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N'golo (Engolo): The African Martial Art Dance and its Influence on Capoeira and Diaspora

Engolo, also known as N’golo or Zebra dance, is a traditional Bantu martial art and game originating from Angola. This captivating artform ingeniously combines elements of combat and dance, all performed within a circle accompanied by music and singing. With a rich history deeply intertwined with African culture, Engolo carries profound symbolism and has significantly influenced other martial…

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Kicking and knocking:

"Kicking and Knocking," also known as "Knockin," "Knock boxing," or "yuna onse," is a little-known but historically significant African-American martial art. Its roots trace back to the era of slavery in the United States, particularly in South Carolina and Virginia.

"Knocking" in this context refers to a specific technique resembling a charging headbutt, reminiscent of African cattle, producing a distinct "knock" sound upon impact. Although related, knocking and kicking were often distinct practices within the art form.

Music and acrobatic movements were integral to "Kicking and Knocking," making it inseparable from dance. It was traditionally performed within black communities to the rhythm of drums, clapping, or reed pipes known as "quills." This art form likely has connections to other African martial arts like Engolo, and shares similarities with capoeira and danmyé ladjia.

"The Sabbath is not regarded by a large number of the slaves as a day of rest. They have no schools to go to; no moral nor religious instruction at all in many localities where there are hundreds of slaves. Hence they resort to some kind of amusement. Those who make no profession of religion, resort to the woods in large numbers on that day to gamble, fight, get drunk, and break the Sabbath. This is often encouraged by slaveholders. When they wish to have a little sport of that kind, they go among the slaves and give them whiskey, to see them dance, "pat juber," sing and pay on the banjo. Then get them to wrestling, fighting, jumping, running foot races, and butting each other like sheep. This is urged on by giving them whiskey; making bets on them; laying chips on one slave's head, and daring another to tip it off with his hand; and if he tipped it off, it would be called an insult, and cause a fight. Before fighting, the parties choose their seconds to stand by them while fighting; a ring or a circle is formed to fight in, and no one is allowed to enter the ring while they are fighting, but their seconds, and the white gentlemen. They are not allowed to fight a duel, nor to use weapons of any kind. The blows are made by kicking, knocking, and butting with their heads; they grab each other by their ears, and jam their heads together like sheep. If they are likely to hurt each other very bad, their masters would rap them with their walking canes, and make them stop. After fighting they make friends, shake hands, and take a dram together, and there is no more of it." - Henry Bibb, 1849

Henry Bibb, born to a white father and a slave mother in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1815, and was held in slavery in Kentucky, Louisiana, and in present-day Arkansas. In 1837, he escaped through Ohio and Michigan into Canada.

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A list of short very random and lowkey weird Yuta hcs

Loves spicy and greasy food

Animals are afraid of him

Wishes his jacket was black bc u got any idea how hard it's to clean blood from white fabric??? Wtf is this punishment

PARKOUR

Prefers to eat with his hands than chopsticks unless it's a need

Very beautiful cursive handwriting (that only he understands)

Listens to MCR and SOAD

Hardcore Soulsborne gamer

Reject Japan return to Kenya (fr he's fucking gone as soon as he can)

Speaking of Kenya. Had a girlfriend while there. They broke up in friendly terms bc he was too gay.

Also had a boyfriend afterwards. Went well until he got cheated on. Ouch.

No but seriously fuck Japan he's so leaving once all shits done he hates it here

Heavy smoker to counter his appetite (can't keep most food down ty CT he won the fucking lottery)

Fuck asiatic martial arts Neo Engolo is his jam

Did his eyeliner with his katana at least once (literal slay)

Kusakabe? More like Dadkabe

Todo's kinda hot ngl but also no

Takada fangirlie but normal about it

Megumi was his gay awakening

Doesn't like Yuji lmao

Gojo neither but yall know that already (Onyx's Gojo is a exception bc murder)

Probably learnt hand signing to communicate with Toge better bc he's a sweetie

Also crashes at his bed at 3am after missions bc company and no talking just sleep

Always brings thoughtful souvenirs for the girlies from all his travels (also for Megumi bc he's an honorary girlie)

Likes teasing Maki and seeing how far he can go before getting hit (worth it)

*Messes up* "It was Miwa-san, Sensei." (Hater)

*Strangles Kinji in his sleep*

Will have a chat with PETA if Panda talks about tits one more time

*Sees Nobara* damn girl you're fucked up lemme train you

Mai = girlboss

Naoya shut the fuck up you got drunk and cried on my shoulder once

"I'm gonna fuck your mom and give her a child she actually loves."

X.

