"most easily controlled. There are different flogging styles. The most common ones are two point Florentine Flogging and four point Florentine Flogging. Florentine flogging Florentine flogging is a two-handed style of flagellation used in BDSM, inspired by a double sword form salute from Kung Fu. It involves the rhythmic use of a pair of matching floggers, one in each hand of the person administering the flogging. The term is an allusion to Florentine fencing, a Society for Creative Anachronism style where the fighter uses two swords, one in each hand. Mechanically, the rotation of the wrists, with hands in close"
"also contains substantial coverage of how a ""diestro"" should oppose an Italian opponent when using sword and dagger. Destreza La Verdadera Destreza the conventional term for the Spanish tradition of fencing of the early modern period. The word ""destreza"" literally translates to ""dexterity"" or ""skill, ability"", and thus ""la verdadera destreza"" to ""the true skill"" or ""the true art"". While ""Destreza"" is primarily a system of swordsmanship, it is intended to be a universal method of fighting, applicable to all weapons in principle, but in practice dedicated to the rapier specifically, or the rapier combined with a defensive weapon such"
"hypocaust has been worn away by people standing in the centre, mainly to photograph the entrance and the garden beyond it. The whole room is in a rather dilapidated condition. The other room is a brick cube with a small model of the baths as they once were in the corner. Notable people who were born in the city include the following individuals. Football is the most popular sport on the island, led by the Palma-based Segunda División B clubs Real Mallorca, who play at the Iberostar Stadium, and CD Atlético Baleares. Basketball is also a popular sport. Palma's top"
"Sferisterio di Macerata The Sferisterio is an open-air stadium or sphaeristerium in Macerata, Italy. An ancient Italian national sport or pallone col bracciale was the most popular sport in Italy for almost five centuries. This game dated back to the 15th century. The people of Macerata decided that they needed somewhere large to play and watch it; a place that could also be used for public spectacles such as circuses and even bull fights. One hundred citizens raised the money themselves, and got Ireneo Aleandri to design and build it. The design involved the destruction and rebuilding of some of"
"which prohibits similar games back to at least that century. This commonality is reflected in the auxiliary languages Esperanto and Interlingua, which utilize ""futbalo"" and ""football"", respectively. In the first half of the 20th century, in Spanish and Portuguese, new words were created to replace ""football"" (""fútbol"" in Spanish and ""futebol"" in Portuguese), ""balompié"" (""balón"" and ""pie"" meaning ""ball"" and ""foot"") and ""ludopédio"" (from words meaning ""game"" and ""foot"") respectively. However, these words were not widely accepted and are now only used in club names such as Real Betis Balompié and Albacete Balompié. Aside from the name of the game"
"Destreza La Verdadera Destreza the conventional term for the Spanish tradition of fencing of the early modern period. The word ""destreza"" literally translates to ""dexterity"" or ""skill, ability"", and thus ""la verdadera destreza"" to ""the true skill"" or ""the true art"". While ""Destreza"" is primarily a system of swordsmanship, it is intended to be a universal method of fighting, applicable to all weapons in principle, but in practice dedicated to the rapier specifically, or the rapier combined with a defensive weapon such as a cloak, a buckler or a parrying dagger, besides other weapons such as the late-renaissance two-handed ""montante"";"
"Basque. In Spanish this is called ""levantamiento de carro"" and in French ""lever de charette"". Literally ""scythe game"", this sport is also known as ""segalariak"" (scythers), ""sega proba"" (scythe test), ""sega apustua"" (scythe bet) or ""segalaritza"" (scything). The earliest record of this sport comes from a bertso dating back to 1880 about a competition in Iturriotz. In this sport competitors (called ""segalari"") either compete to cut the most grass in a given period of time (usually one hour) or they are each given plots of grass of the same size and the competition is to see who can scythe theirs"
"fair amount of borrowed Spanish words (often modified or corrupted); they are particularly numerous, indeed dominant in the local horse-related terminology. For instance, the Islanders use ‘alizan’, ‘colorao’, ‘negro’, ‘blanco’, ‘gotiao’, ‘picasso’, ‘sarco’, ‘rabincana’ etc. for certain horse colours and looks, or ‘bosal’, ‘cabresta’, ‘bastos’, ‘cinch’, ‘conjinilla’, ‘meletas’, ‘tientas’, ‘manares’ etc. for various items of horse gear. There are more than 30 different sports clubs on the Falklands, including badminton, clay-pigeon shooting, cricket, football, golf, hockey, netball, rugby union, sailing, swimming, table tennis and volleyball. The Falklands compete in the Commonwealth Games and in the biennial Island Games. Louis Baillon"
"near the middle). The present day opera festival, beginning in the late 1980s and under the auspices of the Macerata Opera, takes place in this location Sferisterio di Macerata The Sferisterio is an open-air stadium or sphaeristerium in Macerata, Italy. An ancient Italian national sport or pallone col bracciale was the most popular sport in Italy for almost five centuries. This game dated back to the 15th century. The people of Macerata decided that they needed somewhere large to play and watch it; a place that could also be used for public spectacles such as circuses and even bull fights."
