From Greig Watson- DDS instructor. Spear in the manner of Fillipo Vadi (late C15th)for the purpose of edification, clarification, recreation and simply for it's own sake.
It could be modified to safer combat and some of the "shapes" kept but under pressure on a field with no room I don't reckon it'd work very well- too much chance to bounce into someone's face instad of chest, plus it is meant for one-on-one-in-the-list stuff, not battle, primarily.
I read it- I would like to support it cos it is nice but the first few issues are rehashes of articles that have floated around the ether or SPADA for years so it wasn't worth it. Tom's article on halberd is nice though- it's wher I "frog DNAed" the stuff for my pollaxe class as it is of the same period and halberd is the civilian form.
Unfortunately it seems it will be the equivalent of "Skirmish"- pretty, no content, a few adverts of folk that are irrelevant to me and only bought for folk to see their own or their mate's face in print. If it picks up then I may be interested.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzmsfZNHQ3M
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Learning spear from whom (and with what purpose)?
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Are you getting WMA illustrated? I thought the haberd article was quite good.
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I read it- I would like to support it cos it is nice but the first few issues are rehashes of articles that have floated around the ether or SPADA for years so it wasn't worth it. Tom's article on halberd is nice though- it's wher I "frog DNAed" the stuff for my pollaxe class as it is of the same period and halberd is the civilian form.
Unfortunately it seems it will be the equivalent of "Skirmish"- pretty, no content, a few adverts of folk that are irrelevant to me and only bought for folk to see their own or their mate's face in print. If it picks up then I may be interested.
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