As someone who's done some rudimentary bo staff training as part of my karate and kung fu training, it is so entertaining and enlightening to see the differences and similarities in staff use between east and west.
@@sevehayden1463 one big difference is in the staff itself. Staffs in eastern styles, usually king fu, are more flexible. Part of getting your form better is making the staff flex and whip with each strike. In Japanese staff use, the grip is higher up on the weapon, which makes it more of close range tool with a back end that is used for striking as well.
@@sevehayden1463 look for Comparing 6 STAFF Martial Arts by Fandabi Dozi. You can probably see the vid in recommendations if you look to the right ---->
@@noahdaglio9362 regarding the sometimes extreme flexibility and whipping I'd tend to argue that this may be a modern invention to make presentations more flashy in modern wushu, but yes, at least my style advocates much more movement of the back hand and striking usage of both ends, even though of course we also have those long-range techniques. I always wonder if for some close-range techniques in HEMA (remember the "wrestling" part of the staff) the striking side of the staff may be changed for a follow-up; does anybody reading this know? :D
i noticed alot of people also utilize these same techniques in similarly sized weapons as well! personally ive found it AMAZING to practice these with my Dane Ax as the difference in weight from the head is negligible and it keeps the same relative "feel" :3
not ten minutes after posting this reading through the German Fencing Manual i come to learn pole axes halberds staffs etc are all considered "staff weapons" XD now i just feel dumb as for not utilizing this sooner haha
I love how this is also excellent reference for gesture drawings thanks to the exhaustive inclusion of different angles and multiple cuts. Much obliged to your dedication!
The staff! It’s so good to see it featured.👏 Thank you for your uploads during these strange times; your channel has inspired me to return to practicing HEMA once again. Since recovering from muscle injury, it’s been a fantastic way to focus my fitness routines.
Can you demonstrate the jaegerstock (double headed spear, one on each end)? Johann Georg Pascha said in his manual that a master can hold of a group of attackers if he is on open ground. Please do a video on it.
I'm getting a quarter staff for Christmas this video helped me pick the right one and I'll be able to practice with it. Thank you for making this video 😁 ps. this video very much feels like a video game tutorial lol
These are really great! I'm currently stuck in the countryside with a billhook and some poles, so using these vids to get some good drills in for quarterstave / halberd etc. Thanks so much!
Thank for these insightful videos on the staff, I've been drilling with mine lately and found your videos have helped me with my technique and handling of the weapon.
I've been going through your videos and enjoying them greatly. Even got me to start incorporating sword drills into my gym time so I can keep working on some skills until things calm down here. One request would be to maybe have a somewhat transparent background on the text to help up the contrast on it. Due to the brightness in some of the videos, it can be somewhat straining on my eyes to read them. Maybe a dark grey or some similarly contrasting color to get rid of some of the brightness immediately around the text.
@ i had the opportunity a couple years ago to take Norlings staff seminar here in the states but unfortunately my studies don't give me much time for Meyer. But i've watched your channel for years and you've always been a clear and good presenter of Meyers work and it has been invaluable. I look forward to more as always. Thank you and keep it up! 🍻
Nice video!! I trained with my grandfather's shepherd staff. I know that you mostly make videos with polearms, halberds and two-handed swords since you study the era from 1400-1600 AD but, is there any chance that you make a video with a two-handed axe or spear ? (spear not pike!)
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I uploaded a poleaxe vid the last days...but maybe i give the spear a try some day :)
Love the video! One thing on my mind is that maybe you'd like to try to move the center of the gravity a little backward when performing the thrust. This might make the attack more powerful.
It might, but when just striking air you would loose your footing putting too much strength into your move. That would be different if you hit something like a dummy providing some reaction force when struck.
