10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINGLESTICK»
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singlestick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
singlestick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Broad-Sword and Single-Stick (Illustrated Edition)
First published in 1890 with Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and Other Weapons of Self-Defence.
R G Allanson-Winn, C Phillipps-Wolley, 2010
2
Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports
In singlestick, the weapon was held out level to the forehead, angled towards the
left shoulder. The positioning of the feet was critical and they were meant to be
almost static. In cudgelling, nearly all the blows were aimed at the opponent's ...
Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew, 2005
3
The Encyclopedia of the Sword
Sinclair, a captain in the British Forty-Second Regiment, wrote a popular book on
the art of broadsword fighting and singlestick play at the beginning of the
nineteenth century. A description of Sinclair's book, Cudgel-Playing Modernized
and ...
4
Sherlock Holmes by Gas-lamp: Highlights from the First Four ...
Very early in the Canon, Watson puts on record his illustrious friend's ability as a
singlestick player, a boxer, and swordsman.1 Only the last of these
accomplishments suggests a purely recreational motive on Holmes's part, and
since there is ...
Philip A. Shreffler, 1989
Jack Singlestick is rummaging my box for a mild Havannah, with that grave
deliberation demanded in the choice of a third cigar ; and Muggleton is muttering
between his teeth, as if he could not wait to swallow what he has in his mouth, ...
Jack Singlestick is rummaging my box for a mild Havannah, with that grave
deliberation demanded in the choice of a third cigar ; and Muggleton is muttering
between his teeth, as if he could not wait to swallow what he has in his mouth, ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1842
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By the Sword: Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai Warriors, ...
I would have liked to have had a lesson from Professor Barbecue. m The
singlestick has a long history. Originally a round stick of ash of about 34 inches,
thicker at one end than the other, in its original form it was known as the “waster”
—in the ...
8
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and ...
Scottish broadsword training methods included practice with the singlestick. The
singlestick is a wooden rod (usually ash) with a basket hilt. Length was usually 3
feet (just under a meter). Diameter was about an inch (2.5 centimeters) at the ...
Thomas A. Green, Joseph R. Svinth, 2010
9
British Naval Swords and Swordmanship: _
The stick or cudgel mentioned in the context of cutlass training was the weapon
now universally known as the singlestick. This consisted of a stout ash or hazel
stick fitted with a wicker basket as a guard. Naval exponents of singlestick or ...
Mark Barton, John McGrath, 2013
10
The Sword Through the Centuries
Singlestick at Angelo's. It was in the late fifties. In the West Country ... singlestick
still held its own : it was recognised as the medium for studying and practising the
use of the officer's sword. At Angelo's famous rooms in St. James's Street the ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINGLESTICK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
singlestick is used in the context of the following news items.
Elementary: “Terra Pericolosa”
Not a euphemism: “When I left, he was waxing his singlestick.” Did you know that they could use Nexus-like technology against you in a criminal investigation? «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Dec 14»
Cinema du Sanity: the Ben Affleck-is-Batman issue
singlestick. RE: The complaint was that they had never played this sort of role before. ... singlestick. Bite your tongue. You can never have too much Batman. «Flick Filosopher, Aug 13»
Cinema du Sanity: the Harry Potter-ization of Hollywood issue
singlestick. Huh? A bazillion comic book superhero films ... singlestick. RE: Says who? Well, some of the comic ... singlestick. Oh, no. I did not mean in any way to ... «Flick Filosopher, Aug 13»
how much national cultural protectionism is possible or feasible in a …
singlestick. I guess, as others have noted, I don't think .... singlestick. The foreign market for some American ... singlestick. RE: I don't find it reassuring that your ... «Flick Filosopher, Jun 13»
Elementary episode 17 review: Possibility Two
So invigorated does this singlestick-practising, Jeremy Bentham-reading Watson feel in fact, that Possibility Two could in many ways have been a season ... «Den Of Geek, Feb 13»
Infographic: discontinued sports of the modern Olympics
Singlestick, a type of static fencing where the attempt is to bludegeon rather than stab an opponent, is thus described by the protagonist in Thomas Hughes' ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 12»
