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- From: shick@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (steve hick)
- Subject: Re: difference between quarterstaff and jo?
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:26:40 GMT
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- In article <C169q0.2w9@math.uwaterloo.ca>, gamiddle@math.uwaterloo.ca (Guy
- Middleton) writes:
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- >
- > Does anybody know how the mediaeval European quarterstaff was used?
- > I'd like to see if there is any similarity to jo-jitsu techniques.
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- There is some discussion in Fiori dei Liberi's Flos Duellatorum (1410),
- Johannes Leckuchner and Meyer (1570). Silver (ca 1600) discusses staff use
- in his Bref Instructions. While I haven't looked at this extensively, I
- think use is more 'bo'-like and somewhat more derivative from spearwork than
- strictly like jo-jutsu. I can't remember whether there's any in Talhoffer.
- I'd recommend looking at Wise's book for some prints.
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- >
- > Also, why is it called a "quarterstaff"?
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- Hell if I know, Silver calls in 'staff'.
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- Bibliography
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- Flos duellatorum in armis, sine armis, equester, pedester; il fior di
- battaglia di maestro Fiore dei Liberi da Premariacco. Testo inedito
- del MCCCX publicato ed illustrato a cura di Francesco Novati;
- Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1902, original 1410
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- Jackson, James L.: Three Elizabethan Fencing Manuals. Delmar, N.Y.:
- Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1972
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- Leckuchner, Johannes ; Fechtbuch MS; Heidelberg
- Universitatsbibliothek,Cod. pal. germ. 430; 1478 (Hils #24)
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- MEYER (JOACHIM) [Freyfechter zu Strasburg].ïGrⁿndliche
- Beschreibung der Freyen, Ritterlichen und Adelichen Kunst des
- Fechtens Oblong 4░. 1570.Strasburg
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- Wise, Arthur; The Art and History of Personal Combat; Greenwich,
- Conn, Arma Press, 1971
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