Am I the only one who felt like I'm watching the tutorial and special moves from the medieval video game? Awesome video btw, thank you for uploading this video ❤️
Hickory ist eine ausgezeichnete Wahl. Andere brauchbare Holzsorten sind Buche, Wenge, Robinie, Eisenholz und Virginiaeiche. Esche ist nach meiner Erfahrung suboptimal, da diese beim Partnertraining schnell bricht. Zwar nicht so schnell wie Roteiche, aber trotzdem wesentlich leichter zu brechen als Hickory. Ich habe einen Bo aus Hickory und einen aus Eisenholz. Beide 2,05m lang, Durchmesser 27 mm, zylindrisch verlaufend und ne schön glatte Oberfläche, damit der Stock gut gleiten kann und man sich keine Blasen reibt. Ich bin 1,90m und mit der Stocklänge von 2,05m sehr zufrieden. 115% wären sonst bei mir 2 m und 18,5 cm. Das wäre mir etwas zu lang. In der Kampfkunst, die ich trainiere, teilen wir den Bo in 3 ungefähr gleich große Sektionen. Und die Hände sind niemals starr am Stock, die Hände gleiten am Stock entlang, in Abhängigkeit der auszuführenden Technik. Und wir fassen den Stock niemals ganz am Ende. Wir lassen immer ein Stück von der Länge des eigenen Unterarms nach hinten rausgucken, da ein ganz am Ende gefaßte Stock zu schlecht kontrollierbar ist und man dadurch wesentlich langsamer wird. Allgemein ist mir aufgefallen, daß bei Du bei Deinen Schlägen viel mit den Armen arbeitest, v.a. mit dem vorderen Arm und wenig mit dem Körper. Sprich: jede Menge ungenutztes Potential einerseits und schnell ermüdete Arme andererseits. Und Techniken, wie der einhändige Mittelhau: würde ich niemals machen. Wenn man trifft, ist alles gut. Wenn man aber verfehlt und es mit einem schnellen Gegner zu tun hat, hat man ganz schnell die A-Karte. Trotz allem ein gutes Video!
May i ask you: Is is it possible to do right hews in a similar way as left hews are done? (Like hews with longsword)
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Because you grip your staff with your left arm towards the middle its very uncomfortable to do so. We don't want to cross the arms in our staff swings and strikes. It will be even more difficult in halberd later. Thats why we have differences between strikes from the left and right - to keep always a good and stable structure with left arm and leg forward.
I am self taught in staff fighting. I recognized some of the movements here from my own style, but a lot of this is completely new. I have a question though. how is the left lower hew meant to be used? It doesn't look good for parrying and has low range. I just don't see how it's meant to be used.
@I did like the halberd video too, well I've found all of them others from you interesting really, but more Meyer staff stuff would be utterly sublime. I'd love to see some advanced stuff (🙃) in your format.
Excellent video. In the future could you put the written explanations a bit more closer to the center of the screen please? I find them hard to read if the video is paused because the UI covers them. Cheers!
@@elliotdavie4072 Slowing the video down is unfortunately not possible on all platforms TH-cam can be viewed on. For example it has been removed as a feature on the TH-cam app for Android TV.
I have seen one mistake your hands never move. My younger brother was teaching himself to use a staff and was showing me what he could do, and I cut a stick about 4 ft long and stepped up and said hit me. He swung his staff and I blocked it and struck his lead hand and he dropped the staff. I told him that you can't ever leave your hands in one place for too long or your opponent can do that. About two months later I caught him in the woods and watched him practice, he told me to get a stick and I said no thanks I not stupid. He had learned his lesson you couldn't touch him.
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There is always space for improvement, thx :) For sure i will take care of it when it comes to partner vids.
A question regarding thrusts, if you don't mind. It seems that the thrusting point of the staff does not travel more than an arm's length in your videos. If that is the case, it would seem to me that an opponent would find the end of your staff within reach to grasp. Must the thrust normally be accompanied by an aggressive, penetrating step? Or is there something I don't understand?
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I show just the concepts. Add a step and you have more distance :)
I'm actually new to HEMA, it's actually awesome that the fact the martial art is more than just blades ( not that I'm trying to offend or complain or anything) along with this video, is there a book I can read to learn using the quarter staff?
I'm practicing this with my walking stick because people can be very unkind and very stupid when they've had a drink. I reserve the right to self defence.
Haven't watched full video but wanted to say that out of all the guards 'Middle on the Left Hip' looks the least protective. Could be wrong as I haven't finished the video.
If I want to start training, what's more important - good staff, brave sparing partner or puffy pants? Just kidding, of course =D I enjoyed this video, think it's great! But really: how thick should staff be?
My most used style is Side guard bcos I can block upper thrust and lower thrust and my favorite is their lower thrust bcos if I blocked itI will eventually knock their staff to the ground and hit the head hard enough to push his staff and hit himself receiving half of the force damage... that's if your enemy is out of moves😆
@DarklordKyo Joachim Meyer's "The Art of Combat" is a commonly used manual that covers the fundamentals of many different weapons, especially the longsword but it also covers the staff and other polearms. The style described for staff in that text is near identical to what is being displayed in the video, so they pair well
Those one hand hew techniques are bit weird What do you do when they block or parry it? Wouldnt you lose control of the weapon when its held singlehandedly on the edge like that
The fighting manual he is using. By the 16th century the science of fighting was heavily focused on dueling. I saw a lot of greatsword techniques being used. Besides the human body only can move in so many ways.
