Matrak, the Glossary
Matrak is an Ottoman combat sport 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.[1]
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9 relations: Combat sport, Janissary, Lawn game, Matrakçı Nasuh, Melee, Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire, Ten-pin bowling.
- Combat sports
- Lawn games
- Sports originating in Turkey
- Turkish games
Combat sport
A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. Matrak and combat sport are combat sports.
Janissary
A janissary (yeŋiçeri) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops.
Lawn game
A lawn game is an outdoor game that can be played on a lawn. Matrak and lawn game are lawn games.
Matrakçı Nasuh
Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Visokavi el-Bosnavî, commonly known as Matrakçı Nasuh for his competence in the combat sport of Matrak which was invented by himself, (also known as Nasuh el-Silâhî, Nasuh the Swordsman, because of his talent with weapons; 1480 – 1564) was a 16th-century Ottoman Bosnian statesman of the Ottoman Empire, polymath, mathematician, philosopher, teacher, historian, geographer, cartographer, swordmaster, navigator, inventor, painter, farmer, and miniaturist.
Melee
A melee (or, French: mêlée) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts.
See Matrak and Melee
Muhteşem Yüzyıl
Muhteşem Yüzyıl is a Turkish historical drama series.
See Matrak and Muhteşem Yüzyıl
Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Ottoman Empire era of rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina (first as a ''sanjak'', then as an ''eyalet'') and Herzegovina (also as a ''sanjak'', then ''eyalet'') lasted from 1463/1482 to 1878 de facto, and until 1908 de jure.
See Matrak and Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle.
See Matrak and Ten-pin bowling
See also
Combat sports
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- 2019 in combat sports
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- 2022 in combat sports
- 2024 in combat sports
- Arm wrestling
- Battle royale
- Bicycle jousting
- Blood sports
- Collegiate wrestling
- Combat sport
- Downed opponent
- Finger pulling
- Gladiatorial combat
- Imari Ton-Ten-Ton Festival
- Lancashire wrestling
- Live action role-playing game
- Martial arts
- Matrak
- MilSim
- Muay Lao
- Robot combat
- Water jousting
- Weight classes
- Whip fighting
Lawn games
- American Cornhole League
- Backyard golf
- Bocce
- Bowls
- Cherokee marbles
- Clock golf
- Cornhole
- Croquet
- Fowling (sport)
- Ground billiards
- Horseshoes (game)
- Jeu provençal
- Kubb
- Ladder toss
- Lawn darts
- Lawn game
- Mölkky
- Matrak
- Pétanque
- Polish horseshoes
- Quoits
- Rolle bolle
- Roque
- Skittles (sport)
- Taistelupetankki
- Trac Ball
- Washer pitching
Sports originating in Turkey
- Jereed
- Matrak
- Oil wrestling
Turkish games
- Matrak
- Okey
- Turkish draughts