What a toleting they gave him.

This is one of the practices involving wooden implements found in the Canary Islands that survived in the rural areas of the islands. Thus, we find in the archipelago: the "garrote" in garrote fighting, the "vara" in stick fighting, the Canarian "tolete" (a tolete fight), and the "macana" (a macana). Each of these traditions has its own characteristic technique, size, thickness, and grip, and reflects the cultural richness of the Canary Islands. Today, the tolete is used as a defensive tool and a sport. Together with Canarian wrestling and garrote fight, they constitute the Canarian martial arts.

It has come down to us thanks to the research of Jorge Domínguez Naranjo

The tolete is a short, sturdy wooden weapon. It measures 50 to 90 cm, although it is more commonly the length of an extended arm from armpit to fingertips, approximately 70 cm. The main characteristic of this martial art is the one-handed center grip.

Because it is a very blunt and dangerous instrument, its practice became clandestine.
Most of the technique was revived on the island of Cuba among Canary Island emigrants who had learned to wield the tolete in their youth, before leaving. There, the so-called island population was famous for its skill with the tolete. It was said that they disarmed Haitian machete-wielders when there were disputes.