Wait for his video about the Sacred Band of Thebes!!! In-your-endo indeed... ;)
@adamrebika5128
6 жыл бұрын
"This is one of the stiffest pieces of wood I ever got my hands on"... I noticed your smile there, Matt!
@chris-kp2zq
6 жыл бұрын
And that means quite something from someone like Matt who handled quite a bit of wood
@Galphor
6 жыл бұрын
with a huge knob at one end
@saunleecoetzee9170
6 жыл бұрын
Xhosa sticks tend to be lighter, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana slightly larger. The stick you got is from Zimbabwe. Fighting sticks usually come in pairs, a striking stick and a shield stick. Battle/war sticks were heavier, the one you carried around were smaller. The Knob size fit in mouth is nonsense, but was a form of abuse the British cops used to humiliate locals.
@junichiroyamashita
6 жыл бұрын
saun lee coetzee i read that zulu fighting sticks had a chisel shaped end and the other end pointed,would it be a different type of weapon?
@saunleecoetzee9170
6 жыл бұрын
The stick you describe sounds like a digging stick, used for gathering roots and bulbs. It could be used as a weapon, but not ideally so. At weddings and other social events it is tradition that stick fights take place, these use lighter sticks without knobs or points. The walk around stick that you would carry herding or about your daily business are generally have a knob, but are not pointed. Serious fighting sticks often are pointed on the non-striking end, applies both to the striking and shield stick. Striking stick length: ground to hip ball joint; Shield stick: ground to elbow joint. These lengths are subject to wide variability depending on region, clan and personal preference. This is a good introduction: kzitem.info/news/bejne/ym2d0ZannH-empg
@junichiroyamashita
6 жыл бұрын
saun lee coetzee if i am not wrong it was called umTshisa
@saunleecoetzee9170
6 жыл бұрын
Correct, it can be used as a substitute for a stabbing spear, but more for young men not initiated. A man carries iron, I was told.
@johanneszimmermann3299
6 жыл бұрын
I think you got it right. Greetings from Durban.
@TheBaconWizard
6 жыл бұрын
Matt, I am NOT going to google “knob, mouth, size,”
@daanwilmer
6 жыл бұрын
"illegal"...
@maelgugi
6 жыл бұрын
Daan Wilmer It'd sad to be British nowadays... no p0rn for ya, mate!
@edi9892
6 жыл бұрын
Meh, it doesn't show any kinky stuff, just really bad hygiene...
@ArkadiBolschek
6 жыл бұрын
Do it. You'll be surprised.
@justinreilly6619
6 жыл бұрын
TheBaconWizard lol!
@-MCMLXXII-
6 жыл бұрын
Hard wood in your hands? Knob ends? In your mouth??? You're killing me, here. Hands down, funniest video ever.
@Richard0292
6 жыл бұрын
The real funny part is that none of it was intentional.
@Antigonus.
6 жыл бұрын
Alternative explanation of the shrinking knobs: After the British defeated the Zulu, warfare was no longer a consideration in stick design so sticks were optimized for civilian life (i.e. lighter weight) rather than being a compromise between military and civilian needs.
@oubuffel6386
6 жыл бұрын
Stoner 63 you beat me to it. I think that the really short and heavy ones are probably optimised for use with a shield.
@Gladdig
6 жыл бұрын
Also, the more european colonists that were brought in, the smaller the average knob got among the population.
@leemcgann6470
5 жыл бұрын
Ἀντίγονος um... your knob is gonna shrink if it’s cold out!
@gilesembleton5037
3 жыл бұрын
Having been in the army in the townships in the 1980s and seen inkata impis attack the ANC supporters there were no small knobkeries. a wave of angry Zulus can be very frighting.
