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but if your talking about 14' weapons without blades or spear heads, i dont really see why they would be used in medieval europe? or any other continent? Well, apparently it is used in some form of Asian martial art, which is why I asked. Keep in mind that these poles are not meant to stay complete...

I've been taking Tai Chi and went to a long pole (8-14 ft) workshop and that got me wondering: is there was a European weapon similar length? I figure there are probably spears that were that long or longer, but is there any historical record of plain wooden poles of similar length? What about polea...

Hello. This is my first post on the forums and I am wondering if there are any ARMA members in the Baltimore, Maryland area. I was thinking of joining as a junior member, but I would like to talk to an actual ARMA practitioner in person. I live in Howard County, about 45 minutes from DC and 15 minut...