You recommend 115% of your height for a staff. Is there any exception to that rule? I've recently built a staff that reaches my eye level and have found it to be far more preferable. What I lose in reach I feel that I make up for in handling and maneuverability.
Ever been hit with the end of a 30 mm diameter stick thrust at you by a 100 kg plus angry man? Even with armour it's not going to be pleasant. In fact i would probably poke and thrust as much as possible for an armoured opponent in hope to keep him away and maybe shove him off balance. If you employed ONLY hewing/swinging strikes you are inviting the opponent in. Feint-stab, feint-stab, hew for parry and defence, feint stab. Mind you, even the best trained fighters in the world look great going through drills and the real fight is a hot mess of technique soup.
I don’t think these skills are enough to make me a badass protagonist, I think I’ll be the person who’ll get his butt kicked in the first 3 seconds then forgotten about
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As someone who's done some rudimentary bo staff training as part of my karate and kung fu training, it is so entertaining and enlightening to see the differences and similarities in staff use between east and west.
What are some of the differences?
@@sevehayden1463 one big difference is in the staff itself. Staffs in eastern styles, usually king fu, are more flexible. Part of getting your form better is making the staff flex and whip with each strike. In Japanese staff use, the grip is higher up on the weapon, which makes it more of close range tool with a back end that is used for striking as well.
Neat.
@@sevehayden1463 look for Comparing 6 STAFF Martial Arts by Fandabi Dozi. You can probably see the vid in recommendations if you look to the right ---->
@@noahdaglio9362 regarding the sometimes extreme flexibility and whipping I'd tend to argue that this may be a modern invention to make presentations more flashy in modern wushu, but yes, at least my style advocates much more movement of the back hand and striking usage of both ends, even though of course we also have those long-range techniques. I always wonder if for some close-range techniques in HEMA (remember the "wrestling" part of the staff) the striking side of the staff may be changed for a follow-up; does anybody reading this know? :D
i noticed alot of people also utilize these same techniques in similarly sized weapons as well! personally ive found it AMAZING to practice these with my Dane Ax as the difference in weight from the head is negligible and it keeps the same relative "feel" :3
not ten minutes after posting this reading through the German Fencing Manual i come to learn pole axes halberds staffs etc are all considered "staff weapons" XD now i just feel dumb as for not utilizing this sooner haha
New videos, new weapons, new puffy pants... You sure are very active, lately. Not that I'll complain.
xD
This whole vid is really informative.
And alot of thought was definitely put into it too.👏👏👏👏
Thanks for uploading this.👍
thx
I love how this is also excellent reference for gesture drawings thanks to the exhaustive inclusion of different angles and multiple cuts. Much obliged to your dedication!
The easiest way of staff fighting is to punch one of your employees, boom, you just fought your staff.
Ok I genuinely laughed take my +1
Omg 😂😂😂
Inb4 HR enters the ring
I know I am pretty randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to stream new movies online ?
LOl🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The staff! It’s so good to see it featured.👏
Thank you for your uploads during these strange times; your channel has inspired me to return to practicing HEMA once again. Since recovering from muscle injury, it’s been a fantastic way to focus my fitness routines.
Keep going and get better soon!
damn.. this is very comprehensive staff fundamental!
appreciate it very much! please keep on the good work!
As always amazing material, thanks for you work
Can you demonstrate the jaegerstock (double headed spear, one on each end)? Johann Georg Pascha said in his manual that a master can hold of a group of attackers if he is on open ground. Please do a video on it.
I'm getting a quarter staff for Christmas this video helped me pick the right one and I'll be able to practice with it. Thank you for making this video 😁 ps. this video very much feels like a video game tutorial lol
Hows ur staff training going
I cannot deny that. It really looks as a videogame tutorial
But you do it touching grass and exercising!
Awesome way to get more variety into your recreational activities.
@@pauloleodrakon Triangle-Square-Triangle for a one-handed middle hew. 😜
@@AteshSeruhn so it seems that you're versed in the "Way of Kilik"
Great job with the photos of various angles.
