Pollaxe freeplay

M Paul Macdonald and Mike Smith of the Macdonald Academy of Arms bout with pollaxes at the Royal Museum of Scotland, November 25, 2007.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• pollaxe
• wma
• sword
• fencing
• combat
• historical
• medieval

[memphadon]

so....you're PAID to play around with medieval weapons?

i admit, i'm jealous

[zkyggen]

WATCH OUT FOR THE BANANA PEEL

[Jordanationalismtion]

@memphadon I'd pay for it. XD Hell, if I had a place within driving distance to actually enjoy stuff like this, I'd pay out the ass.

[elgostine]

@TheKekelol yes and that almost childish tug of war that occurs is what brings it into perspective.

[TheKekelol]

@elgostine yea I do agree that its funny. And no amount of fancy poses and forms will change the primal reality that they are hitting each other with pointy sticks :p

[elgostine]

@chantakzee well duh, but its still amusing.

[chantakzee]

@elgostine Uh , because grabbing opponents weapon and hit them with yours is a valid technique when in a fight? You know , you win when your opponent is dead and you lived .

[tomcat2222]

Great example of pure use of poleaxes.

[elgostine]

what i find amusing about this freplay is that despite all the sophisticated techniqus being employed, it appears that the childhood instint to grab the shaft of your opponents weapon and try to hit him with your own doesnt go away.

reinds me of 'swordfights as a kid,

also, i note that most poleaxes are usually axehead and fluke, or hammer and fluke, why double axe heads?

[LutefiskSavage]

IDK guys I prefer the que down and hammer high opening with the left leg leading, from there all defenses can be executed as well as all offenses. the quicker thrust with the que to the face is also availiable without abandoning your defense. This is what La Jeu talks a lot about extensively. the other opening to exploit is the dague forward technique presenting the flat of the head to the potential angles of attack of the enemy. "Or whatever seems to be a good idea"

[Kingonads]

@hotspurschool

And in the middle east, another group that took fighting VERY seriously, and had several manuscripts on it.

[hotspurschool]

@defrisselle Cool! The Normans were a serious lot. The manual sources for "how to" tend to only go back as far as the late 13th century (Ms.I.33), but I think Eastern Europe may be the untapped resource for as yet unseen works.