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Axemen woodchop

Also known as Woodchopping · also spelled wood-chopping or wood chopping · standing block and underhand

Axemen woodchop: photograph by Thiscouldbeauser
Photo: Thiscouldbeauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Time swings to chop a log into two cleanly in the shortest number of strokes, adjusting stance and rhythm; compete in knockout heats.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Australia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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