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A guide to single handed short spear combat

The irish site livinghistory.ie hosts a tutorial for the use of the single handed spear:

“The single handed spear is quite different to the double handed spear. In your stronger hand, you can hold a spear between 120 and 165cm long, depending on preference. In your ‘off-hand’, you can hold a large shield (Greek, Viking) or a small shield & light spare spear (Irish, Roman Hastati). You should be very familar with the double handed spear before attempting to use the single handed spear, as it requires considerably more wrist and forearm strength.” Read more after the jump.