@St4lis
6 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ. This used to be a family channel
@vedymin1
6 жыл бұрын
Really ? :)
@deegee5809
6 жыл бұрын
Because Matt's fascination with penetration was never under any doubt
@rjfaber1991
6 жыл бұрын
Can't have families without sex... Well, these days you can, but I'd rather this than see Matt make subliminal jokes about in vitro fertilisation...
@thekillers1stfan
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I almost left when he tried to fit the knob in his mouth... almost
@martialme84
6 жыл бұрын
Jessu christ took it up the bunghole all the time. That´s why he only hung around his 12 or 13 dudes...
@The3Rich3
6 жыл бұрын
"The fact is, i've got a really small knob" should be the new soundbite as the intro of the video.
@Rhike
6 жыл бұрын
Rachel the Seeker I will.
@snakeoveer1046
6 жыл бұрын
_I've hit it with my punching bag_ Matt has some unorthodox training methods
@leemcgann6470
5 жыл бұрын
Snake Over careful! You might get a splinter!!! That would be terribly difficult to explain AND uncomfortable!🤣
@MrCmon113
4 жыл бұрын
In our gym we just hit ourselves in the face with the punching bags until we pass out. That's how you build up resistance.
@MaliciousMollusc
6 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter how big or small the knob is, it's how you use it and how hard you go at it 😉
@Frankenstein077
6 жыл бұрын
And whether or not it fits in your mouth. ;-)
@robinburt5735
6 жыл бұрын
Whether it fits in your mouth or not i do agree is a legitment measure of size
@MaliciousMollusc
6 жыл бұрын
Doreen Green nah. Size is compensation for lack of movement imo. What's really scary is a mix of both
@deegee5809
6 жыл бұрын
TheSchmeister sheathing is very important part of knobs, so it might matter
@ThatGuy182545
6 жыл бұрын
TheSchmeister Don’t forget how often you polish it!
@mikefule330
6 жыл бұрын
You've hit it with your punch bag to test it? Now, I acknowledge that you're the expert, Matt, but I think I know an easier method to achieve the same result... Your funniest video yet. Say "nob" enough times and I defy any Englishman not to laugh.
@Jakers457
6 жыл бұрын
That feeling when your knob is too big to be legal.
@leemcgann6470
5 жыл бұрын
Your knob is too big! Said NO one EVER! I certainly haven’t said my knob is too big!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@tim777us
5 жыл бұрын
The most common woods I've seen used for a knobkerrie: 1). Ebony (usually Gaboon Ebony) 2). Mukwa 3). Kiaat 4). Olive (not used as much)
@thecaveofthedead
6 жыл бұрын
Stick fighting is still practised here as a competitive martial art. The combatants use knobkierries and a small shield.
@edi9892
6 жыл бұрын
You love your innoendos, don't you? I think you made a new record in innoendo-density.
@toddellner5283
6 жыл бұрын
That would be really painful if it went innuendo
@davidbunner6708
6 жыл бұрын
Approaching "Carry On" level!
@guilemaigre14
6 жыл бұрын
oh, no, i'm pretty sure he did way better than that.
@Jelperman
6 жыл бұрын
I thought "innuendo" was an Italian suppository.
@shawn6860
6 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many takes this video took...lol!
@RelativelyBest
6 жыл бұрын
"And the fact that I have a very small knob at the end of my shaft..." "It's difficult for me to show because obviously my lower half is off the camera." "That's one of the stiffest pieces of wood I think I've ever gotten my hands on." ...You're doing it on purpose now, aren't you?
