Jogo do Pau: The Ancient Art and Modern Science of Portuguese Stick Fighting
by Luis Preto
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Author: Luis PretoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 1891448315
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Chivalry Bookshelf
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- ISBN13: 9781891448317
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Book Reviews of Jogo do Pau: The Ancient Art and Modern Science of Portuguese Stick Fighting
Book Review: A Unique Addition to a Gentleman's Art of Defense
Summary: 5 Stars
Jogo do Pau is the Portuguese art of stick fighting. While this art can be translated as "Game of the Stick" and certainly has a sporting aspect, Jogo do Pau is also an effective means of personal defense. Author Luis Preto does an excellent job of introducing the reader to this unique art.
Jogo do Pau is divided into 14 chapters:
1 - The History of Jogo do Pau
2 - Definitions
3 - Today's Jogo do Pau
4 - Single Combat Foundations
5 - Single Combat Attacks
6 - The Parries
7 - Combinations
8 - Single Combat
9 - Multiple Opponents
10 - Baton / Single-Handed Stick
11 - Art & Science of Teaching
12 - Sports Science
13 - Training Jogo do Pau
14 - A Personal View of Self-Defense
The book is also heavily illustrated with numerous photographs demonstrating the techniques of Jogo do Pau.
Whether one can learn a fighting art from a book may be open to debate, but one can certainly learn the basics of Jogo do Pau from this book. Having spent some time studying this book and learning the techniques of Jogo do Pau, I can say that it is quite possible to develop a strong set strikes, blocks, and parries using the traditional 5-foot Jogo do Pau stick or a bit shorter walking stick.
I enjoyed Jogo do Pau both as an introduction to a unique martial art, and as a means of adding to a gentleman's art of defense.
Highly Recommended.
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