[HN Gopher] The last masters of Afro-Colombian machete fencing
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       The last masters of Afro-Colombian machete fencing
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2025-04-29 15:11 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | irq-1 wrote:
       | They want the tradition to continue, but they should also record
       | everything: get experts and record them from multiple angles,
       | record demonstrations, etc... With image/video => 3d, and AI to
       | recreate the system of fighting, it would be 'saved' for the
       | future.
        
         | kulahan wrote:
         | There seems (to me) that there is too significant of a
         | disconnect between a cultural practice handed down through
         | generations and an AI-trained bot that can tell you about it.
        
       | CobaltFire wrote:
       | Sounds interesting, and was only able to find one video showing
       | it in a quick search on YouTube:
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       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YoaP0cHpQ
        
         | actionfromafar wrote:
         | holy shit that's terrifying
        
         | ano-ther wrote:
         | What are the rules? And how do they not end up hurting each
         | other?
        
         | _bent wrote:
         | i got this one recommended in the sidebar
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo6axEMVRcY
        
       | pazimzadeh wrote:
       | So this is what is meant by hacker news
        
       | pmags wrote:
       | I wonder how similar / different this to the Filipino martial art
       | known as Arnis, which is also bladed weapon + stick based?
       | 
       | Perhaps an interesting cultural example of convergence or
       | parallelism (depending on how you think about the shared
       | influence of Spanish colonialism w/respect to the development of
       | these martial arts in Columbia and the Phillipines).
        
       | 7thaccount wrote:
       | Looks pretty similar to escrima.
        
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