@TonyNque
6 жыл бұрын
I have a knobkerrie bought in the 1980ies in Jo'burg - I was stopped by a huge black security guard in the mall who asked me to hand it over ..... he had a good feel of it and checked the balance - it should balance at top - bottom and middle .... I got his blessing because it was a "real" handmade one and not tourist tat.... he gave me a couple of tips, quickly, because he was afraid his boss would fire him - In Durban I met a nightwatchman with a shorter and bigger knob Xhosa stick. He was on his last warning from the cops because he had already killed 3 robbers ..... "I am supposed to wait until they stab me? " - he taught me the finer points ..... ;-) Gotta finish it in maximum 3 strikes - he was a really nice guy trying to raise his family take any job he could get..... :-)
@michaelmoore4269
6 жыл бұрын
I once knew an older gentleman who lived in a rough neighborhood of New Mexico, USA. He had issues with cartilage in his knees and would use a golf club as a walking stick. In the Walmart parking lot, some thugs tried to mug him and he used the golf club like a sword and also like a club to defend himself.
@krystofdayne
6 жыл бұрын
"This is probably one of the stiffest pieces of wood I've ever got my hands on." -Matt Easton, 2018
@robinburt5735
6 жыл бұрын
If you hit that stick with your punchbag, you're doing it wrong. Just sayin'
@robinburt5735
6 жыл бұрын
I think you should do a poll and ask the viewers how big a knob they think you have.
@robinburt5735
6 жыл бұрын
I did it for you Matt - www.strawpoll.me/15856663/r
@robinburt5735
6 жыл бұрын
Popular consensus says Matt have a big knob currently
@Jelperman
6 жыл бұрын
But you'll catch the stick off-guard!
@xiezicong
6 жыл бұрын
Voted
@daanwilmer
6 жыл бұрын
With you talking (mostly) seriously about this object with terms like "hard wood", "stiff shaft", and "big knob", I think I've become immune for innuendo. There's just too much.
@klod184
6 жыл бұрын
I love when Matt talks about different types of weapons and not only swords. This one was very interesting.
@elirantuil5003
6 жыл бұрын
It's different if you have a massive knob or a regular sized knob.
@elirantuil5003
6 жыл бұрын
Giggling
@ajgeorgoulis
6 жыл бұрын
During the british occupation of KwaZulu Natal it was considered illegal for the Zulu to carry a big-knob-kerrie. I do noy know if there was actually a law in writing for this but the british officials definitely enforced this. The big knob kierrie you have, Matt, is actually not too long. Those clubs were used with a small stiff leather shield much like sword and buckler in style. Some knob kierries have a bladelike end like a taiaha from New Zealand exept that, instead of the paddle on the other side they have the knob.
@57WillysCJ
6 жыл бұрын
For some reason the photos I have seen of Barton - Wright demonstrating Vigny la canne methods, the cane has a big knob of wood or metal. Ball clubs about 2 feet long were used by the Iroquois, Huron and Mohican tribes in the US territory. Some had a spike on the ball and were known as bird head. Many western tribes wrapped a stone in rawhide and attached it to the end of a stick and are called stone ball clubs. One of those universal weapons life the staff.
@malusignatius
6 жыл бұрын
"A wizard's staff has a big knob at the end, and he polishes it ev'ry day...'
@DerLaCroix1
6 жыл бұрын
They could be the same wood. The big knob version is made of only heart wood(dark, hard), while the small one is made of inferior& cheaper (but prettier) outer layer wood, with only half of it heartwood. Out of a proper piece of lumber, you could make 4 of these, but only one of the former. Guess which you'd do for a proper weapon, and which for a tourist sale walking stick...
@benchase7537
7 ай бұрын
I could be wrong but, root ball clubs were made from saplings and contained both sapwood and heartwood. In fact, trees that young seldom contain much heartwood to begin with. In a lot of species the sapwood and heartwood actually have similar mechanical properties. Hickory is a good example. That and the fact that the grain is circular since it is the whole tree and can take impacts from any angle.
@JariB.
6 жыл бұрын
"Kissing the knob with your head"? Oh come on Matt... This stick madness gets to your head rather quickly it seems.
@levifontaine8186
6 жыл бұрын
Matt I'm in Africa right now and bought one of those like 30 minutes ago lol
@larsstrohmeier2320
6 жыл бұрын
well, i guess it's reasonable to say that the bigger the knob is the stiffer the shaft has to be, otherwise it'd be very hard to control properly. You might aim for the mouth and hit the eye. No one likes that. Stop giggling.
