Five YouTube Videos Of South African Stick Fighting

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is the third post in an ongoing pancocojams series about African stick fighting.

This post showcases five videos of South African stick fighting. These featured examples are from Bhaca, Xhosa, and Zulu ethnic groups.

Selected comments from one video's discussion thread are also included in this post.

Additional videos on this subject or links to videos on this subject can be found in other pancocojams posts in this series.

Click the "African stick fighting" tag below for other posts in this series.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos, all the producers of these videos, and all the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are given in chronological order based on their publishing dates with the oldest dated video given first.

Video #1: xhosa stickfighting competition



Nick Aldridge, Published on Nov 29, 2010

xhosa stick fighting tournament in mfuleni township, cape town south africa.

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Video #2: Goodbye Bafana - Stick-fight Scene



BlackXades, Published on Jul 24, 2012

Goodbye Bafana is a 2007 drama film, directed by Bille August, about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory, his censor officer and prison guard, based on Gregory's book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.

This is the stick-fight scene
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From https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/What-is-Bafana-Bafana-and-how-does-it-get-its-name/articleshow/5935771.cms

The word "Bafana" is a Zulu word , plural for "umfaan", meaning boy. There is also a movie about Mandela in jail titled "Goodbye Bafana. Bafana Bafana is the national football team"...
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The word "football" here means "soccer"
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only:
1. rasnac, 2017
"This is Nguni stick fighting if I'm not mistaken."

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2. the red baron, 2017
"rasnac you're right...it is a Zulu stickfighting art...."

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3. Aoi Kawasaji, 2017
"Nope, that's an induku. If anything, it might not be. Zulu word for a generic stick is also stick."

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4. MrBracey100, 2017
"Very nice to see some African stick fighting even if it was a brief scene. Makes me lament for the Black Panther movie Wesley Snipes wanted to do for so long before he ended up doing Blade. He wanted his Black Panther to showcase African centric martial arts like stick fighting and capoeira. It would have been sweet. I get tired of always seeing either wushu or TKD in films."

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5. alvi syahri, 2017
"MrBracey100 yeah, as much as I like kung fu, it's nice to see something different"

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6. MrBracey100, 2017
"alvi syahri I think that's part of the reason why films like On Bak and The Raid Redemption play so well here. Folks enjoy seeing something new from martial arts cinema."

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7. KillerSalmon, 2018
"The Black Panther movie had a LEETLE bit of Zulu stick fighting, but only insofar as the shield that T'Challa used was based off of the forward stick used in the art - however, that was about it, since he basically swung for the fences with each shot instead of doing setups."



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Video #3: Nguni stick fighting



Expresso Show, Published on Sep 10, 2013

In celebration of our South African heritage we have the team from Ligwalagwala FM live in studio this morning.

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Video #4: Bhaca Stick Fighting - iintonga - Kwa Bhaca - Mount Frere - eHlane - KwaNomgxabha 3



amaBhaca, Published on Dec 4, 2014

www.Bhaca.co.za Bhaca Stick Fighting - iintonga - Kwa Bhaca - Mount Frere - South African (26 December 2005) eHlane - KwaNomgxabha ukuphuma kwamaKrwala akwa bhut' Sandile Jali - AmaNgelengele - AmaZawa - kwa Makotana evenkileni.

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Video #5: FIGHT AT WEDDING 3 - BANDA GETS BEATEN AGAIN ( 2009)


siyabonga makhathini, Published on Feb 15, 2018

It is customary in a Zulu wedding that warriors from the grooms area fight against warriors traveling with the brides Entourage.Its way for warriors to get to know each other better, learn to respects their new brothers because it is not just a marriage between two people but two communities.After the fight they all go and eat and drink together as one group sharing warrior stories and creating new alliances

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