Tire machèt ("pull [the] machete") is a Haitian martial art; a form of fencing with machetes. == Background == The origin of the practice lies in the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, in which rebel slaves, many armed only with the machetes they had used to cut sugarcane, defeated the French colonial army.
Tire machèt ("pull [the] machete") is a Haitian martial art; a form of fencing with machetes. == Background == The origin of the practice lies in the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, in which rebel slaves, many armed only with the machetes they had used to cut sugarcane, defeated the French colonial army.
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