@matthewmarting3623
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry I’m two years late but you just won best comment
@larsstrohmeier2320
3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmarting3623 it is still very much appreciated. Cheers =D
@cassandra8984
3 жыл бұрын
2 years later and I am still giggling...
@larsstrohmeier2320
3 жыл бұрын
@@cassandra8984 glad it's still a source of merryment =D
@MrVuvuzaala
3 жыл бұрын
"Christmas in a stick!" Oh, I do like that line! :D
@gabehumphries5483
5 жыл бұрын
You had me cracking up with all the knob jokes......
@markrutlidge5427
6 жыл бұрын
I remember as a child in the early 70s seeing an elderly Zulu in a smart suit carring with his briefcase 2 fighting sticks and a knobkerrie that had a huge hexagonal nut on the knob on it . Later when I was working in a prison there were 2 inmates with large lndetation in there skull's big enough to hide a tennis ball in it I thought at the time, there did not seem to be any thing wrong with them.
@ajgeorgoulis
6 жыл бұрын
Southafricans say "howzit" as in "how is it" when they meet.
@tombristowe846
3 жыл бұрын
Sawubona!
@oldmanstillcan
3 жыл бұрын
That's interesting as "howzit" has been used in Hawai'i (pidgin) for a long time as well. Maybe SA has a part in the history of pidgin in the Hawaiian islands, maybe not I wouldnt be surprised but that is an interesting tidbit. Thanks for sharing.
@suppiluiiuma5769
6 ай бұрын
I think it's dying out in the younger generation to be honest. We seldom use it.
@thecaveofthedead
6 жыл бұрын
Yes. Here knobkierries vary hugely in size and shape. My father has a vintage one from Lesotho that is just a really big root ball and a smoothed branch. But many are more carefully crafted with heads that can be quite small like your example.
@MootingInsanity
6 жыл бұрын
"I think we've absolutely, conclusively all agreed that this is a South African stick [...] these are quite common in South Africa." - Matt Easton, 2018. I applaud him for carrying on Baron Courthope's work in forestry.
@xiezicong
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt, I had a hangover today, but watching your videos helped me sober up and not throw up. I love listening to your voice. Thanks for fixing my night.
@greameharling4106
6 жыл бұрын
Zulu stick fighters use the knob to hit with holding it about a foot from the end. It is usually used together with a small cow hide shield. Xhosa use two sticks the long one similar to your stick is used more like a sword. The second stick is normally shorter with a bigger knob. This is often thrown when hunting and is extremely deadly
@MichaelJenkins910
6 жыл бұрын
Come for the information, stay for the innuendos . . . excellent video all around!
@MrChopstsicks
6 жыл бұрын
Eyyyy my grandad’s stick. Still remember the pain from it
@MP-mn7dn
6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your channel Matt, I always thumbs up before the video even loads. But I have to say while I giggled through most of this video you had me rolling on the floor at 11:25 when you stated "that's one of the stiffest pieces of wood I've ever got my hands on". Keep up the great work. Cheers from Canada
@thebobbytytesvarrietyhour4168
6 жыл бұрын
"Christmas in a stick" is my new favorite phrase.
@Janovich
3 жыл бұрын
if i didnt read the comments all these juicy innuendos would have flow right over my head haha
@inregionecaecorum
6 жыл бұрын
I've probably mentioned it before but I like to make walking sticks and use them everyday. I like to use antler tines for the handle, and in a couple of them I have set a hard stone in the crown of the antler. This potentially creates a versatile weapon and I can say for sure that when I locked myself out accidentally recently the antler tine on one of my sticks was sufficient to batter it's way through the door in order for me to unlatch it because antler is very hard, and the point can exert a lot of force.
