The Montu Art Warrior…..

The African
Fighting Warrior Systems
Fighting Warrior Styles of Africa……
NUBA WRESTLING The Nuba of Sudan, Africa
practiced a form of martial arts wrestling over 2,800
years before Christ. There are no other records in any
corner of the world that can claim such a long, and
unbroken martial arts tradition. This form of martial
arts, which included weapons as well as fortification,
and certainly empty hand self-defense blossomed in
12th Dynasty Egypt. Nuba Wrestling™ is the original
martial art that all of Africa, Asia, and Europe later
came to benefit from.

ZULU STICK FIGHTING also known as donga, or dlala ‘nduku, which literally translates
as ‘playing sticks’) is a martial art
traditionally practiced by Nguni
herds in South Africa. Each
combatant is armed with two long
sticks, one of which is used for
defense and the other for offense.
Little armor is used.
Zulu stick-fighting uses an isiquili
or attacking stick, an uboko or
defending stick and an izolihauw
or defending shield.
The object is for two opposing warriors to fight each other to establish which of them is the
strongest or the “Bull” (Inkunzi).

DAMBE Traditional empty hand system of the

Hausa tribe of Nigeria, consisting of punching,
kicks, knees, elbows, and head butts. Ancient
Dambe was a full combat system, and consisted of
combat grappling called Kokawa, which today is
practiced separately as traditional wrestling.

KOKAWA Traditional wrestling of the Hausa

in Nigeria. In ancient times, it was the
grappling component of combat Dambe.

SHANCI Combat system of Maguzawa Hausa

warriors. It uses weapons and anything goes
tactics. In ancient times, it was used to select
the toughest warriors.

MANI
An African system used in Cuba, In 18th century Cuba. At the same time, slaves in Cuba used
this martial art in revolts. Mani consists of head butts, punches, palm strikes, sweeps, elbows,
and some systems have kicks; the weapon part consists of stick fighting and knife fighting.
Master practitioners were called Manisaros.