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Discernment: Izinganekwane Nezindaba Eziholela Ophathe (folklore and misleading stories)

"Black resistance began in Angola as N'golo/Engolo, Harmonised at the Valley of the Zulu Kings as inkolo/ Possessed, uninterrupted flow. Link to the afterlife. Ancestor channel into the dance. Mberimbau" - Macingwane

[horacekvl]

#African #martialarts #Tahtib #Engolo #Moraingy #Dambe #Lutte #Istunka #Nguni #Nuba

[ariiezart]

Isaac Lukahr, protector of the iNyanga Angel clan!! - I was looking at some cool Engolo fight poses and ended up with this result! It was fun to work on! It's nice to be working on my concept "Limitless: Tales of an Angel" again. I'll be posting more characters soon!!

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Engolo or NGolo (Kikongo word meaning strength, power) is a performance of ritual combat by various ethnic groups around the Cunene River in southern Angola. The style of fighting involves various kicks, dodges, and leg sweeps, with an emphasis on inverted positions, i.e. with one or more hands on the ground. The first mention of Engolo in literature was made by Albano Neves e Sousa in a set of drawings demonstrating various techniques and their similarities to the Afro-Brazilian art form of Capoeira in the 1960s. Engolo is one of several African martial arts of the African Diaspora in the Americas.

Neves e Sousa described Engolo as part of a rite of passage, Omuhelo, between young boys vying for a bride in the contest, and whose techniques derived from the peculiar way in which Zebras fight amongst themselves. Research carried out by Dr. TJ Desch Obi finds that Engolo itself is not strictly performed for any one ritual, but as an element in various public and private performances.

In his book Fighting for Honor, as well as his article "Combat and Crossing of the Kalunga", Desch Obi draws parallels between the circle space used in the Engolo and the inverted techniques with the Kalunga cosmology, in which the spirit–ancestor world is inverted as a world of opposites: where men walk on their feet, the spirits walk on their hands, where men are black, the spirits are white, where men reach their peak physical abilities in life, the ancestors reach their peak spirituality. He states that men in performing Engolo with its inverted positions connect themselves physically and spiritually with the ancestors, and with specific ancestral warriors of the past.

The Kalunga line is a watery boundary between the world of the living and the dead in religious traditions of the Congo region. The word Kalunga is Kikongo for "threshold between worlds". The Kalunga line is often associated with bodies of water, with the Atlantic Ocean being prominent.They believed the soul after death traveled the path of the sun as it set in the west. The enslaved believed they were being taken to the land of the dead, never to return. Thus the Kalunga line became known as a line under the Atlantic Ocean where the living became the dead and the only way back to life was to recross the line. Some religions today still make reference to the Kalunga Line believing that the soul of an African-American travels back to Africa upon death and re-enters the world of the spiritually living although the body has passed on.

Kalunga was considered like a goddess or more commonly a god ; the guardian of border between the world of living and dead, who was the Atlantic sea. He was welcoming dead in Kalunga, the land of death, under the sea. Kalunga was also one of names of Nzambi a Mpungu, the high creator.

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Black History-Dojo Fight Masters Style

African Martial Arts

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African Martial Arts

I will be doing a set of posts of all of the martial arts from each of the country they all originated from. I can’t be entirely sure how many martial arts there, so I had to google and went to a site called, wayofthemartialarts.com as well as using Wikipedia on the “List of martial arts” page. If I missed any from this country, please add it but BE polite. I don’t tolerate rudeness. Also, some of these martial arts may include a weapon (s).

1. Angola -> Engolo

2. Chad and Nigeria -> Dambe

3. Egypt -> Boxing; Tahtib

4. Madagascar -> Moraingy

5. Senegal -> Lutte Traditionnelle aka Laamb; Senegalese wrestling

6. Somalia -> Istunka

7. South Africa -> Musangwe; Nguni stick-fighting; Zulu Stick Fighting

8. Sudan -> Nuba fighting

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N’golo (Engolo): The African Martial Art Dance and its Influence on Capoeira and Diaspora - Pan African Central Core

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Redecorating project, in progress. I bought some playmat sleeves (yes, apparently those are a thing) and have command-stripped a couple up on my home office wall to make a Netrunner corner with my Apocalypse wall hanging. I picked three mats that meant something to me — the Day Job was the first mat I legit won at a tournament, the middle one is the Worlds 2017 mat signed by a bunch of people I played with and chatted with there, and the Engolo mat was the last one I ever won (2018 Regionals, the day after FFG announced it was ending the game). It’s still a bit dark in this corner and I’m not in love with the look yet, but it’s still kinda neat for now!

[theroleofimagination]

Wait what drama happened???