@mallardtheduck406
6 жыл бұрын
When I woke up and seen the frame of your video, I knew this would be good and I was wondering how many references to wood there would be. Matt, you left out one thing, how often should you oil that long stiff wood knob? We the audience need to know!
@Waldemarvonanhalt
4 жыл бұрын
Matt, I work as a dentist in a district hospital in the rural Northern Cape near the SA border with Botswana. I once saw a Tswana patient who was hit on the nose with a knopkierrie when he got into a drunken fight at a party. His nose was as flat as a pancake and the underlying maxilla was fractured clean off from the base of the skull along the suture lines (Le Fort class I). The man looked almost like he was in a car crash, with his "panda eyes".
@EstocAD
6 жыл бұрын
Matt thanks for taking the time to make these videos... Honestly you have to be my favorite person that Ive not ever met. Ha Thanks for hours of entertainment man.
@sandmanhh67
6 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell Matt....any more double entendres in one vid and you will get your own comic strip in Viz ;-) Can we have a "Dont drink coffee while watching this" warning ... my screen is splattered in coffee spits you bugger! top work mate. Thanks for cheering me up after a hell of a week.
@ThePonkster
6 жыл бұрын
The two tone stick is likely to be ebony with the lighter wood being the ebony heart wood - ebony often has lighter sections running through the black wood.
@jan-reiniervoute6701
6 жыл бұрын
The Ponkster, the lighter wood being the sapwood and the very dark being the heartwood. Have some pieces here with the bark still on, on the lighter wood.
@flamezombie1
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting point about the shape of the knob; Lindybeige made the same point about why axes and shields are circular in shape a few months ago! Always good to have multiple people agreeing upon something in the hobby, doesn't happen too often.
@Time2RockUrLive
3 жыл бұрын
This was a delight to watch and listen to mate :-D
@VanDiemenStageGladiators
6 жыл бұрын
We have similar weapons/tools in Australia from the various Aboriginal peoples. AMAZINGLY I believe some Central Australian groups used WOODEN SWORDS and PARRYING SHIELDS. Amazing stuff. Of course our neighbours in New Zealand would also be able to weigh in here... EDIT: I can't speak for South Africa, but AFAIK there were similar controls down here as well (limited size, carry, etc).
@justg6871
6 жыл бұрын
totally admire the way you managed the discussion of knob size & use..... (and kept a relatively straight face)
@intercessor9814
6 жыл бұрын
I make these I love working with the wood there's a lot that goes into it the sap is important this sap is the key you have to let it well first you take a torch propane and lightly glaze the outside and then you polish it down real good gives it a good color but you don't really just burn into it you just kind of make the outside kind of glassy and it takes up to a year or two for it to fully Harden this sap is like glue and essentially you're waiting for all the sap inside to harden and reinforce the stick I make Gunstock Cherokee clubs and shorter versions that kind of look like something out of the stone ages and I sell them don't have to wait that long for most buyers because they're just buying them for looks the rabbit stick is also a good seller but I love the Gunstock Club the curve to it can be used either way and is sometimes wrapped with leather and Twine in case you're fighting a blade so it doesn't cut into your stick when you block which eventually does have some wear and tear and you have to replace the leather and Twine but it's amazing how hard and tough they can become
@benchase7537
7 ай бұрын
do you have a website or anything? Id like to look at your stuff.
@warrenokuma7264
6 жыл бұрын
And odd sex ed video, but awesomely done. Five stars.
@Han-rw9ev
2 жыл бұрын
If there was ever a video where context was important, it's this one.
@mathewhunt81
6 жыл бұрын
if it would have been a VHS tape, it would have been worn out from everyone rewinding the "knob" part and laughing haha !!
