Singlestick is a martial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon. It began as a way of training soldiers in the use of backswords (such as the sabre...
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School Historical fencing in Scotland Lancashire wrestling Suffrajitsu Singlestick Shin-kicking Scottish backhold World War II combatives Others Archery...
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fitted with a knuckle guard. The term "backsword" can also refer to the singlestick, which is used to train for fighting with the backsword, or to the sport...
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1904 Olympics Games featured a fourth discipline of fencing known as singlestick, but it was dropped after that year and is not a part of modern fencing...
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double touches are not allowed. Men's foil, masters: 1896, 1900 Men's singlestick: 1904 Only at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Men's épée, masters Men's sabre...
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Historical medieval battles Kendo Stick-fighting Bâton français Quarterstaff Singlestick Hastilude Arnis Competitive jousting Shooting sports Airsoft Paintball...
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significantly to modern hybrid styles like kickboxing and mixed martial arts. Singlestick, an English martial art can be seen often used in morris dancing. Many...
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stick or umbrella, which he recorded in his book The Cane as a Weapon. Singlestick was developed as a method of training in the use of backswords such as...
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1890 co-authored, with C. Phillipps-Wolley, the classic Broad-sword and Singlestick (1890). He was solo author of Boxing (1889) in the same "All-England...
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This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in fencing. Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the...
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jiu-jitsu training for American soldiers. Roosevelt was an enthusiastic singlestick player and, according to Harper's Weekly, showed up at a White House...
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fighting (including Irish bata or shillelagh, French la canne and English singlestick) and Bartitsu (an early hybrid of Eastern and Western schools popularized...
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The men's singlestick was an event held as part of the fencing programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the only time the event was held at the Olympics...
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, 1883. Allanson-Winn, R.G. and C. Phillips-Wolley, "Broadsword and Singlestick - with Chapters on Quarter-staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking...
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the use of the fennel stalk as thyrsus, as a schoolmaster's cane, as a singlestick for military exercise, or as a splint for a broken limb. The term was...
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During the 18th century singlestick fighting (a training sport for the use of the single handed backsword) was called singlesticking, or cudgel-play. Crowbar...
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event (in men's foil) for the first time, as well as the only Olympic singlestick competition. Events for fencing professionals were eliminated. The competitions...
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rattan stick as a practice weapon in place of a blade. The martial art of singlestick is more or less entirely derived from the use of wasters as practice...
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bludgeon. R.C. Allanson-Winn; C. Phillipps-Wolley (1890). Broadsword And Singlestick: with Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick...
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horror perpetrated in the century. Plays the violin well. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman. Has a good practical knowledge of British...
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swordsticks and has now evolved into a sport. The English martial art singlestick is very similar. With the rise of the pistol duel, the duelling sword...
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master of stick fighting derived from the combination of Eskrima and Singlestick. He craves to experience all fighting arts, searching for the perfect...
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(c. 1820 – 13 September 1884) was a Victorian fencing master (sabre, singlestick, small-sword, foil), non-commissioned officer in the 2nd Life Guards...
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the Small and Back-Sword (1747) John Musgrave Waite, Lessons in sabre, singlestick, sabre & bayonet, and sword feats (1880) Alfred Hutton, Cold Steel, A...
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the silver medal in individual sabre competition and a bronze medal in singlestick competition. He also competed in the individual foil event but was eliminated...
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recreations of the common people, intending to replace bull-baiting, boxing, singlestick, wrestling and racing with Sunday Schools and psalm singing. Cobbett...
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1904 Summer Olympics he had been the gold medalist in the individual singlestick event and in the team foil event, where he had joined two Cuban fencers...
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the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Post won the gold medal in the singlestick and team foil competition, silver in individual foil and bronze in individual...
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold Albertson Van Zo Post Fencing Men's singlestick September 8 Silver Charles Tatham Fencing Men's épée September 7 Silver...
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Olympic style contest lasting one week. Hodge had been victorious at singlestick, backsword, quarter staff, cudgel play, wrestling and cock throwing,...
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