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As far back as the 16th century, there was at least one fighting style which focused on fighting with a pair of katar, one in each hand. Unlike a single-hulled vessel, an outrigger or double-hull vessel generates stability as a result of the distance between its hulls rather than due to the shape of each individual hull. They are traditionally fitted with Austronesian sails, like the crab claw sails and tanja sails, but in modern times are often fitted with petrol engines. Similarly, the Spanish priest Francisco Combés, describing the large karakoa outrigger warships of the Visayan Islands in the Philippines, remarked:[9], "That care and attention, which govern their boat-building, cause their ships to sail like birds, while ours are like lead in this regard.". Some blades are forked into two points, which would later develop into the scissors katar. Senior woordvoerder De minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid ontzorgen met feilloze communicatie. In Hawaii, entire families participate in summer regattas with age groups from keiki (children as young as 6 with an adult steersperson) and age 12 through age 60+. Double-outrigger boats are more prevalent in Southeast Asia, though single-outriggers and catamarans also exist. Paddlers also need to know how to recover from a huli under the steerer's direction. Every position has an important role to play in the canoe. In contrast, more distant outlying descendant populations in Micronesia, Polynesia, Madagascar, and the Comoros retained the double-hull and the single outrigger boat types, for the technology of double outriggers never reached them (exceptions being western Melanesia). [17][18] Similar terms also exist in other Malayo-Polynesian languages, such as Pohnpeian dahm, Yapese thaam, Ambonese Malay semang, all meaning 'outrigger float', as well as Chamorro sakman meaning '[a] large canoe. The ʻiako are usually made of wood; the ʻiako-ama and ʻiako-hull connections are typically done with rope wrapped and tied in an interlocking fashion to reduce the risk of the connection coming completely apart if the rope breaks. [5] It may have originated with the mustika, a method of holding a dagger between the middle and index finger[8] still used in kalaripayattu and gatka today. All katar with thickened tips are commonly described as "armour-piercing", but it is likely that only narrow and slender blades made this function possible. Outrigger boats were essential in the transportation of Austronesians both eastward to Polynesia and New Zealand and westward across the Indian Ocean as far as Madagascar during the Austronesian migration period. Princes and nobles were often portrayed wearing a katar at their side. [15], The outrigger float is called the ama in many Polynesian languages (compare Hawaiian ama, Maori ama, and Samoan ama, all meaning 'outrigger float'), realisations of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saRman 'outrigger float'. The length of a race ranges from short sprints (e.g., 250–500 metres for the OC1 and the OC12, 500–2000 metres (usually includes turns) for the OC6) to longer events, including marathons (e.g., 42 kilometres). These were built in the double-canoe configuration or had a single outrigger on the windward side. The International Va'a Federation (IVF) oversees va'a racing worldwide, including the IVF World Championships [29] and at the Pacific Games.[30]. It was worn as a symbol of respect by the king to the soldiers who lay down their lives for him in war without any hesitation. It also includes catamarans. They may also take advantage of water conditions to gain extra speed by surfing.