LANSANG, ANGEL J (4 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Fine-. Second Printing. 218pp. Numerous photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. 218 pp. Photos, good copy in original printed paper covers.

Octavo, illus light card covers, 218pp, illus, VG (some tanning & foxing to spine, light fading & staining to covers, some tanning to page edges).

Trade paperback. Condición: Good. Second printing [stated]. [6], 218, [2] pages. Illustrations. Dedication page reattached with glue. Includes Introduction by Congressman Ramon V. Mitra Jr.; Preface; and Author's Note. Also includes chapters on Background of Cockfighting; Cockfighting as a Sport and Pastime; Glossary of Technical Terms Translated into Tagalog; Principles of Breeding; Walking; Conditioning Gamecocks; The Referee; Lansang's Rules of the Pit; Tailing and Matching; Heeling for the Beginner; The Professional Heeler; Scientific Breeding; The Lore of Cockfighting; Of Cocks and Cockfighting; Great Men of History and Cockfighting; Interesting Traits of the Gamecock; Beliefs and Disbeliefs; MGA Alituntuning "Lansang" Sa Sabong; Historical and Cultural notes; and Special Pictorial Feature: The Art of Heeling in Pictures. Cockfighting, locally termed sabong, is a popular pastime in the Philippines, where both illegal and legal cockfights occur. Legal cockfights are held in cockpits every week, whilst illegal ones, called tupada or tigbakay, are held in secluded cockpits where authorities cannot raid them. In both types, knives or gaffs are used. There are two kinds of knives used in Philippine cockfighting: single-edged blades (used in derbies) and double-edged blades; lengths of knives also vary. All knives are attached on the left leg of the bird, but depending on agreement between owners, blades can be attached on the right or even on both legs. Sabong and illegal tupada, are judged by a referee called sentensyador or koyme, whose verdict is final and not subject to any appeal. The author writes with authority about his subject, having behind him over half a century of cocking experience and a thorough knowledge of cocking lore. Bets are usually taken by the kristo, so named because of his outstretched hands when calling out wagers from the audience from memory. Cockfighting in the Philippines is derived from the fact that it shares elements of Indian and other Southeast Asian cultures, where the jungle fowl (bankivoid) and Oriental type of chicken are endemic. The country has hosted several World Slasher Cup derbies, held biannually at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, where the world's leading game fowl breeders gather. World Slasher Cup is also known as the "Olympics of Cockfighting". The World Gamefowl Expo 2014 was held in the World Trade Center Metro Manila. A cockfight is a blood sport between two cocks, or gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit. The history of raising fowl for fighting goes back 6,000 years. The first documented use of the word gamecock, denoting use of the cock as to a "game", a sport, pastime or entertainment, was recorded in 1634, after the term "cock of the game" used by George Wilson, in the earliest known book on the sport of cockfighting in The Commendation of Cocks and Cock Fighting in 1607. But it was during Magellan's voyage of discovery of the Philippines in 1521 when modern cockfighting was first witnessed and documented by Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's chronicler, in the kingdom of Taytay. The combatants, referred to as gamecocks, are specially bred and conditioned for increased stamina and strength. Male and female chickens of such a breed are referred to as game fowl. Cocks possess congenital aggression toward all males of the same species. Wagers are often made on the outcome of the match. Cockfighting is a blood sport due in some part to the physical trauma the cocks inflict on each other, which is sometimes increased by attaching metal spurs to the cocks' natural spurs. While not all fights are to the death, the cocks may endure significant physical trauma. In some areas around the world, cockfighting is still practiced as a mainstream event; in some countries it is regulated by law, or forbidden outright. Advocates of the "age old sport" often list cultural and religious relevance as reasons for perpetuation of cockfighting as a sport.