Da’Mon Stith is the Chief Instructor and Founder of the Guild of the Silent Sword, teaching a range of African martial arts. In this conversation we discuss how he began his martial arts journey, and go into the specifics of how he recreates African arts, many of which do not have detailed written sources.
You can find his Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/austinwarriorarts
We discuss many aspects of African martial arts, and he mentions a lot of weapons the average HMA practitioner may be unfamiliar with. When we get into the real-life inspirations for the weapons in Black Panther, he mentions the following:
You might also like an article on the HAMA blog on the same subject: https://hamaassociation.wordpress.com/2018/03/31/5-african-weapons-seen-in-black-panther/
He also mentions the following, that you may be unfamiliar with (images are borrowed from the internet- if they belong to you, l’ll happily give credit or take them down, just get in touch):
