JOGO DO PAU

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The most professional Jogo do Pau master was Joaquim Baú, who rode a mule across Portugal living only on donations exchanged for the lessons he gave.
A LITTLE HISTORY Jogo do Pau ("the stick game," or "stick-fencing") is a fighting style employing a simple staff, approximately the height of the player, in techniques of attack and defence.
Jogo do Pau: Origins and Evolution
Excerpted from O JOGO DO PAU, Origens e evolução by Nuno Curvello Russo Originally published in Os Portugueses e o Mundo, Conferência Internacional, VI Volume, "Artes, Arqueologia e Etnografia," date unknown.
JOAQUIM ANTÓNIO FERREIRA (da Cidade de Guimarães), do Jogo do Pau», Porto 1886.
Also, day-labourers of Minho and Trás-os-Montes who had travelled to the South of the Country had been greatly responsible for the transmission of Jogo do Pau to this zone.
In the city, under very different conditions to those of the rural Provinces, the "spirit" of Jogo do Pau was somewhat changed.
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Because they were novel, these sports had come to captivate the younger generations, leading to a "lost generation" of Jogo do Pau players.
ERNESTO VEIGA DE OLIVEIRA, Jogo do Pau em Portugal», no suplemento da Revista da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, Geographica n.
JManly: Jogo do Pau: Origins and Evolution: Wolf and Costa
On the other hand, the ease of acquiring firearms also contributed to the decline of Jogo do Pau, in that personal justice with the staff demanded intensive training, so that a weak person became powerful enough to trust the efficiency of his weapon.
Other than these centres, the traditional Quintais ("Yards") were still used for Jogo do Pau training.
If the art had not been preserved through the devotion of some individual players, Jogo do Pau (which is today being revived with great enthusiasm in homage to those heroic times of the old Puxadores) would have been in danger of becoming extinct.
It was considered proper for parents to send their children to these masters so that they learned this discipline, as part of their education; such was the esteem given to the Jogo do Pau at this time.
The quarter-staff was two meters long, requiring management with both hands; as with the Portuguese Jogo do Pau, it doubled as a sport and as a combat system.

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Today's Jogo do Pau features the long and short staff, so there is much to learn for any practitioner of Western martial arts.
Jogo do Pau: The Ancient Art & Modern Sport of Portugese Stick Fighting