Opposite Sword...

"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond) 01/06/2019 at 14:38 • Filed to: None

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If anything taught me how the world was, the twelve-sided-dice proved swords are awesome. Incontrovertible proof! But spears? Actually testing historical tools changed my fourteen- year- old mind. Apparently Samurai also preferred spears. Using motorcycles would make it purely jousting so spear would win again. Just need a nice stick in life.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Grindintosecond 01/06/2019 at 15:52

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Reach is everything with hand weapons. If you can hit your opponent when they're too far away to hit you, you automatically have the advantage.

Monkey B > Grindintosecond 01/06/2019 at 16:02

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Oberyn Martell showed me this fact...too bad he couldn’t stop talking and got smooshed. 

Monkey B > Grindintosecond 01/06/2019 at 16:08

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also...that looks like fun.

xc90v8/I4 :( > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/06/2019 at 17:22

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But I can just turn your spear into a stick with my sword.

Wobbles the Mind > Grindintosecond 01/06/2019 at 17:26

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This was awesome, thanks for sharing!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Grindintosecond 01/06/2019 at 17:41

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also archery was held in high regard for much of the samari period 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Grindintosecond 01/07/2019 at 01:04

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That does look like fun. I watched my first reenactment when I was about 8. Several of the guys were letting kids try to whack them with a sword, so I gave it a go. They guy I was up against had a tiny buckler for defense, but no matter how hard my puny little 8-yr-old arms tried, I couldn’t hit him for anything. I had a lot of fun trying.

That’s probably what planted the seed for taking martial arts later in life.

I wish he had spent some time talking about various spear types. The Roman pilum and the Chinese spear. The pilum was used as a javelin as well as a hand-to-hand weapon. The shape and weight of the pilum helped it penetrate shields when thrown. Imagine hiding behind your shield and getting a spear point to your face through your shield!

The Chinese spear has a few features which make it interesting and fun to work with. The shaft is wax wood , a tree that grows very straight, has a bit of flex, and has just enough slip to move easily through the hands. Sometimes they put elaborate heads on the shaft, but my favorites were relatively small blades with a proper tassel. The tassel helps confuse your opponent by creating an additional visual distraction. It’s also said to keep the enemy’s blood from running down the shaft.

Grindintosecond > TheRealBicycleBuck 01/07/2019 at 09:37

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I love how back they they designed for hydrodynamics of blood. Sabre blood channels, etc. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Grindintosecond 01/07/2019 at 10:05

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I wonder how many people they had to kill before recognizing it as a problem and engineering a solution.

“Hey, Bob! So, we lost Bill. Yeah, his spear got all covered with blood and he couldn’t hold onto it any more. He went down after he made a thrust and his spear just flew out of his hands. Anything we can do about that?”