"pastor"" and in French ""concours de chien de berger"". Basque rural sports Basque rural sports, known as ""Deportes Rurales"" in Spanish or ""Herri Kirolak"" in Basque, is the term used for a number of sports competitions rooted in the traditional lifestyles of the Basque people. The term ""force basque"" is used in French. Virtually all regional Basque rural sports have their origin in the two main historical occupations, the or ""baserritarra"" (farmer) and ""arrantzalea"" (fisher), with a larger percentage hailing from the rural background. The sociological changes in the Basque Country have led many of these becoming technically obsolete in"
"the match is ongoing bookmakers take bets for ""reds"" or ""blues"", since these are the colours players must wear, red being the colour of the strongest team or player. The ""Valencian pilota"" can be traced to the 15th century, but it was abandoned during modern times, this decadence is being fought back with TV broadcasts, new built colleges have courtfields and a new professional players firm, ValNet Football (association football) is the most widely known sport. There are teams in every town or village, four of which are currently playing in La Liga, Spain's premier league: Valencia CF, Villarreal CF,"
"Basque rural sports Basque rural sports, known as ""Deportes Rurales"" in Spanish or ""Herri Kirolak"" in Basque, is the term used for a number of sports competitions rooted in the traditional lifestyles of the Basque people. The term ""force basque"" is used in French. Virtually all regional Basque rural sports have their origin in the two main historical occupations, the or ""baserritarra"" (farmer) and ""arrantzalea"" (fisher), with a larger percentage hailing from the rural background. The sociological changes in the Basque Country have led many of these becoming technically obsolete in the 19th and 20th century. Few continue to exist"
"Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre; winning points are made through the contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that, and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical"
"Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre; winning points are made through the contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that, and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical"
"sport is played essentially in France by 2 teams of 3 players on an outside court referred to as ""place libre"" meaning free space in French or ""Cancha"" meaning court in Spanish. The court is 16 m wide and 100 m long with the limit for play being at 80 m from the wall or Fronton and has no side walls. The sport is played with the same glove as the zesta punta. A variant of the above. The basket-glove is shorter and less deep and it is allowed to retain the ball only momentarily. The Basque name ""joko garbi"""
"2011 EuroBasket, Fernando Alonso's back-to-back (2005 and 2006 Formula One championships), the football team bringing home Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 trophies and Óscar Pereiro, Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre's 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 triumphs in Tour de France more recently, several papers have looked beyond Sastre's win to claim that Spain is enjoying something of a sporting ""Golden Age""-similar to the Spanish 17th century achievements in painting and literature. Football is the most popular sport in Spain. La Liga or ""Primera División"" (The Spanish League) is considered to be one of the world's best"
"an illustration of a Basque woman carrying a ""pegarra"". In Spanish this is called ""carrera de pedarras"" and in French ""course de pedarras"". The Basque sport best known outside the Basque Country is Basque pelota. It is a Basque version of the family of ball games that covers squash, tennis, and real tennis, all of them thought to derive from the Jeu de paume and hence a relative of Valencian pilota. But the main innovation of Basque pilota is that players share a common playground and throw the ball to a wall, making it an ""indirect game"", while the other"
"languages, the nature of the action is described: German ""Fallrückzieher"" (falling backward kick), Polish ""przewrotka"" (overturn kick), Dutch ""omhaal"" (turnaround drag), and Italian ""rovesciata"" (reversed kick). Exceptions to these naming patterns are found in languages that designate the move by making reference to a location, such as the Norwegian ""brassespark"" (Brazilian kick). This exception is most significant in Spanish, where a fierce controversy exists between Chile and Peru—as part of their historic sports rivalry—over the naming of the bicycle kick; Chileans know it as the ""chilena"", while Peruvians call it the ""chalaca"". Regardless, the move is also known in Spanish"