@danielchapman5142
Жыл бұрын
Somewhere some African guy is watching this and saying to his mates " hey come look at this Mzungu playing with his knobkerrie"
@beardedbjorn5520
6 жыл бұрын
The longer Knobkerrie you showed is commonly used by herdsman. The longer shaft gave you a bit more heft when dealing with lesser cats up to cheetahs and the like. But like you said, I’d much rather have a spear. Though from what I know, spears were not usually allowed in settlements, hence the longer Knobkerrie being used while herding stock into towns and such.
@jonathandalton2921
6 жыл бұрын
greetings from durban , south africa , thanks for the great content!
@dert693
6 жыл бұрын
Love the coverage of the Zulu War. More stuff from South Africa please. (From one of your South African viewers)
@londiniumarmoury7037
6 жыл бұрын
LOL I'm sorry but this video got funny real quick, holy shit Matt please edit the video and put this in the comedy tag section, funniest bit i've seen all week.
@thecaveofthedead
6 жыл бұрын
Search for stick fighting Zulu, and stick fighting Xhosa, to see how this martial art is practised today.
@stevenclifton624
6 жыл бұрын
thecaveofthedead Fascinating stuff
@tanegurnick5071
6 жыл бұрын
Any chance of doing a video on the New Zealand taiaha? There are several recorded duals between taiaha against British swordsmen and bayonet fights etc
@Tareltonlives
6 жыл бұрын
The taiaha is my favorite weapon, so I second the study on Maori staffs and clubs
@wildtony79
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed this would make for a great video.
@ramibairi5562
6 жыл бұрын
the Tulwar in the wall looks fantabulous ! Waiting for the video :)
@GideonStahl
6 жыл бұрын
I came here to see history and I see a man pull out his brown stick when he is pale. Then I hear 'hitting with the big end'. All jokes aside, this was really a great video about a weapon that is not really seen nor heard of. Keep up the great work!
@Iggytommy
6 жыл бұрын
small knob!!!
@dwightehowell8179
3 жыл бұрын
I've got an ebony knobkerrie cane with a ball head and point like the one shown. I also have a flat out warclub version that has a short handle and is ebony. This is a ball headed war club like the ones used by native Americans and the scotch and Irish.
@Iggytommy
6 жыл бұрын
it's not the size of the knob that matters so much as how well you use your equipment!!
@lucasrv2630
6 жыл бұрын
Iggytommy usually the excuse of people with tiny knobs. ;)
@Iggytommy
6 жыл бұрын
well, I'm sure you'd be able to attest to that (!)
@lucasrv2630
6 жыл бұрын
Iggytommy maybe, Maybe not. come check my knob to discover (!)
@Iggytommy
6 жыл бұрын
post your own video on youtube of your knob and I'll check it out
@lucasrv2630
6 жыл бұрын
Iggytommy my Knob is reserved for people who want to see it in person.
@ExplosiveFetus
6 жыл бұрын
It's not illegal to put your knob in your mouth, but you need to do some yoga for a few years first. Better to just put it in someone else's mouth.
@schizoidboy
3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Native American war clubs. They weren't as long of course but they also had a large knob on the end of them. One instance of note was just before the French and Indian War (or Seven Years War if you prefer) Washington was on a journey into French occupied territory and a Seneca war chief named Half-King was with him. At one point they captured a French officer and Half-King killed him with his war club.
@mountaingoattaichi
2 жыл бұрын
Hysterical! entertaining and informative.
@DanSvensson
6 жыл бұрын
Matt... You are probably about to become waaaaaay more famous than you ever expected after this clip :D
@Bulletface69
6 жыл бұрын
What the heck is this video 😂😂. Came here for my regular update on swords and things! Loved it
@newplantosuceed
4 жыл бұрын
That was hysterical and managed to hit innuendos with a straight face.
@bretalvarez3097
6 жыл бұрын
That was an absolute pleasure to watch
@dwightehowell8179
6 жыл бұрын
The small headed. banded stick has sap wood and heart wood with the darker wood being the heart wood just like a yew long bow. The dark wood one with the large knob is all heart wood.
