and the canes (assaya) are generally thinner, more lightweight and hooked at one end, and generally adapted for cabaret by embellishment with metallic coloured foil or sequins.
	www.budoseek.net /vbulletin/printthread.php?t=9767 (965 words)

	Modern American family: always in motion, child-dominated, strained and losing intimacy \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Gary Zeiss is reviving his interest in fencing, an interest that he shares with daughter Madison.
		Researchers would stick with the families from the morning's first pot of coffee to bedtime.
		Now he is reviving his interest in fencing, which he shares with Madison.
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	Just some interesting reading: Ancient Egyptian Sports! - EgyptSearch Forums
		Ancient Egyptian kings, princes and statesmen were keen on attending sports competitions, which they encouraged and provided with the necessary equipment.
		The Ancient Egyptians engaged themselves in sports with the intention of training and strengthening their bodies, and also for pleasure and recreation.
		The high standard which the Ancient Egyptians reached in physical fitness is revealed in their standard portrayals of the male and female forms in sculpture and painting.
	www.egyptsearch.com /forums/Forum8/HTML/000811.html (1218 words)

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		His Egyptian treasures included a gold jug from Zakazik, a statuette of the Lady Nai (as lovely as the one in the Louvre), two beautifully carved steles of the First Theban Age, various small sculptures comprising rare representations of Hapi and Amset, and several Arrentine bowls carved with Kalathiskos dancers.
		On top of one of his embayed Jacobean bookcases in the library, where most of his modern paintings and drawings were hung, was a fascinating group of African sculpture--ceremonial masks and statuette fetishes from French Guinea, the Sudan, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, and the Congo.
		He was an expert fencer and had been the captain of the university's fencing team.
	gutenberg.net.au /ebooks02/0200341.txt (20774 words)

	Olympic Preview: Field Hockey
		Drawings on ancient Egyptian tombs offer evidence that this was the first of all the stick-and-ball sports.
		The current form of the game gained popularity throughout the British Empire in the 19th century, especially in the region that includes India and Pakistan.
		1) Players are only allowed to use one side of their stick to hit the ball.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-fieldhockey.html (365 words)

	Burning Questions
		It is just a matter of letting the game developers know such that they can find out the "financial safety net" before deciding to proceed with a project or not.
		I'm presently using the Memory Stick that came with the value pack (32MB), though I imagine browsing is handled by the PSP's onboard RAM.
		The Tokyo Game Show is now in full effect, and in the middle of all that, the release calendar has gone into full Q4 mode and is coming out of its corner swinging for the fences.
	www.gamespot.com /features/burningquestions/?story=6130924 (4422 words)

	Egypt: The Private Tomb of Kheruef at Asasif on the West Bank at Luxor
		In the 1940s, Alan Gardiner also worked the tomb and then after it was robbed in the 1940s, the Egyptian Department of Antiquities in association with the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago cleared, recorded and finally published their results in 1980.
		This ritual is accompanied by singers, dancers, bought from the Western Desert Oases, as well as ritual combat involving boxing and stick fencing.
		It was a symbol of stability and the act of erecting it on this day probably represented the resurrection of Osiris and the rebirth and accession of the new king.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/kherueft.htm (856 words)

	Holiday Gifts Wholesale Prices-Low Prices-Quality Gifts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Chinese Zodiac incense sticks, with fragrances uniquely chosen for each sign, and a wood burner.
		This fencing rapier replica will make a sharp display in any room.
		Stick incense gets a helping hand from this ceramic creation.
	pearsonwholesale.com /store/search/search/33+lion+face+spanish+sword (1747 words)

	1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.
		) A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine.
		The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes.
	www.pluckerbooks.com /works/webster/1913dict/f.html (15500 words)

	My Vacation Photo Album -- England, Scotland, Wales
		Now, I hadn't driven stick shift in about 3 years, and Jason couldn't drive it at all, but it was cheaper, and we were sort of stuck for cash, so off we went!!
		Unfortunately, some barbed wire fencing kept us from being too adventurous and we just took some photos and film.
		The bathroom was a three sided fenced in area out in back of the store, in the alley.
	members.fortunecity.com /greendragon3/thedragonscave/scotlandwales.html (11066 words)

	Staff Weapons: Jo, Cane, Bo, Staff, Spear, Walking Stick, Short Staff. .
		Bata - Irish Stick Fighting - Uisce Beatha Bata Rince.
		Fatal Flute and Stick Forms: Wah Lum Kung Fu.
		He believed that fencing technique transcended the weapon used.
	www.egreenway.com /taichichuan/staff.htm (4494 words)

	The Machinery of Night
		Good, honest realism should be enough for us, but if it isn't, we should stick to the authentic myths of our ancestors.
		That got her arrested, so she didn't have to join the other women in stripping for peace on the Capitol steps.
		Astronomy and cosmology from earliest times, Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, Islamic; the medieval universe; Middle Ages; Copernican revolution, the infinite universe; Newtonian universe; mechanistic universe of the 18th and 19th centuries.
	darkblogules.blogspot.com /2002_12_01_darkblogules_archive.html (15536 words)

	September 1992 LoAR
		The ladybug is a charge difficult enough to identify, even when properly drawn; when drawn without legs, and not in its proper tinctures, it becomes that much more unidentifiable.
		We have reblazoned this a scarab, as found in Egyptian art; the submitter may resubmit with a ladybug with legs, if she wishes.
		The byname is the translation of the Old Norse hausakljúlfr (Geirr Bassi, p.22); and having recently accepted the epithet Fence Splitter, we feel we must accept the lingua franca translation of a period byname.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/loar/1992/09/lar.html (17295 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Then I can build a fence out of it.
		pineapple tidbits 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup flour 1/2 stick of butter TOPPING 1 pack of ritz crackers 1 stick of butter heat oven to 350 degrees.
		In a medium size sauce pan pour the pineapple juice, flour, sugar, and butter in and heat until the ingredients are a baby food consistancey.
	www.phonelosers.org /upl/toneage028.html (5637 words)

	The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq., of the Kingdom of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		all that remained of my vast possessions; for my father had sold every stick of the property to one Notley, an attorney, and we received but a cold welcome in his house——a miserable old tumble-down place it was.
		The air was so fresh and bright, and the birds sang so loud amidst the green trees, that I felt more elated than I had been for months before, and sprung down the avenue (my uncle had cut down every stick of the trees, by the way) as brisk as a young fawn.
		My heart began to thump as I mounted the grass-grown steps of the terrace, and passed in by the ricketty hall-door.
	www.blackmask.com /books55c/barrylynd.htm (18046 words)

	BudoSeek! Martial Arts Community - Tahtib: The oldest Egyptian Martial Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Martial Arts Community - Tahtib: The oldest Egyptian Martial Art
		Ad hominem is the best logical fallacy and if you disagree with me, well you suck.
		Martial Art: Practiced only the basics of Karate before it was canceled, learning a little mixed martial arts
	www.budoseek.net /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=9767 (1302 words)

	Welcome to The YMCA Of Central Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Learn how to administer first aid, make some extra cash, and stick to a budget.
		This four-day camp is taught by Master Ahmgad Khazbak, former coach of the Egyptian National Fencing team.
		Learn offensive and defensive moves no matter what your skill level.
	www.ymcaofcentralky.org /?Action=Camps (2307 words)

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