"ball games has its unique offspring among Basque ball games, known generically as pilota (Spanish: ""pelota""). Some variants have been exported to the United States and Macau under the name of Jai Alai. There are several sports derived by Basques from everyday chores. Heavy workers were challenged and bets placed upon them. Examples are: The encierro (bull run) in Pamplona's fiestas ""Sanfermines"" started as a transport of bulls to the ring. These encierros, as well as other bull and bullock related activities are not exclusive to Pamplona but are traditional in many towns and villages of the Basque country. There"
"opponent into thinking that you are retreating, when in reality you are about to close distance. Other footwork actions include the ""appel"" (French for ""call""), which is a stomp designed to upset the opponent's perception of rhythm, and the ""ballestra"", which is a ""hopping"" step occasionally used as a preparation for attacks (the back foot leaves the ground, while the front foot is still in mid-air; both feet come down at the same time). In general, Olympic fencing has put a premium on balance, speed, and athleticism in footwork, somewhat diluting orthodoxies regarding the classical stances and methods. To a"
"is well documented. The name of the sport in French is jeu de paume, or ""game of the palm"" (of the hand). However, the development of the net is documented less well. In real tennis the net is also referred to sometimes as ""the line."" Palla eh! uses only a line painted on the ground to mark territory, and this is probably all it was originally. The cord was added for pallacorda probably just to keep the players on their respective sides of the court, and a ball that went under the cord, yet across the line, was probably still"
"close to currently rare specialty of ""rebot"". The mid-19th century saw the explosion of the ""pelota craze"". The player ""Gantxiki"" is considered the original ""father"" of the chistera, the basket-shaped racquet which can propel the ball at incredible speeds, introduced around 1850. The top champions of the end of the 19th century, such as ""Chiquito de Cambo"", were immensely popular and the best-paid sportsmen of their time. The first official competitions were organized in the 1920s, and led to the world championship in the 1950s. In 1924 the United States built their first fronton, in Miami. Jai- Alai is used"
"frontenis), Florida and the Philippines. As such it has been an Olympic exhibition sport in Paris, Mexico and Barcelona. It is called ""pelota vasca"" in Spanish and ""pelote basque"" in French. Basque arm wrestling follows broadly the same rules as anywhere else. A form of bull-leaping called ""errekorteak"" in Basque and ""recortes"" in Spanish, is practiced in parts of the Basque Country, especially Navarre. The name of this sport literally translates as ""snout rope"" (""soka"" ""rope"" and ""mutur"" ""snout""). It is ""vaquillas"" (""calves"") in Spanish. It derives from a tradition where cattle destined for slaughter were led through the town"
"its training facilities Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt after the Spanish Civil War damages. Additionally, during the 1950s former ""Real Madrid Amateurs"" player Miguel Malbo founded Real Madrid's youth academy, or """"cantera"","" known today as La Fábrica. Beginning in 1953, he embarked upon a strategy of signing world-class players from abroad, the most prominent being Alfredo Di Stéfano. In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by Gabriel Hanot, a French sports journalist and editor of ""L'Équipe"", Bernabéu, Bedrignan and Gusztáv Sebes created a tournament for the champions teams around Europe, under invitation, that would eventually become what today is known as"
"sports that originated in Persia are polo and jousting. A polished bone implement found at Eva in Tennessee, United States and dated to around 5000 BCE has been construed as a possible sporting device used in a ""ring and pin"" game. For at least one hundred years, entire villages have competed with each other in rough, and sometimes violent, ballgames in England (Shrovetide football) and Ireland (caid). In contrast, the game of calcio Fiorentino, in Florence, Italy, was originally reserved for combat sports such as fencing and jousting being popular. Horse racing, in particular, was a favourite of the upper"
"Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Real Madrid Basketball) is a Spanish professional basketball team that was founded in 1931, as a division of the Real Madrid C.F. multi sports club. They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague. As successful as the Real Madrid athletic association's football club, the basketball team has been the most successful of its peers in both Spain and Europe. The Real Madrid squads have won a record 34 Spanish League championships, including in 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 27 Spanish Cup titles, a record"
"Real Madrid Baloncesto B Real Madrid Baloncesto B (English: Real Madrid Basketball B) is the reserve team of Real Madrid. The team currently plays in the amateur level 4th tier level league of Spain, the Liga EBA. The reserve team of Real Madrid was founded in 1955, as CB Fiesta Alegre, but it had played games since 1931. Fiesta Alegre was also known later as, Club Hesperia. With this name it played during three seasons, in the Liga Nacional, the top-tier level Spanish league, and in a final of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup). Hesperia was the only reserve"
"beating'. The game repeats itself when the team loses balance and the pyramid collapses. In the past, the trade of the participants, farmers, bricklayers etc. divided teams. This tradition also exists in parts of Spain. The festival of Saint Roch (Sand’Rocc) is unique to Irsina. Every year on 15 August (a national holiday known as 'Ferragosto'), women in the old town of Irsina prepare small altars in their basements, garages and cellars, in honour of the Saint from Montpellier, to be visited from the evening of the 15th until dawn of 17 August. For two nights locals stay awake, singing"
"was officially recognised by Coldeportes. To date of 2016, its practice has been extended by more than 24 departments and 19 countries all over the globe, moreover several international meetings have been presented with guest countries such as the United States, Mexico, Germany, Cuba, Israel, Chile, USS México, Alemania, Cuba, Israel, Chile, Unión Soviética, Francia, Bulgaria, entre otros. Balonpesado The balonpesado is a team sport, devised for both open field as closed, in which two sets of five players each try to score goals within circles drawn on the ground of each end of the field. It remains as the"
"In Valencia, Valencian pilota is considered the national sport; it is also played in Belgium, North of Italy, Mexico, and Argentina. Since its creation, the International Federation of Basque Pelota has standardised the different varieties into four modalities and fourteen disciplines, with fixed ball weights, rules and court sizes. The four modalities— wall, wall, wall and ""trinquete""—admit fourteen disciplines, depending the use of bare hand, leather ball, rubber ball, ""paleta"" (pelota paleta), racket (frontennis) and ""xare"". Two of the fourteen disciplines are played by both men and women (frontenis and rubber pelota in trinquete); the other twelve are played only"
"of the pelotaris who are capable of reaching balls considered impossible for pelotaris of other specialties. It is also traditionally strong in South American countries. It is a modern Mexican fusion between tennis and Basque pelota. It uses tennis rackets in a short court, although the ball has a different surface to the tennis one. Men and women both play this game. It is played only in 30 meter courts. Professional competitions and exhibitions in the Basque Country are organized by Asegarce and ASPE for the discipline of handball, Orriamendi for Remonte, Inpala for Pala Larga. Various tournaments exist for"
"The Bewties Of The Fute-ball The Bewties Of The Fute-ball is a brief, anonymous Middle Scots poem of the sixteenth century. It depicts the game of football, as it was played in the same era, as being violent and unruly. Ball games played between opposing teams were widespread in pre-modern Europe. Many localities are known to have had a variety including the Calcio of Florence and La Soule of northern France In Scotland football games were common enough for the Scottish Parliament to attempt to outlaw them on several occasions. The act of 1457, under James II, is typical. The"
"team to first win 5 matches (a majority) was declared the winner. Fencing practice and techniques Fencing practice and techniques of modern competitive fencing are governed by the ""Fédération Internationale d'Escrime"" (FIE), though they developed from conventions developed in 18th- and 19th-century Europe to govern fencing as a martial art and a gentlemanly pursuit. The modern weapons for sport fencing are the foil, épée, and sabre. A fencing bout takes place on a strip, or ""piste"", which, according to the current FIE regulations, should be between wide wide and long. There are two en-garde lines (where the fencers stand at"