This was meant to be fought...

After the conquest of the islands, the indigenous population was prohibited from using weapons, and the practice fell into obscurity. The garrote survived among Canarian shepherds as a support tool when traveling and as a weapon in disputes arising from disagreements over the ownership of livestock, pastures, etc. Thus, it was preserved as a clandestine traditional form of fighting, taught within the family. Beginning in the mid-20th century, with the abandonment of the countryside, this practice began to decline due to its dislocation from the rural world in which it was preserved. In the 1980s, a young and enthusiastic Jorge Domínguez Naranjo began an exhaustive investigation that led him to interview the islands' shepherds. Through this work, he compiled the various techniques they jealously preserved, which form part of the technical structure of Canarian Garrote Fighting.

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