page_title: Sport in Tenerife
section_title: Palo canario
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Tenerife / Canary Islands sports / Palo canario
caption_attribution_description: Exhibición de Palo Canario en Pozo Negro, Fuerteventura
context_page_description: On the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, many sports are practiced, both outdoors and indoors in the various facilities available throughout the island.
  Among the sports practiced on the island include the following:
context_section_description: The game of palo canario ("juego del palo") is a martial art that is practiced between two players who go into battle using sticks without actually making contact with the body of the adversary. The origin of the game was a method of warfare used by early settlers to ward off invaders and was not intended for leisure.
  Tenerife has several notable Palo canario clubs: Club-Escuela Acosta de los Campitos, Club-Escuela Las Mercedes, Club-Escuela Maragat, Club-Escuela Tagoror Chiregua, Club-Grupo Bijache de Arafo, Club-Grupo Chimenchia Las Canteras, Club-Grupo Hirgwan.
caption: Palo Canario
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