Unlike traditional tahtib, women can participate in its modern version. With exhibitions, notably at the International Martial Arts Festival in Paris in 2016, modern tahtib already has attracted followers internationally, but is still trying to gain a foothold in Egypt. Boulad said he had given himself two to three years, with the help of private financing, to create "regional centres" across the world for spreading the sport further, including in Canada, Colombia and Hungary. "I say to Egyptians, get moving, otherwise tahtib will go to the Olympics without an Egyptian team representing it," he said.
AFP