This isn't English quarterstaff, not saying its bad, but it defo isn't English quarterstaff. In the quarterstaff system there is halfstaffing, but it is a very small part of the quarterstaff system.
Correct! The Art and Science of Staff Fighting is a modern, eclectic system that draws from arts from all over the world. To limit yourself to one system, say, English quarterstaff, is fine for scholarly purposes, but if you want to be an effective staff fighter, you can't stop there. You must be innovative and forward thinking in your approach to training and combat.
Joe Varady here is some film of a quarter staff lesson, note the use of how the English quarter staff uses the whole weapon and doesn’t just use the half Staff position ruclips.net/video/QWHsrW_eGe8/видео.html
Joe Varady * see the bottom* like is already mentioned here, pressure testing technique is invaluable. By this I mean applying your technique to an uncooperative opponent who wants to defeat our hurt you, that yields better technique than what is shown here, which is nothing more than a thought experiment rooted in loose principles cherry picked from various systems. While English quarterstaff reconstruction may be scholarly, the historical technique that is being studied and experimentally uncovered is itself well proven. So well proven, in fact, that a lasting cultural pride in the Englishman’s proficiency with a staff existed for hundreds of years, ending around the 17th century but going back at least to the 14th century and presumably before then; a lifespan of over 300 years. That’s 300 years of testing through civilian self defense, typical military engagement , as well as scholastic training via fencing traditions. Everyone from farmers to men-at-arms to full knights developed quarterstaff technique as a way to defend their own life. And that’s just the English tradition. The Germans and a near-equally prominent staff tradition that was used in combat with halyards, pikes, spears, and polaxes, and the Italians can say nearly the exact same. *My point is, while you may be trying to be innovative and forward thinking with your system, it is completely unlike any tradition I’ve seen that is based in relevant and authentic pressure testing. Your system doesn’t incorporate much of anything that we know is effective outside of a training situation *
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Damn this is good stuff. I’ve been practicing kobudo for a long time and this never occurred to me.
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chumkiu in the back?
Close...Siu Lim Tao!
... odd... i see turns and kicks.
This isn't English quarterstaff, not saying its bad, but it defo isn't English quarterstaff. In the quarterstaff system there is halfstaffing, but it is a very small part of the quarterstaff system.
Correct! The Art and Science of Staff Fighting is a modern, eclectic system that draws from arts from all over the world. To limit yourself to one system, say, English quarterstaff, is fine for scholarly purposes, but if you want to be an effective staff fighter, you can't stop there. You must be innovative and forward thinking in your approach to training and combat.
Nope. You imagining to be a killer staff fighter will not compensate for a living tradition that was pressure tested for a thousand years.
Joe Varady here is some film of a quarter staff lesson, note the use of how the English quarter staff uses the whole weapon and doesn’t just use the half Staff position ruclips.net/video/QWHsrW_eGe8/видео.html
The English quarterstaff isn't the only method of using the staff. Also this isn't the entire system. You can't judge a who system on a 2 min video
Joe Varady
* see the bottom*
like is already mentioned here, pressure testing technique is invaluable. By this I mean applying your technique to an uncooperative opponent who wants to defeat our hurt you, that yields better technique than what is shown here, which is nothing more than a thought experiment rooted in loose principles cherry picked from various systems.
While English quarterstaff reconstruction may be scholarly, the historical technique that is being studied and experimentally uncovered is itself well proven. So well proven, in fact, that a lasting cultural pride in the Englishman’s proficiency with a staff existed for hundreds of years, ending around the 17th century but going back at least to the 14th century and presumably before then; a lifespan of over 300 years.
That’s 300 years of testing through civilian self defense, typical military engagement , as well as scholastic training via fencing traditions. Everyone from farmers to men-at-arms to full knights developed quarterstaff technique as a way to defend their own life.
And that’s just the English tradition. The Germans and a near-equally prominent staff tradition that was used in combat with halyards, pikes, spears, and polaxes, and the Italians can say nearly the exact same.
*My point is, while you may be trying to be innovative and forward thinking with your system, it is completely unlike any tradition I’ve seen that is based in relevant and authentic pressure testing. Your system doesn’t incorporate much of anything that we know is effective outside of a training situation *