Pillow fight

A pillow fight is a common game mostly played by young children (but also by teens and adults) in which they engage in mock physical conflict, using pillows as weapons.

For the 2016 song by Galantis, see Pillow Fight (song).
Pillow fight at an English country fair, 1971
A public pillow fight in Bologna, Italy
A pillow fight flashmob in Berlin, Germany

Many times pillow fights occur during children's sleepovers. Since pillows are usually soft, injuries rarely occur. The heft of a pillow can still knock a young person off balance, especially on a soft surface such as a bed, which is a common venue. In earlier eras, pillows would often break, shedding feathers throughout a room. Modern pillows tend to be stronger and are often filled with a solid block of artificial filling, so breakage occurs far less frequently.

Organized pillow fights

Pillow fighting became part of flash mob culture with pillow fight flash mobs popping up in cities around the world.

Women wrestlers, known as Divas in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), engage in pillow fights as a type of match. These were often booked as a Lingerie Pillow Fight, in which the women "compete" in lingerie or pajamas, with ittle or no actual wrestling taking place. Following the Women's Evolution, the WWE has stopped doing those type of matches.

In January 2007, Reuters reported that a Pillow Fight League was operating in bars in Toronto.[1] Pre-selected female "fighters" with stage personalities are paid small amounts to stage regular, unscripted fights. The rules call for "no lewd behavior, and moves such as leg drops or tickling or submission holds are allowed as long as a pillow is used".

The Guinness World Record for the largest pillow fight was set in July 2015 at a St. Paul Saints baseball game, where 6,261 participated in the event that was sponsored by the local manufacturer My Pillow.[2]

In Japan
Further information: Makura-Nage

In film

Pillow fights were a popular theme in early cinematography.[3] 1897 saw the release of A Pillow Fight by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company followed by Pillow Fight from Edison Studios.[3] In the same year Siegmund Lubin released New Pillow Fight.[3] Lubin returned to the subject in 1903 with the film Pillow Fight, Reversed.[3]

References
  1. No softies in Canada's campy Pillow Fight League Archived 2007-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, Jan 16 2007
  2. "Saint Paul Saints hold world's largest pillow fight". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. Lebeau, Vicky (2008). Childhood and Cinema. Reaktion Books. pp. 23–25. ISBN 1861893523.
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