These are really great! I'm currently stuck in the countryside with a billhook and some poles, so using these vids to get some good drills in for quarterstave / halberd etc. Thanks so much!
An excellent video for parsing the staff and the basics of mastering it. Thank you for your work.
Thank for these insightful videos on the staff, I've been drilling with mine lately and found your videos have helped me with my technique and handling of the weapon.
This is really good, thank you for sharing this! Always so informative.
Thank for creating these videos, your time and effort is truly appreciated.
Thx mate!
Such style and grace, good job.
Awesome!!!!
Great footwork!
Very didactic!
Thank you
Master thank for sharing.. greetings from Argentina keep sharing videos and techniques
Just what I was looking for, thank you!
Great video, presentation, pace. Thank you!
I've been going through your videos and enjoying them greatly. Even got me to start incorporating sword drills into my gym time so I can keep working on some skills until things calm down here. One request would be to maybe have a somewhat transparent background on the text to help up the contrast on it. Due to the brightness in some of the videos, it can be somewhat straining on my eyes to read them. Maybe a dark grey or some similarly contrasting color to get rid of some of the brightness immediately around the text.
Very nicely compiled! Serves as a great reference and visual aid.
This video is so helpful and awesome! Thank you so much.
Learning a lot from you thanks a lot. Learning these techniques on my 65 inch spear.
Great work. Thanks for sharing it.
Good stuff looking forward to the halberd video
This is such a great video! You've done a great job condensing that information, cant wait for more.
perhaps next week the same with halberd :D
@ i had the opportunity a couple years ago to take Norlings staff seminar here in the states but unfortunately my studies don't give me much time for Meyer.
But i've watched your channel for years and you've always been a clear and good presenter of Meyers work and it has been invaluable. I look forward to more as always. Thank you and keep it up! 🍻
Thank you for this video!!
That was fantastic thank you!
Awesome channel....
Interesting video. Would be nice to see more of staff eg. vs. sword...
👏👏👏Underrated Video of The Week
Very well edited video 👌
Excellent video!
omg i can finally master the dark arts with the random long stick i found in the school yard
diese videos sind für mein deutsch als mein fechten sehr gut! danke!
the leg of the lame the touch of the blind the weapon of the poor my quote
Greetings from Greece
This made me wanna do an "Iron Staff Only" run in Mount and Blade Warband
Das Quarterstaff kämpfen finde ich super, also wollte ich auch üben hab dieses video sehr hilfreich gefunden
Well done, good form
New sub, congrats, nice video
Nice video!! I trained with my grandfather's shepherd staff. I know that you mostly make videos with polearms, halberds and two-handed swords since you study the era from 1400-1600 AD but, is there any chance that you make a video with a two-handed axe or spear ? (spear not pike!)
I uploaded a poleaxe vid the last days...but maybe i give the spear a try some day :)
Love the video! One thing on my mind is that maybe you'd like to try to move the center of the gravity a little backward when performing the thrust. This might make the attack more powerful.
It might, but when just striking air you would loose your footing putting too much strength into your move.
That would be different if you hit something like a dummy providing some reaction force when struck.
estas técnicas son muy útiles en la actualidad.
Please do more staff videos!
I like your trousers. I want them in green.
Amazing technique
Someone should capture this for animating video games
thank you very much
Thank you very much ♥️♦️🌹👣⚡
You are so good that it look like Im watching a tutorial npc.
Am I the only one who felt like I'm watching the tutorial and special moves from the medieval video game? Awesome video btw, thank you for uploading this video ❤️
I'd imagine you can take what you've learned from the staff and can apply a bit of it to the halberd in one way or another.
exactly!
He litteraly looks like a drawing from that time
dat's de point ma guy
@@ghostagent3552 It's like dance moves, the sight is strikingly similar
Hickory ist eine ausgezeichnete Wahl. Andere brauchbare Holzsorten sind Buche, Wenge, Robinie, Eisenholz und Virginiaeiche. Esche ist nach meiner Erfahrung suboptimal, da diese beim Partnertraining schnell bricht. Zwar nicht so schnell wie Roteiche, aber trotzdem wesentlich leichter zu brechen als Hickory.
Ich habe einen Bo aus Hickory und einen aus Eisenholz. Beide 2,05m lang, Durchmesser 27 mm, zylindrisch verlaufend und ne schön glatte Oberfläche, damit der Stock gut gleiten kann und man sich keine Blasen reibt. Ich bin 1,90m und mit der Stocklänge von 2,05m sehr zufrieden. 115% wären sonst bei mir 2 m und 18,5 cm. Das wäre mir etwas zu lang.
