Canne (martial arts)

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Competition during the Canne de Combat EM 2006 in France
La Canne
The tenue

La Canne (or Canne de Combat , sometimes called walking stick fencing ) is a French martial art . It describes the fight with a walking stick (French la canne), which was widespread throughout Europe - especially in the 19th century. In the 1970s the Canne de Combat was standardized without the dangerous techniques and became a competitive sport with a light, 95 cm long Canne made of chestnut wood as well as a fencing mask , tenue and padded gloves.

history

Canne developed out of fencing and was early in connection with the increasingly popular Savate , whose masters discovered the walking stick as a self-defense weapon. The tradition of La Canne is particularly closely connected with the Charlemont school and with the school of the Swiss Pierre Vigny , who at the end of the 19th century brought his stick techniques into the Bartitsu system invented by Edward William Barton-Wright . The cane became the self-defense weapon of the European nobles and the bourgeoisie, who enthusiastically discovered that their fashion accessories also had practical uses, especially since they were prohibited from carrying weapons in public.

At the same time, the French army introduced instruction in stick and stick combat and published a significant number of manuals which also dealt with the techniques of French boxing. That was the golden age of the Canne. Stick duels were played in public, including several confrontations between students from Vigny and Charlemont. Canne de Combat was also part of the program for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Even today, the sealed stick, that is, the Canne weighted down with ballast, is still considered a weapon according to French law . Many techniques can also be found in the training of the French police today.

In 2012 there were around 150 active martial artists in Germany who practice canning.

technology

Fights are fought in a ring with a diameter of 9 m. The stick is held in one hand, but the fighter can change hands at will. Fights with two sticks are also not uncommon.

Hit zones are the head, the shins and, in men, the torso below the chest and above the hips. The fighting style is a mixture of fencing and escrima , with the fighters also performing low postures and high jumps. The fight is based on points. Today's Canne de Combat knows six strokes, two of which are horizontal and four vertical. Stings and blows as well as attacks aimed at the back and the back of the head are prohibited. Valid strokes must be executed in the so-called "armé", i. H. Stick and arm must be in line and the stroke must begin behind the axis of the body. Furthermore, a valid hit can only be made with the front 20 cm of the stick.

The stick - La Canne

The regulations from the 1970s not only codified the competition techniques, but also set standards for the stick. The competition canne is 95 cm long, has a diameter of 1 cm at the tip and 1.5–2 cm at the handle and is divided into three parts: “handle” ( la manchette ) and “parade zone” ( la surface de parade ) and the 20 cm “hit zone” ( la surface autorisée de touche ). The exercise sticks are usually thicker.

The tenue

The tenue is the padded protective suit that must be worn in addition to gloves, padded fencing mask, shin guards and jockstrap for official competitions.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Galileo , ProSieben , July 24, 2012
  2. bartitsu.org: The Martial Arts of Bartitsu , Tony Wolf, October 26, 2006, accessed March 11, 2009

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