06-25-2012, 08:43 PM
Hello Harjaz,
It is already risky enough trying to reconstruct lost forms of combat and even more difficult dealing with cultural environment that is stingy with iconographic and literary data.
Nevertheless I must say I have appreciated your video, your tone is very comprehensible and it is certainly a start.
For one-on-one fight, and particularly for the ‘on-guard’ positions with the sword and the spear, perhaps you could get an idea from the representations of duels in Iron Age’s petroglyphs (Val Camonica, Val Tellina, French Alps etc) and rock paintings, or from the art of the situles, that - even if it is more ancient - can be useful.
However, as already written by Robert Vermaat, there is a huge difference between a duel and a clash of mass of armed men. In this case, in comparison to a duel, there can be some variations in the armaments, and obviously in the fight-techniques.
It is already risky enough trying to reconstruct lost forms of combat and even more difficult dealing with cultural environment that is stingy with iconographic and literary data.
Nevertheless I must say I have appreciated your video, your tone is very comprehensible and it is certainly a start.
For one-on-one fight, and particularly for the ‘on-guard’ positions with the sword and the spear, perhaps you could get an idea from the representations of duels in Iron Age’s petroglyphs (Val Camonica, Val Tellina, French Alps etc) and rock paintings, or from the art of the situles, that - even if it is more ancient - can be useful.
However, as already written by Robert Vermaat, there is a huge difference between a duel and a clash of mass of armed men. In this case, in comparison to a duel, there can be some variations in the armaments, and obviously in the fight-techniques.
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SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
SM.
ὁπλῖται δὲ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἀκροβολισταί (Strabo,IV, 6, 2)
