• 3 years ago
  • TIACHTLI or POK-TO-POK

    I added the TIACHTLI  sport because many modern sports have roots to this sports which had some deadly consequences win or lose. What do you know about this sport? how do you feel learning about it, world you play it today?

    One of the oldest sports in the world from MESOMERICA. According to www.mundomayafoundation.org "Numerous historians have researched Tlachli and concluded that it was played without the use of hands. This type of game was especially true of the ancient Aztecs, who played a version of tlachtli called olamaliztli. Olamaliztli was believed to be very similar to our modern soccer. This game was played with only the head, hips, and elbow, and the ball could not be touched by hand. Some have gone as far as calling it Mesoamerican hip ball."