One foot high kick

The Inuit One foot High Kick.

The Inuit one-foot high kick is a traditional competition that the Inuit Inuit that is similar to the two foot high kick Two-foot high kick.

In this competition the competitor stands on one foot, jumps in the air and hits a ball or piece of seal such as a Ringed seal, which is suspended from a Gallows and then lands on the same foot.

The one foot high kick tests the strength and Agility of a hunter. It was also used to signal a successful hunt in some communities

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inuit high kick.

References

<http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/Curriculum/NativeGames/games.html>

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.