@Alopex1
6 жыл бұрын
"That's one of the stiffest pieces of wood that I ever got my hands on" You outdo yourself, oh great Master of Context and Innuendo.
@TheLordHighNoob
6 жыл бұрын
An interesting point to remember: South Africans, have excellent wood. We have a whole range of hard-woods and red-hardwoods. For instance, a range of trees collectively called "lead-woods." They have the fascinating property, that they are so dense that they sink, takes decades to rot, dull chainsaw blades and are, well, pretty damn good for hitting people. Naturally, they're very durable. Combine, careful and honed soaking in oil and heating the stick for hardness, and they can seem relatively unchanged for decades. I still have a knobkerrie from my Grandfather which seems, frankly, store-bought yesterday. Even relatively soft woods from say, Mopani trees, are remarkably dense when compared to even British oaks. That stiffness you commented on? Pretty standard, it turns out. South African dark hardwoods are stiff even in their usual long form. That means that Southern African wooden clubs hit bloody hard. The heads don't have to be particularly big. Especially, since these were far more dexterously used than just a good stick for whacking people. The length is important here. You want to hit someone with a dense stick, which you can lever and move very quickly to rapidly hurt the opponent and leave yourself unchallenged. There are reverse grips, where you use it as though it were a walking stick, was used to discourage the opponent, not outright kill it. You have a "go away" end and a "you're gonna die a pulpy death" end.
@benchase7537
7 ай бұрын
Do you know if the clubs were made with the heartwood exclusively or are they made more traditionally with a sapling and root ball head? The latter would probably be a mixture of sapwood and heartwood but its hard to say.
@Dr_V
6 жыл бұрын
The concept of a stiff walking stick with a knob at the end is very popular in Eastern Europe as well, in Romania is still widely used by shepherds and peasants living in more isolated mountain villages (where wolves and bears are still common). This kind of casual tool/weapon has been around at least since the middle ages (probably much earlier, but historical sources only go so far). In some regions the shepherd axe (a.k.a. Valaska, a.k.a. Baltag) was more popular up to the 19th century, but in recent times carrying an axe around (even a small one) isn't as easily accepted. Fun fact: in modern Romanian the word defining a walking stick with a knob at the end (maciuca) is widely used as slang for the male genitalia, and considered less offensive than most other alternatives.
@miles6283
6 жыл бұрын
Matt and His Stick: A Star Wars Story
@MarcAupiais
6 жыл бұрын
Hi. South African here. It is a knobkerrie, regardless of the size of the knob. The knob on my own one is slightly smaller and less smooth than yours, with clear marks from the sculptor's blade. I take mine with me for personal defence and as a walking stick, when walking.
@d.h.4274
3 жыл бұрын
....and I can’t stop laughing. Well done, Matt!
@Ponen77
6 жыл бұрын
As a Asian man I also carry a small knob..I find it less bulky and easier to whip about when in need, also it is easier to conceal in public places like the swimming pool, in fact if you saw me you would even think I had no knob. When I do engage in close combat and I thrust with its pointy end I dont not fear overpenetrating flesh. It's a good handy little knob..
@michelleedmonds4457
3 жыл бұрын
I'VE NEVER LAUGHED SO MUCH I FOUND THE INFORMATION VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO
@eugenevictortooms4174
2 жыл бұрын
My partner has absolutely no interest in weapons at all but she could hear me watching this video Matt & she thought it was hilarious.
@falconJB
6 жыл бұрын
"It's hard for me to show because the lower half of my body is below the camera" And thank god for that.
@ltljohn1725
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. One thing about using the club in knife defense. I would tend to use the club end for knife defense opposite of how you said. I am NOT an expert in hand to hand but have been trained to use baton and riot baton as a correctional officer (prison guard) and bayonet training in the Army. I have faced a person attacking me with a knife before (real life not training) In short if someone had a knife and I had the club in the video I would use the club end on their knees, collar bone, or if possible forearm they are holding the knife with to disable their mobility or at least slow them down with pain, then follow up with strikes to more lethal places (head etc) and or thrusts into soft areas (solar plex, throat etc with the small end. Great video and keep up the good work. BTW if I ever visit the UK I am sure my stick is well under the legal limit.
