Tahtib information

Tahtib (Egyptian Arabic: تحطيب, romanized: taḥṭīb) is the term for a traditional stick-fighting martial art^[1] originally named fan a'nazaha wa-tahtib ("the art of being straight and honest through the use of stick").^[2] The original martial version of tahtib later evolved into an Egyptian folk dance with a wooden stick.^[3]^[4] It is commonly described in English as a "stick dance", "cane dance",^[5] "stick-dancing game", or as ritual mock combat accompanied by music.^[6] Nowadays, the word tahtib encompasses both martial practice and performance art. It is mainly practiced today in Upper Egypt. Tahtib is regularly performed for tourists in Luxor^[7] and Aswan.^[8]

The stick used in tahtib is about four feet in length and is called an asa, asaya, assaya, or nabboot. It is often flailed in large figure-eight patterns across the body with such speed that the displacement of air is loudly discernible.

^ "Le tahtib, un Art martial égyptien pluri millénaire vivant". Egyptos.
^ "Tahtib". Akban Ninjutsu Academy.
^ "Tahtib and Egyptian Raqs al-Assaya: From Martial Art to Performing Art". www.shira.net.
^ "'Tahtib': The once martial art that turned into a dance". Retrieved 2018-05-08 – via DailyNews.
^ Michael B. Bakan, World music: traditions and transformations, McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN 978-0-07-241566-7, p. 279.
^ Biegman, Nicolaas H. (1990). Egypt: moulids, saints, sufis. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 9789061791225.
^ video Luxor Egyptian Stick Fighting (Tahtib) tourist exhibition
^ Lonely Planet (2009). The Cities Book: A Journey Through the Best Cities in the World. Lonely Planet. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-74179-887-6.

[1] "Le tahtib, un Art martial égyptien pluri millénaire vivant". Egyptos.

[2] "Tahtib". Akban Ninjutsu Academy.

[3] "Tahtib and Egyptian Raqs al-Assaya: From Martial Art to Performing Art". www.shira.net.

[‘Tahtib’:_The_once_martial_art_that_turned_into_a_dance-4] "'Tahtib': The once martial art that turned into a dance". Retrieved 2018-05-08 – via DailyNews.

[5] Michael B. Bakan, World music: traditions and transformations, McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN 978-0-07-241566-7, p. 279.

[6] Biegman, Nicolaas H. (1990). Egypt: moulids, saints, sufis. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 9789061791225.

[7] video Luxor Egyptian Stick Fighting (Tahtib) tourist exhibition

[8] Lonely Planet (2009). The Cities Book: A Journey Through the Best Cities in the World. Lonely Planet. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-74179-887-6.

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