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	Pollaxe - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The pollaxe is a type of European polearm which was very popular for foot combat during medieval times.
		The pollaxe design arose from the need to breach the plate armor of men at arms during the 14th and 15th centuries.
		On quick glance, the pollaxe is often confused with the similar looking halberd and Bec de Corbin.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pollaxe (457 words)

	Pollaxe Training at AEMMA
		Pollaxes are a class of weapons that can be catergorized as "polearms" or "staff weapons", and therefore, in combination with pollaxe training, AEMMA also covers spear training as well.
		The pollaxe weapons employed for training include 3 variations, one variety are pollaxes constructed with steel heads with sharpened spikes.
		Fiore does not clearly describe the proper length of the pollaxe haft which is unfortunate given that the length does appear to be inconsistent in the illustrations.
	www.aemma.org /training/pollaxe/pollaxeTraining.htm (1075 words)

	West Dragonshire - Pollaxe
		The pollaxe was one of the most popular weapons for foot combat during the golden age of the Pas d'Armes.
		The name of the weapon is derived from the contemporary English word for head, poll (as in poll tax), and not from reference to the shaft of the weapon, which could sometimes reach eight feet in length.
		The basic techniques used for pollaxe translate readily to any slashing pole used in SCA combat, particularly to those with larger blades and shield hooks such as the bill and the halberd.
	www.westdragonshire.org /Pollaxe.htm (1454 words)

	ection 2:Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Though the proportions of the weapon depended on individual taste, it was said that the overall height of the pollaxe should be one hand longer than the height of the man using it, giving the weapon an approximate height of about 6 to 7 feet.
		The main purpose of all staff weaponry was to probe the enemy’s defenses and to stab at the openings in the opponent’s armor.
		The basic defensive moves for both the spear and pollaxe were the parry, where an enemy’s blow is redirected with the use of your weapon, and the check, where one would negate the enemy’s blow with a with one from his own weapon.
	users.wpi.edu /~jforgeng/ArmoredCbtIQP/Data/AxeSummary.htm (460 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Pollaxe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It went by other names and spellings such as poll-axe, pole axe, polax, or Hache (French meaning axe); however the accepted term is pollaxe.
		Generally, the form consisted of a wooden haft some 4-6.5 feet (1.2-2 m) long, mounted with a steel head.
		Strictly speaking the flat back of the axe head is called a poll, the war poleaxes of the middle ages have spikes on the back, a poll not being adequate for penetrating armour.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Pollaxe (628 words)

	Introduction to the Poleaxe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unlike a halberd, whose head is a single piece of steel, the pollaxe is assembled from several components.
		Many pollaxes had bottom spikes as well, and the one shown in Talhoffer is interchangeable.
		Since most surviving pollaxes are not mounted on their original shafts, it is best to look to iconography for length..
	www.scholasolis.com /Poleaxe/poleaxe_intro.htm (811 words)

	Schola Gladiatoria - Fior di Battaglia
		The one who can beat (sbatter) the pollaxe of the companion to the ground, as it is drawn here, does these plays; he will do them all if the contrario [counter] does not cause problems.
		The student which was before saw that with the point of the pollaxe it was not possible to do anything to the player in the face, for the visor which was strong.
		This pollaxe of mine is full of powder and the said pollaxe has holes around.
	www.fioredeiliberi.org /getty/pollaxe.html (2437 words)

	Pollaxe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are, however, etymologists who do believe that the word is derived from "pole"
		L Palus, stake becomes OE pal, whence ME pol, pole, E Pole, the ME cpd pollax, polax becomes poleaxe, AE poleaxe: cf AX (E) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollaxe"
		This page was last modified 20:40, 10 October 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pollaxe (633 words)

	Pollaxe (pronounced POLE-ax) rules? [Archive] - Wizards Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The pollaxe was an anti-cavalry weapon used by medieval infantry, the idea being that you can't trip a horse even with a halberd,, so in place of the halberd's hook there's a hammer head which could be used to strike the horse dumb before attacking the rider.
		Pollaxe: This weapon resembles a halberd, except that it has a hammer head for doing bludgeoning damage in place of the tripping hook that the halberd has.
		Like the halberd, a pollaxe can be set against a charge, but unlike the halberd, the pollaxe is not a tripping weapon.
	boards1.wizards.com /archive/index.php/t-238618.html (247 words)

	Schola Gladiatoria - Topics
		Pollaxe (or poleaxe) is the English word for what Fiore and Vadi call an acca/azza.
		The pollaxe consisted of a wooden shaft (usually not round, to prevent it
		We are blessed with a fair number of historical sources dealing with pollaxe fighting, Fiore being one of them.
	www.fioredeiliberi.org /topics/pollaxe (648 words)

