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A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European polearm, which was especially prominent in England during the Early Modern period. The term is generally accepted to refer to a shaft of hardwood from 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 m) long, sometimes with a metal tip, ferrule , or spike ...
James Figg was born in Thame, Oxfordshire, [6] [3] sometime before 1700, though various sources dispute the exact year. [a] He was also possibly born in Priestend, to Francis and Elizabeth Figg, as one of their seven children. [2]
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.
The first known reference in English verse to Robin Hood is found in The Vision of Piers Plowman, written by William Langland in the second part of the 14th century. Little John appears in the earliest recorded Robin Hood ballads and stories, [1] and in one of the earliest references to Robin Hood by Andrew of Wyntoun in 1420 and by Walter Bower in 1440.
En no Gyōja holding a khakkhara, Japan, Kamakura period, polychromed wood. A khakkhara (Sanskrit: खक्खर; Tibetan: འཁར་གསིལ, THL: khar sil; Chinese: 錫杖; pinyin: xīzhàng; Japanese pronunciation: shakujō; Korean: 석장; romaja: seokjang; Vietnamese: tích trượng; lit. 'tin stick'), sometimes referred to in English as a pewter staff, [1] [2] is a staff topped ...
In June 1722, Wilkinson challenged Hannah Hyfield of Newgate Market [8] [9] to what may have been one of the earliest advertised female prizefights in London. [10] Her challenge in a London newspaper declared ”I, Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Clerkenwell, having had some words with Hannah Hyfield and requiring Satisfaction, do invite her to meet me on the Stage, and Box with me for three guineas ...
The kenku originally appeared as uncommon monsters in the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons's Fiend Folio (1981). [2] In this sourcebook, they wielded quarterstaffs or katanas, had inherent magical abilities, and could change their appearance once a month.
Canne de combat is a French combat sport. As weapon, it uses a canne or cane (a kind of walking-stick) designed for fighting. [1] Canne de combat was standardized in the 1970s for sporting competition by Maurice Sarry. [2]