In der Kampfkunst, die ich trainiere, teilen wir den Bo in 3 ungefähr gleich große Sektionen. Und die Hände sind niemals starr am Stock, die Hände gleiten am Stock entlang, in Abhängigkeit der auszuführenden Technik. Und wir fassen den Stock niemals ganz am Ende. Wir lassen immer ein Stück von der Länge des eigenen Unterarms nach hinten rausgucken, da ein ganz am Ende gefaßte Stock zu schlecht kontrollierbar ist und man dadurch wesentlich langsamer wird.
Allgemein ist mir aufgefallen, daß bei Du bei Deinen Schlägen viel mit den Armen arbeitest, v.a. mit dem vorderen Arm und wenig mit dem Körper. Sprich: jede Menge ungenutztes Potential einerseits und schnell ermüdete Arme andererseits.
Und Techniken, wie der einhändige Mittelhau: würde ich niemals machen. Wenn man trifft, ist alles gut. Wenn man aber verfehlt und es mit einem schnellen Gegner zu tun hat, hat man ganz schnell die A-Karte.
Trotz allem ein gutes Video!
Very useful video for my comic/animation, since the protagonist has a staff ahe uses in the story!
Nice! Would be funny to see some results :)
What is it's name?
It has been a year since you commented, are you done yet?
@@jannikheidemann3805 been super busy haven’t had the chance to start, college and life stuff has gotten in the way
May i ask you: Is is it possible to do right hews in a similar way as left hews are done? (Like hews with longsword)
Because you grip your staff with your left arm towards the middle its very uncomfortable to do so. We don't want to cross the arms in our staff swings and strikes. It will be even more difficult in halberd later. Thats why we have differences between strikes from the left and right - to keep always a good and stable structure with left arm and leg forward.
@ It'd probably be possible by switching hands, but at that point, unless you're ambi, you're hindering yourself.
I am self taught in staff fighting. I recognized some of the movements here from my own style, but a lot of this is completely new. I have a question though. how is the left lower hew meant to be used? It doesn't look good for parrying and has low range. I just don't see how it's meant to be used.
Cool! Are you going to do other weapons too?
Awesome
This video was truly inspiring. Was there ever a sequel?
Not yet...afterwards i produced the halberd vids...but i should do the staff stuff (...haha) as well :)
@I did like the halberd video too, well I've found all of them others from you interesting really, but more Meyer staff stuff would be utterly sublime. I'd love to see some advanced stuff (🙃) in your format.
Quick question for a complete beginner. What diameter should the staff be?
around 3cm is a good diameter
@ thanks so much for the quick reply! Looks like I have a brand new edition to my work out routine!
Those leg guards, are so amazing. By the way, I'm gonna have to get a longer stick...
They're called landsknecht pants or trousers and can be bought online if interested
@@gubbs00 Thanks for the info!
Impressive that they got Aragorn from LOTR to act this.
Excellent video. In the future could you put the written explanations a bit more closer to the center of the screen please? I find them hard to read if the video is paused because the UI covers them. Cheers!
Just a thought as this is what I do, why not slow the videos down
Or maybe just talk, we know you can and it even sounds good. :D
@@elliotdavie4072 Slowing the video down is unfortunately not possible on all platforms TH-cam can be viewed on.
For example it has been removed as a feature on the TH-cam app for Android TV.
I have seen one mistake your hands never move. My younger brother was teaching himself to use a staff and was showing me what he could do, and I cut a stick about 4 ft long and stepped up and said hit me. He swung his staff and I blocked it and struck his lead hand and he dropped the staff. I told him that you can't ever leave your hands in one place for too long or your opponent can do that. About two months later I caught him in the woods and watched him practice, he told me to get a stick and I said no thanks I not stupid. He had learned his lesson you couldn't touch him.
There is always space for improvement, thx :) For sure i will take care of it when it comes to partner vids.
A question regarding thrusts, if you don't mind. It seems that the thrusting point of the staff does not travel more than an arm's length in your videos. If that is the case, it would seem to me that an opponent would find the end of your staff within reach to grasp. Must the thrust normally be accompanied by an aggressive, penetrating step? Or is there something I don't understand?
I show just the concepts. Add a step and you have more distance :)
@D There are no videos listed on your channel.
Might you have forgotten to set your video to not be private or unlisted?
