The last masters of Afro-Colombian machete fencing

Sounds interesting, and was only able to find one video showing it in a quick search on YouTube:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7_YoaP0cHpQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7_YoaP0cHpQ</a>

So this is what is meant by hacker news

I wonder how similar &#x2F; different this to the Filipino martial art known as Arnis, which is also bladed weapon + stick based?<p>Perhaps an interesting cultural example of convergence or parallelism (depending on how you think about the shared influence of Spanish colonialism w&#x2F;respect to the development of these martial arts in Columbia and the Phillipines).

Very cool and hopefully they keep the tradition alive.<p>In Historical European Martial Arts, we have messer fighting<p>Casual sparring: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PY-y_Y7IUfY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PY-y_Y7IUfY</a><p>More cinematic: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=HwHNzL9-zpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=HwHNzL9-zpg</a>

They want the tradition to continue, but they should also record everything: get experts and record them from multiple angles, record demonstrations, etc... With image&#x2F;video =&gt; 3d, and AI to recreate the system of fighting, it would be &#x27;saved&#x27; for the future.

Reminds me of Haitian Machete Fencing:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7p_NUEn7F_g" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7p_NUEn7F_g</a>

Just when I thought I&#x27;d seen everything, here comes organized fighting with actual machetes -- oh, and <i>without</i> protective gear.

Looks pretty similar to escrima.