 Huka-huka fight during a Kuarup ceremony | |
| Focus | grappling |
|---|---|
| Hardness | contact sport |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
Huka-huka is a Brazilian folk wrestling style of the indigenous people of Xingu, in the state of Mato Grosso. It is performed as a ritual fight during the ceremony of Kuarup. [1]
Huka-huka starts with the participants on their knees. It begins when the owner of the fight, a male chief, walks to the center of the arena and calls his opponents by name. The fighters kneel rotating clockwise in a circle facing the opponent, until they look at each other and cling, trying to lift the opponent and knock him to the ground [2] The fight is performed by either men and women. [3]
Huka huka is being introduced, experimentally, in the formation of São Paulo State Military Police. [4] The fight is also being studied by mixed martial arts practitioners. [5]
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