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    Filipino Game Luksong Tinik

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    Luksong tinik is a traditional Filipino children's game where players take turns jumping over a human arch formed by two "thorns". The thorns raise the height of the arch after each successful jump until one player fails, taking a turn as a thorn. Teams compete in single elimination rounds to gain points. The game involves children lining up to jump with increasing difficulty levels as the thorns alternate using their hands and feet to form the arch.

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    Luksong tinik is a traditional Filipino children's game where players take turns jumping over a human arch formed by two "thorns". The thorns raise the height of the arch after each successful jump until one player fails, taking a turn as a thorn. Teams compete in single elimination rounds to gain points. The game involves children lining up to jump with increasing difficulty levels as the thorns alternate using their hands and feet to form the arch.

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    Luksong tinik is a traditional Filipino children's game where players take turns jumping over a human arch formed by two "thorns". The thorns raise the height of the arch after each successful jump until one player fails, taking a turn as a thorn. Teams compete in single elimination rounds to gain points. The game involves children lining up to jump with increasing difficulty levels as the thorns alternate using their hands and feet to form the arch.

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    Filipino Game Luksong Tinik

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    LUKSONG TINIK

    Luksong tinik is a very popular game to Filipino children. It is a game where one has to jump over
    the tinik and cross to the other side untouched. Boys and girls play, lining up to jump. There are always 2
    "thorns" who place feet and hands alternatively to make the tinik higher. It gets higher and higher up
    until one gets snagged in the thorns and replaces one of the taya.
    The luksong tinik isn't physically demanding, and it’s fun to play. The entertaining part isn't the
    jumping itself, but cheering, taunting, jeering, bragging and laughing of the kids.

    GAME SYSTEM

     Single Elimination
     Each Team shall be composed of 5 or more players.
     The Player must jump as high as they can pass the thorns without touching it.
     The first team to gain 3 points will be the winner and shall proceed to the next round.
     Winners in every round will gain plus (+) 10 points.

    MECHANICS

     First children decide among themselves who will play first and who will be the two who will act
    as the “thorns” in the game. Thorns have a very important as well as difficult task in the game.
    Jumpers take turns passing the levels. The jumpers form a queue and the thorns take their
    position. 

    The “thorns” (A & B) sit, facing each other with the soles of their feet touching. This is the first
    level that jumpers must successfully jump through without touching any of their body parts with
    those of the thorns’ body
     Next level the two thorns must adjust their distance a bit towards each other so they can
    comfortably and successfully create level 2, where one of “thorn A’s” foot is used as base, and
    another of “thorn B’s” foot as the second level above the base.

     Then it is thorn A’s foot as base, thorn B’s foot as second layer of base then thorn A’s other foot
    as 3rd level. 

     Then both A and B’s feet alternating to create level 4. Then it is all four feet plus thorn A’s hand:
    Level 5. A & B’s feet and one hand each: Level 6. A& B’s feet and two of A’s hands and B’s one
    hand: Level 7. Finally Level 8 has all four hands and feet alternating.

     Successful jumpers are cleared and pass on to the next level. The group decides how many tries
    will be given for each attempt. For example, you get one more try. So if you were unsuccessful
    the first attempt, you step aside and wait till everyone has their turn jumping over the “thorns”.
     After this, all the unsuccessful ones take their second attempt. If you still did not clear that level,
    you are out of the game and spend the remaining time watching the rest of the kids complete all
    the rounds. Then you are candidate for the thorns so that the thorns of the current game can
    take their turn as jumpers in the next game.

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