I wonder what a Japanese ashigarus reaction would be would they try to copy the stance or challenge the other person lol
Ok, so strikes are actually movements from guard to guard. Thank you
I'm actually new to HEMA, it's actually awesome that the fact the martial art is more than just blades ( not that I'm trying to offend or complain or anything) along with this video, is there a book I can read to learn using the quarter staff?
In the video description you can find out about the book this video is presumably based on.
I'm practicing this with my walking stick because people can be very unkind and very stupid when they've had a drink. I reserve the right to self defence.
This looks like a character's moveset for a fighting game.
Any recommendations for historically accurate fighting games?
Haven't watched full video but wanted to say that out of all the guards 'Middle on the Left Hip' looks the least protective. Could be wrong as I haven't finished the video.
Thank you for making this video. Are you left or right handed?
right handed. your main hand should be on the rear of the staff :)
@ do you do much spear sparring?
If I want to start training, what's more important - good staff, brave sparing partner or puffy pants?
Just kidding, of course =D I enjoyed this video, think it's great!
But really: how thick should staff be?
My most used style is Side guard bcos I can block upper thrust and lower thrust and my favorite is their lower thrust bcos if I blocked itI will eventually knock their staff to the ground and hit the head hard enough to push his staff and hit himself receiving half of the force damage... that's if your enemy is out of moves😆
I am amazed how simular this is to the bayonet traing i got in the USMC. If it works why change it.
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Pla do on combos
Is there any fundamental difference between this and using a spear?
What sort of books would you recommend for ones learning European staff?
English?
@ Yeah, sorry
@DarklordKyo Joachim Meyer's "The Art of Combat" is a commonly used manual that covers the fundamentals of many different weapons, especially the longsword but it also covers the staff and other polearms. The style described for staff in that text is near identical to what is being displayed in the video, so they pair well
The first time I got scared ‘cause I saw “wheight 115% of your body” instead of “length”…I said _damn that’s hardcore lifting with a stick wth??_
Those one hand hew techniques are bit weird
What do you do when they block or parry it?
Wouldnt you lose control of the weapon when its held singlehandedly on the edge like that
Yes. You risk losing control of your weapon in exchange for extended reach and the element of surprise whenever you do something like that.
Neue Waffe und ne neue Büchs :D
looks exactly like halberd move set to me.
I was thinking the same, is a halberd without... well the halberd XD
The fighting manual he is using. By the 16th century the science of fighting was heavily focused on dueling. I saw a lot of greatsword techniques being used. Besides the human body only can move in so many ways.
this guy looks like rollo, ragnar lodbroks brother 👏
why do the positions seem similar to someone who would fight with a spear??
Wo in Deutschland kann man das trainieren? :D
Schau mal unter ddhf.de -> Mitglieder. Evtl. findest Du etwas ganz in Deiner nähe.
Even Fiore dei Liberi, who dedicated most of his treatise to the longsword, wrote that the prefered weapon should be the quarterstaff.
You recommend 115% of your height for a staff. Is there any exception to that rule? I've recently built a staff that reaches my eye level and have found it to be far more preferable. What I lose in reach I feel that I make up for in handling and maneuverability.
What the point of stabbing with a staff tough? It won't do a lot unlike a swing.
These are fundamentals for all staff weapons e.g. spear etc. :)
@ Ok
Ever been hit with the end of a 30 mm diameter stick thrust at you by a 100 kg plus angry man? Even with armour it's not going to be pleasant. In fact i would probably poke and thrust as much as possible for an armoured opponent in hope to keep him away and maybe shove him off balance.
If you employed ONLY hewing/swinging strikes you are inviting the opponent in. Feint-stab, feint-stab, hew for parry and defence, feint stab.
Mind you, even the best trained fighters in the world look great going through drills and the real fight is a hot mess of technique soup.
Is hickory not a North American wood? How does that go with European Fighting? Wouldn't such a staff be made of ash wood or even oak?
It has almost the same properties. It would of course not be historically correct.
I don’t think these skills are enough to make me a badass protagonist, I think I’ll be the person who’ll get his butt kicked in the first 3 seconds then forgotten about
Why not make a staff out of oak? Is that not historically correct? Are there other reasons to not make a staff out of oak wood?
Oak is also ok...i have some :)
@ Thank you :)
Spear chukka
I can safely say I learned nothing so imma go swing my stick at people until I learn
Lightsaber kid was cool but he could learn a few things here.