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Hop Fight: The Authoritative Guide to the Drunken Sport Even a Child Can Play
Paperback
Publisher Price: $19.23
Publisher: Fiero Books
Published: Mar 8 2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The world contains many sports. Most require two legs.
Hop fight does not.
Hop fight is a one-legged combat sport in which two competitors balance on a single foot and attempt to knock each other off balance without touching the ground. Though largely ignored by modern athletics, it possesses a long and peculiar tradition-complete with rules, rivalries, tactical maneuvers and a fiercely debated code of honor.
Hop Fight: The Authoritative Guide to the Drunken Sport Even a Child Can Play is a meticulously researched guide to this unusual sport. Reconstructed from a lost original manuscript and presented with the seriousness normally reserved for major sports, it remains the most comprehensive-and possibly the only-reference work ever devoted to competitive one-legged combat.
Inside this illustrated instructional manual you will find:
- The official rules and match procedures of hop fight, including sanctioned styles of play and prohibited techniques
- Training methods for core strength, balance, endurance, and tactical hopping - from conventional Pilates to crystal meditation
- Classic maneuvers for every level, from the Bennie Badger to the 360 (also known as the ACL)
- The sport's origin stories, governing body, philosophical precepts and the glorious tradition of the post-match foot bath
- A sports historian's introduction tracing the cultural significance of one-leggedness from Viking sagas to Mayan mythology
- Fantasy league scoring, hoptermetrics and guidance on hop fighting during global pandemics
No equipment required. Shirts and shoes optional.
Perfect for fans of strange sports, absurd humor and deeply serious books about completely ridiculous subjects.
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