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BROAD-SWORD

AND

SINGLE-STICK

R. G. ALLANSON-WINN,

AND

C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY.

THE ALL-ENGLAND SERIES.

Small 8vo, cloth. Illustrated, price 1s. each.

CRICKET. By the Hon. and Rev. E. Lyttelton .

CRICKET. By Fred C. Holland .

LAWN TENNIS. By H. W. W. Wilberforce .

TENNIS, RACKETS, and FIVES. By Julian Marshall , Major Spens , and Rev. J. Arnan Tait .

SQUASH-RACKETS AND SQUASH-TENNIS. By Eustace H. Miles . [Double volume, 2s.]

GOLF. By H. S. C. Everard . [Double volume, 2s.]

HOCKEY. By F. S. Creswell . Revised by P. Collins (1909).

ROWING AND SCULLING. By W. B. Woodgate .

ROWING AND SCULLING. By Guy Rixon .

SAILING. By E. F. Knight . [Double volume, 2s.]

CANOEING WITH SAIL AND PADDLE. By Dr. J. D. Hayward . [Double volume, 2s.]

SWIMMING. By M. and J. R. Cobbett .

BOXING. By R. G. Allanson-Winn .

WRESTLING. By Walter Armstrong . [New edition.]

FENCING. By H. A. Colmore Dunn .

BROADSWORD AND SINGLESTICK. By R. G. Allanson-Winn and C. Phillipps-Wolley .

FOOTBALLRUGBY. By Harry Vassall . Revised by C. J. B. Marriott (1909).

FOOTBALLASSOCIATION. By C. W. Alcock .

SKATING. By Douglas Adams . [Double volume, 2s.]

CYCLING. By H. H. Griffin , L.A.C. [Double volume, 2s,]

CYCLE TOURING. By A. W. Rumney , M.A.

ROUNDERS, QUOITS, BOWLS, etc. By J. M. Walker and C. C. Mott .

GYMNASTICS. By A. F. Jenkin . [Double volume, 2s.]

GYMNASTIC COMPETITION AND DISPLAY EXERCISES. Compiled by F. Graf .

DUMB-BELLS. By F. Graf .

INDIAN CLUBS. By G. T. B. Cobbett and A. F. Jenkin .

BASEBALL. By Newton Crane .

RIDING. By W. A. Kerr , V.C. [Double volume, 2s.]

RIDING FOR LADIES. By W. A. Kerr , V.C.

CAMPING OUT. By A. A. Macdonell . [Double vol., 2s.]

MOUNTAINEERING. By Dr. Claude Wilson , [2s.]

DANCING. By Edward Scott . [Double volume, 2s.]

LONDON: G. BELL & SONS. LTD.

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BROAD-SWORD

AND

SINGLE-STICK.

WITH CHAPTERS ON

QUARTER-STAFF, BAYONET, CUDGEL
SHILLALAH, WALKING-STICK,
UMBRELLA, and other
Weapons of Self-
Defence .

BY

R. G. ALLANSON-WINN,

AUTHOR OF BOXING,

AND

C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY,

INNS OF COURT SCHOOL OF ARMS.

LONDON:
G. BELL & SONS, LTD.,
AND NEW YORK.
1911.

PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.

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PREFACE.

The favour with which my little brochure on boxing has been received induces me to put together a few ideas on the subject of attack and defence with weapons other than those with which nature has endowed us.

A glance at the table of contents will suffice to show that the scope of the work has been somewhat extended, and that, though there is of course a vast deal more to be said on the wide subject of self-defence, an attempt has been made to give practical hints as to what may be effected by a proper and prompt use of those common accessories which we may find in our hands at almost any hour in the day.

Not having leisure to take in hand the whole of the work myself, I asked my friend Mr. C. Phillipps-Wolley to make himself responsible for that portion of the treatise which deals with single-stick play. This he kindly consented to do, and those of my readers who wish to make a special study of stick-play, I refer to p. 50 to p. 85 inclusive. The illustrations in this portion of the work are from photographs by the London Stereoscopic Company; all the other illustrations are from my own sketches.

THE AUTHOR.

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CONTENTS.

chapter	page
Introductory
The Quarter-staff
The Broad-sword
Single-stick
The Bayonet
The Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-stick, Umbrella, and Various Accessories

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BROAD-SWORD

AND

SINGLE-STICK.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY.

Our neighbours on the other side of the English Channel have been accused of calling us a nation of shopkeepers. No doubt the definition is not bad; and, so long as the goods supplied bear the hall-mark of British integrity, there is nothing to be ashamed of in the appellation; still, with all due deference, I think we might more appropriately be called a nation of sportsmen.

There is not an English boy breathing at this moment who does not long to be at some sport or game, and who has not his pet idea of the channel into which he will guide his sporting proclivities when he is a man. There are not many grown Englishmen who dont think they know something about a horse, would not like to attend a good assault-at-arms, or who are not pleased when they hear of their sons prowess with the oar, the bat, or the gloves.

I may be quite mistaken, but it always seems to me that the well-brought-up little foreign boy is too unwholesomely good and gentle to fight the battle of life. Still, such little boys do grow up brave and clever men, and they do, taken collectively, make splendid soldiers.

Then, as to sports, foreigners seem to put too much pomp and circumstance into their efforts in pursuit of game; the impedimenta and general accoutrements are overdone; but here again I may be wrong.

Of one thing we may be quite sure, and that is that the majority of Englishmen are devoted to sport of some kind. One of the prettiest little compliments you can pay a man is to call him a good old sportsman.

When, in addition to the advantages of a national sport or collection of national sports, such as boxing, sword exercises, wrestling, etc., you recognize the possibility that the games you have been indulging in with your friends in playful contests may at almost any moment be utilized for defeating your enemies and possibly saving your life, you are forced to the conclusion that there are some sports at least which can be turned to practical account.

Unfortunately there are individuals, possibly in the small minority, who regard anything like fighting as brutal or ungentlemanly. In a sensea very limited sensethey may be right, for, though our environment is such that we can never rest in perfect security, it does seem hard that we should have to be constantly on the alert to protect that which we think is ours by right, and ours alone.

However this may be, let us be men first, and aristocrats, gentlemen, or anything else you please, afterwards. If we are not men, in the larger and better sense of the word, let there be no talk of gentle blood or lengthy pedigree. The nation is what it is through the pluck and energy of individuals who have put their shoulders to the wheel in bygone daysmen who have laid the foundation of a glorious empire by sturdy personal effortsefforts, unaided by the state, emanating from those higher qualities of the character, relying on itself, and on itself alone, for success or failure.

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