@MF-mt3oq
3 жыл бұрын
Omfg i don’t think I’ve ever seen THAT amount of innuendos
@rkss9009
6 жыл бұрын
I looked up the knob in the mouth law, and now my computer has viruses. Thank you, Scholagladaitoria
@mattfick5502
6 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, South Africans greet with "Hi". But the local flavour is often to say "Howzit?"
@jonathandalton2921
6 жыл бұрын
howzit! and i agree , the traditional knobs are slighter wider , rounder, like a mushroom head. the narrower slim nobs are just convenient when the locals are carving the wood.
@fabricio-agrippa-zarate
6 жыл бұрын
"Particurally over-enthusiastic hyena..."
@jonnyone-truck2460
6 жыл бұрын
my inner 12 year old almost died of laughter watching 4:00 - 5:00.
@Aconitum_napellus
6 жыл бұрын
You heard it hear first folks.
@mzamotry4623
6 жыл бұрын
hi A Zulu stick fighter here, I am afraid almost everything you said is not true,but I don't blame you because it is the South African whites who write our Zulu(African) history, they have always had access to the resources of writing history books they write it the way they want it to be.Sadly the politics and factors around publishing books still favours them. However, the two sticks you have right there are called " izagila" (plural) and "isagila" (singular), another word is "Amawisa"(plural)and "iwisa" (singular), and they are not Knobkerries. Those sticks were not used in the warfare and they are(were) not used in the Zulu stick fight as well. They are not used in the latter because they do not allow agility,force and precision if used with the knob is against your palm and if used the other way around you can permanently paralyse your fellow opponent .Those sticks are not deadly enough to be utillised in war. In the war they used a spear"umkhonto" that was arm long to enable manifestation of bravery and deadly moves acquired during the practice for war ( in the stick fight). The Zulu warriors were taught to stab the delicate body part so that their rivalry will not have strength, energy and time to strike back.Those parts are the neck and right under the rib-cage through the abdomen to aim for the heart. Those sticks were, and are still, carried by men of a certain age to represent their maturity in the society. The age range of these men is(was) usually above 40 years, but this age was(is) also measured with social accomplishments, i.e having a house,a wife or wives, livestock and children who are becoming young men and women etc. Those stick therefore emphasize maturity in manhood/ adulthood. A average Zulu male is suppose to have a stick so that he can enforce his views to his peers and using it in the stick fight. The older men had a bigger obligation of using an iron fist to run the household, having political views and maintaining his respect status crafted by elements of fear they already have for him. and the more he grows the bigger and heavier the stick. In essence those sticks you have where and are used to scare those around you to main order and respect. Think about it, if a well-built, big African man carrying the bigger knob you have there was to say, in a serious face and tone, stop saying whatever that you are saying because it is not morally or socially acceptable. in that time there was no constitution protecting you and beating people is socially accepted. In addition to that this man is a well known stick fighter and he has been in five deadly wars. Would you not take his command?
@samwilliams5283
6 жыл бұрын
I have a modern knobkerrie that I purchased when recovering from a knee injury. It is made by Cold Steel. Quite a conversation starter and brawl ender. African walking stick
@Almosteasyese
5 жыл бұрын
" It's possible that in South Africa, it doesn't matter how big your knob is "
@tangsoodoarnis4life
6 жыл бұрын
Very informative video Matt, the color of the wood reminds me of the hard wood from the Philippines; Kamagong or iron wood which it is called.
@adafuns
6 жыл бұрын
Yes! Ive been dieing for some infor on Zulu or other African stuff.
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