MAU RAKAU Freakie-Do
as tactics to deceive the opponent. The original Mau Rakau had a wide variety of white weapons and canes of different lengths and uses such as the Mere, Kotiate, Patu, Pouwhenua, Tewhatewha, Leiomano and Wahaika, among others. The Mau Rakau is a Martial Art that today is presented in exhibitions, especially in New Zealand and from there its followers try to make it known in a massive way.
Here we leave you a video about a Mau Rakau practice: h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / Originally from New Zealand, the after that they began to learn watch?v=7ZvZGHyFoI8 Mau Rakau is a very old martial art the different techniques that at that is characterized by its specialty that time were considered secret. in handling the most traditional weapons of this region and that were Today the Mau Rakau follows the used by the warriors of the time with traditional rules and is a fighting the aim of defending themselves or combat system complemented against men and also animals. by Mau, which is precisely the handling of the hand-to-hand Thus, the Maori, an ethnic group combat weapon that is practiced from Polynesia, arrived in New as a ceremonial and religious rite. Zealand and developed the Mau Rakau, a martial art that was However, what most characterizes becoming extinct and that today the Mau Rakau is not its is becoming known so that this documentation, since it was ancient tradition does not disappear. taught orally, but mainly by referring to the use of skills for According to an ancient Maori handling weapons that were tradition, the weapons were given taught in the so-called War School. to them by the god of war named TU and also by the god of the Among the most used weapons in jungle whom they called TANE this martial discipline is the Taiaha and the training began with the with a handle called Mau Taiaha, a children at a very early age through long stick made of solid wood that a game made with sticks and that has one of its ends is thicker and allowed them to become familiar facilitates the blow with that area. with the use of weapons that they would later use in their adulthood. Within the learning, basic attack techniques are also taught, such All aspiring warriors had to go as defense and postures that through an initiation rite and facilitate the counterattack, as well
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