5000 years ago

5000 years of history

Modern Tahtib results from a long evolution that finds its roots in the Pharaoh era.

The first Egyptian technical manual of fight is visible on a bas-relief of a tomb from the fifth dynasty (2600 B.C.).

In 2010, Dr Tarek El Awady, Director of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo, released new evidences found on the path leading to King Sahourê’s pyramid. The engravings with hieroglyphics describe in details with the instructor’s indications to his trainee, the three Egyptian army warrior’s discipline : archery, stick, and wrestling. These confirmed the Egyptologists’ certitude, particularly the late Dr Wolfgang Decker, great Egyptologist of antique sports, about the stick fighting history.

The referred pyramid is near Cairo, at mid distance between the great pyramids of Guizeh and the famous Saqqara pyramid.

All along the Egyptian history, Egyptians used to engrave the stick fight and game on tombs such as in Beni Hassan site (12th dynasty; 1600 B.C.)

Beni Hassan, 300 km south of Cairo, is near the city of El Minyeh. Similar engravings can be found at Tell el Amarna (1360 B.C.) and in Luxor (18 dynasty).