This martial art was
developed in the ancient Novgorod and includes both unarmed as well as armed
techniques using medieval weapons. Folk martial arts.
Russia has a variety of other
folk martial art styles including still practiced, Pshkovian Skobar,
Slavyano-Gortskaya Sorba, Ukrainian Spas, Ukrainian Kazak, Byelorussian
Asilki, Various forms of Kuresh in central Asia, Georgian Chidaoba, Armenian
Koch among others. Some of them originated in countries of USSR or other
Slave Countries.