What drama didn’t happen????

Ok, here goes.

Nikita Parris was elbowed in the face about 4 mins in, probably should’ve been a red card but was just a yellow.

Toni Duggan was spat on - I’m hoping accidentally.

There was a backpass in the box, very close to goal, that the keeper picked up = indirect freekick. Houghton scored.

Just before half time Ellen White scored. The flag was then raised for offside, but when it went to VAR it was shown she was onside and it was reinstated.

However, the Cameroon players saw the replay on the big screen and (I’m guessing) saw that Nikita Parris was offside on the left. BUT she was literally nowhere near the action/ball/goalkeeper so the goal was fine.

The Cameroon players got really angry about it and were shouting at the ref and all sorts - basically refusing to play.

The ref was frankly a bit hopeless and was just standing there waiting for them to start playing again - she should have taken control and maybe even handed out a couple of yellows for time wasting.

They eventually kicked off again, but moments later the whistle blew for half time.

More remonstrations from the players and staff - it was then reported that some of the players were crying in the tunnel and accusing FIFA of racism. I’m hoping that someone showed them the clip properly and explained the decision but God knows!

Second half - England basically fell asleep and Ajara Nchout scored to make it 2-1 - Cameroon celebrates.

It was then referred to VAR... and she was fractionally offside so it was ruled out. She was in tears, the players were furious - it was all a mess. 

Play resumes - at this point all the Cameroon fans (and neutrals I imagine) were booing and whistling. Crazy atmosphere.

Alex Greenwood scores on a corner shortly after she made a bit of a mess and almost caused another Cameroon goal, which Bardsley saved (fortunately - as it was also offside but the stupid new rule meant the flag wasn’t up).

Fran Kirby passes to Jodie Taylor in the box - Taylor makes a hash out of it and sends it wide and high. Just after Kirby passes the ball one of the defenders fouls her - goes to VAR for a penalty check.

TBH it probably is a penalty but the ref waves it off (very diplomatic...)

More playing - England pretty sloppy tbh - not sure how much of that was the atmosphere/crazy game situation and how much is them just not clicking, difficult to tell.

7 minutes of stoppage time.

Towards the end, Engolo with a really bad challenge on Steph Houghton - should have been a red really. Ref goes to check VAR.

Meanwhile the Cameroon Captain Onguene is yelling at Houghton on the floor - can only imagine that she didn’t see the foul because it was a nasty one.

Neville was furious - a few players shouting at each other.

Ref says it’s a yellow (prob should have been a red and might have been had it not been right at the end of the match and in after all the drama).

Whistle blows. Game over.

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hc + 💪 for a sport-themed headcanon // for yuta and/or sasaki hehehe

Thematic headcanons.

Not exactly a sport, but Yuta's martial art of choice is Neo Engolo, an African martial art taught to him by Miguel and practiced with other boys from his clan. It is a precursor to Capoeira and as such it is heavily focused on leg movement and lower body strength, and follows the rhythm they mark with every footstep. Yuta resorts to it when not using his katana, and wakes up early every morning to practice the movements.

Haise is extremely adept to tennis, a big hobby of his. He will drag Arima and Akira to play with him from time to time, if only once a month or so, and take immense joy even when he loses. It is also definitely a must do when it comes to dates. If his partner won't play tennis with him then there's not much hope for a lasting relationship.

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🇬🇧 English bellow Y aquí está Enid (DJ Fireball) dando patadas a cuervos de datos muy molestos. Ahora bien ¿Quién está detrás de este ataque digital? -Una maestra pokemon -Un niño con una Super Nintendo -Un fabricante de juguetes Este #inktober es un único dibujo grande que el público va decidiendo por donde va a través de encuestas. Responde y tu opción se hará realidad. - So here it is Enid, DJ Fireball, kicking some annoying data ravens But who is responsible of this attack? - A pokemon Master - A kid with his Super Nintendo - A toy manufacturer This #Inktober2019 is one big drawing that it's driven by the audience using polls. Answer in the comments and you option will happen : ) #inktoberday14 #escher #netrunner #nisei #arquitectura #architecture #perspective #perspectiva #drawing #dibujodeldia #dibujo #clipstudiopaint #myart #cyberpunk #ciberpunk #future #enid #okko #okkoletsbeheroes #kick #mixtable #dararaven #engolo #raven #cuervo #patada #djfireball https://www.instagram.com/p/B3rQ-XIiT-2/?igshid=1wpcx9s5i2roe

[victoriouskofi]

World needs more HEROES. 15/365 #cartooning #superheroes #mycreations #shinobi #tengu #dambe #engolo #Baltimore #Baltimoreartist