Matrak

Biography

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. It is played with wooden sticks covered with leather simulating a sword, and a wooden leather covered shield. The top of the sticks are rounded and slightly wider than the body resembling bowling pins. The game is a kind of combat simulation, and is played on a lawn. It was used by Ottoman soldiers as practice for melee combat. In the television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, it is shown as a combat-game.

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Credited work

39 releases · 12 albums · active 1998–2026

  • Performance · 67
  • Other credits · 21
  • Engineering · 13
  • Production · 2

Studios: Necromorbus Studio · La Boîte Noire (2) · Théâtre Impérial de Québec

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