Tebillant
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Tebillant (Tamashek: ⵜⴻⴱⵉⵍⵍⴰⵏⵜ, lit. "Fighting") is a full contact martial art and combat sport originating in the Ninva among the Kel Tenere. It is best known as a form of unarmed stand-up kickboxing but may also include clinch fighting or even armed techniques, especially dagger fighting, depending on the style. Foot kicks and bare knuckle strikes are allowed, as well as elbow, knee, shin, and even forehead strikes are allowed in the unarmed form of the sport. Tebillant originated as numerous forms of folk wrestling practiced by nomadic tribes of the Ninva.