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Thank you so much everyone for your intelligent and detailed responses-it's been a great help to me, particularly your discussion of the role of pikemen on the Rennassiance battlefield. If I could steal a few more moments of your time, I had a question regarding not the implements of warfare itself,...

Thank you everyone for your prompt and interesting replies. @Stacy: I had a similar thought regarding the unusual angles of attack that a scythe would be capable of due to it's unusual blade position. That being said, such a weapon would likely be awkward as hell until you had practiced with it for ...

I'm back again, and have been putting quite a bit of effort into working through Mair's material, practicing as I go. To be honest, I've fell in love with it-the weird weapons, the clear writing style, and the story of the man himself who literally died for the art that he loved. That being said, I'...

Thank you all for your incredibly informative responses and for your patience! That being said, the more opinions that I get the better job I'll be able to do with my design-if anyone has first hand sparring/test cutting experience with the weapons I've listed, please let me know about your experien...

Thank you so much for the information thus far! Another question I had, although admittedly this goes into hypothetical is this: Had muskets and similar primitive firearms been as difficult to learn to use effectively as the longbow, then would the longbow have disappeared from the battlefield? I as...

Greetings ARMA board members! I'm coming to you guys as a long-time lurker on the forums and an enthusiast of medieval and rennaissance martial arts. It's good to finally be contributing to a community that I have respected and admired for so long. That being said, I'm currently working on developin...