Matrak is an
Ottoman combat sport
A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent, submitting the opponent with a hold, disabling the oppon ...
based on sword and shield fighting, Invented by the
Ottoman Bosnian statesman, historian and scientist
Nasuh Matrakčija Visočak ''(full name in Turkish: Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Bosnavî)'' in the 16th century.
It is played with wooden sticks covered with leather simulating a sword, and a wooden leather covered shield. The top of the sticks are rounded and slightly wider than the body resembling bowling
pin
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s. The game is a kind of combat simulation, and is
played on a lawn. It was used by
Ottoman soldiers as practice for
melee combat.
In the television series ''
Muhteşem Yüzyıl'', it is shown as a
combat-game.
References
External links
Türkiye Geleneksel Spor Dalları Federasyonu "Matrak"
Turkish games
Lawn games
Games of physical skill
Combat sports
Sport in the Ottoman Empire
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