Editing Duel (section)

===Philippines===
Dueling was a common practice in the Philippines since ancient times, and continued to be recorded during Spanish and American colonialism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marcialtirada.net/filipino_weapons |title=Philippine Martial Arts Institute – Traditional Filipino Weapons |publisher=Marcialtirada.net |access-date=2012-10-22}}</ref> In the [[Visayas]], there is a tradition of dueling where the offended party would first ''hagit'' or challenge the offender. The offender would have the choice whether to accept or decline the challenge. In the past, choice of weapons was not limited. But most often, [[Bolo knife|bolos]], rattan canes, and knives were the preferred weapons. Duels were either first-blood, submission, or to the last man standing. Duels to death were known as ''huego-todo'' (without bounds).{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Some of the older generation of [[Filipino martial art]]ists could still recall details of duels which occurred during their youth.

Duels with the bolo knife were prominent in North and Central Philippines, common in farmlands where the machete-like bolo is commonly used as a domestic tool. A duel reported internationally occurred on 14 April 1920 by Prescott Journal Miner which was known as "The First Bolo Duel in Manila since the American Occupation". It happened when Ángel Umali and Tranquilino Paglinawan met with friends in a vacant lot near the city centre before dusk to settle a feud; Paglinawan lost his left hand. With no law against bolo fights, Umali was charged for a petty crime.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=906&dat=19200416&id=HllIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3515,3703863 |title=Bolos Weapons in Filipino Duel: One Hand Cut Off |access-date=2012-10-22}}</ref>

Bolo fights are still seen today, albeit rarely, and have become part of Filipino rural culture. On 7 January 2012, two middle-aged farmers were wounded after a bolo duel over the harvest of rice in a village in [[Zamboanga City]]. Geronimo Álvarez and Jesús Guerrero were drinking and at the height of their arguing Álvarez allegedly pulled out his bolo and hacked Guerrero. Guerrero also pulled his bolo and repeatedly hacked Álvarez, and their relatives immediately intervened and rushed them to a hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2012/01/07/argument-over-rice-harvest-leads-bolo-duel-199362 |title=Argument over rice harvest leads to bolo duel in Zamboanga City |newspaper=Sun.Star |date=2012-01-07 |access-date=2012-10-22 |archive-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701222555/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2012/01/07/argument-over-rice-harvest-leads-bolo-duel-199362 |url-status=dead }}</ref>