I was more pointing out that a 15 year old female is fully capable of using the weapons mentioned above. Not that she is going to want to go out...
I don't know a particularly large amount about Javanese weapons, but I would imagine a kris would be about as martially useful as any other 20+...
Glad you found it helpful. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have related to medieval and renaissance martial arts, martial culture,...
Hello, I would like to provide some clarification to some statements made above. While I can't comment in detail on the information about bows,...
Hello, I am a martial artist and researcher with the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (www.thearma.org). Our organization's primary goal...
Hello, when you say "middle ages" this is a very large time frame stretching from the fall of the western Roman Empire in the 5th century into the...
Hello all, Going to introduce myself here. I am a researcher and martial artist with ARMA, the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts....
I was clarifying as the issue of terminology has actually become quite muddy over the centuries. Role playing Games, video games, TV and movies,...
Out of curiosity Mr. Asher, what are you defining as a bastard sword?
I would also like to discuss briefly the original meaning of the term fencing, since it came up in the above discussion. While the word 'fencing'...
I think overall it is better to leave out the modern MMA name of the hold. Especially since a given hold will be known by different names...
@T. Trian, Thanks for the warm welcome. I would be glad to assist any of the writers here in questions they may have concerning Historical...
Hello, this thread is slightly old so a response may be too late at this point, but I will give it a try nonetheless. This thread caught my eye...
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