Mano-a-Mano

Mano -a- Mano ( hand to hand German ) is a Spanish term. It refers originally to bullfights where two matadors alternate competing for the admiration of the audience.

The current Spanish usage describes any kind of competition between two people who are trying to outdo each other.

The term has been adopted into the English language with similar meaning, possibly by Ernest Hemingway, and had the significance of, for example, " one on one ", " head to head " or " duel " and thus brought the intense competition for expression.

Within the Doce Pares Eskrima fighting school it is one of three areas of martial arts. This martial art from the Philippines and called the armed struggle between two counterparties.

In French, the term is sometimes used in the merge, the Portuguese and Spanish meaning. "Thunder quelque chose de mano y mano " means to give something to someone in person, with direct physical contact.

A classic tango music is the song " Mano a Mano " by Carlos Gardel.