	The Company of Saint Michael
		French pollaxe manual, with a translation into modern English.
		Talhoffer exists in a number of manuscripts, and the 1443 and 1459 manuscripts have also been published in the 19th c..
		Talhoffer also covers sword and buckler, as well as some specialized forms for the judicial duel: double-ended dueling pavises used with sword or club, and man in a pit with a club vs. woman with a rock in a sock.
	mqh.cit.cornell.edu /~mqh/st-mikes/combat.html (606 words)

	ISMAC Bio Page for Robert Charron
		This master work includes an extensive prologue describing Fiore's personal experience and advice to the combatant, a complete explanation of the structure of the treatise, and a list of his famous students and their opponents.
		Following this introduction are hundreds of illustrations and accompanying paragraphs of text explaining this complete martial arts system and its concepts as it moves from hand-to-hand combat, knife fighting, swordplay, the use of the spear and the pollaxe, and ends with techniques for the mounted combatant.
		Charron has spent the last several years translating the text, interpreting the techniques, and further researching the scientific principles on which the art is based and the biographies of the men who employed it.
	artofcombat.org /public/thespis/Convention/BioBC.htm (394 words)

	Liberi's Boar's Tooth for Pollaxe - Sword Forum International
		Quick question, in his earliest treatise Leberi makes reference to a guard for the pollaxe which is similar to the longsword guard bearing the same name, Boar's Tooth.
		Yet in a later treatise and also at a different point in the same treatise Liberi makes reference to what appears to be the same guard for the pollaxe, yet notes it as Middle Iron Door.
		The boar's tooth can also do this displacement, but tends to be strong at thrusting from underneath, which the second illustration is set up to do, and from a stronger position for that activity than the first illustration.
	forums.swordforum.com /showthread.php?threadid=10873 (958 words)

	Medieval Weapons for Beginners: Weapon Analysis
		In the one-handed variety, their crushing impact can be felt in armor, even if the blow fails to crack through completely.
		Pollaxes in particular were favorites for combat both in the lists and in war.
		This hand axe is modeled after a Late Middle Ages motif, between 1300--1450 A.D. Ser Owen's "bearded" hand-axe is of a type more commonly used in the early Middle Ages.
	www.mercwars.com /weaponanalysis.shtml (1361 words)

	PENNSIC WAR 34 - Tournament & War Point Descriptions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pas du Dragon Noir (Passage of Armes of the Black Dragon) will be a 15th century Burgundian style pas, in the tradition of Jaques de Lalaing's pas "The Passage of the Fountain of Tears." A combatant who is driven from the list, falls to the ground, or drops their weapon will have lost.
		Challenges may be offered with pollaxe, long sword, dagger or spear.
		Anyone receiving solid swung blow from the head of a pollax (or equivalent) to the helm will have lost.
	www.pennsicwar.org /penn34/MARTIAL/heavydesc.html (5069 words)

	Sword vs. Battle Axe - NetSword Discussion Forums
		I was under the impression that pollaxes ranged from 5 to 7 feet in length.
		My limited experience of pollaxes and pollaxe combat is a live demonstration at the Royal Armouries in Leeds (England), their axes are about four feet in length, if memory serves.
		The only example I have seen is basically a pollaxe without all the knobbly bits, you have an effective axe blade opposite a spike, the haft is wooden but is protected by iron “langets” (the iron bands running down the shaft).
	www.netsword.com /ubb/Forum3/HTML/000834-2.html (10014 words)

	researchfiore
		It was the Marquis, Niccolo D’Este, who convinced Fiore to write down all he knew so that his art would not be lost to those who came after.
		Fiore’s manual, the Fior di Battaglia (Flos Duellatorum in Latin) includes wrestling, knife attack and defense, one and two handed sword, pollaxe, spear and mounted combat both with armor and without.
		It is a complete, coherent and brutally effective system of self defense that can apply to any situation armed or unarmed.
	www.stmartinsacademy.com /Flier.htm (400 words)

	Die Schlachtschule - Source Materials
		While most of the fechtbücher listed above are from Germany, Le Jeu de La Hache was written in the late fifteenth century by an anonymous master of arms in Burgundy.
		It’s interesting to note that while many masters of arms considered wrestling or the longsword to be the foundation of martial arts, the author of Le Jeu considered the pollaxe to be the base from which all other systems came.
		And this should be done quickly." while other paragraphs give important conceptual ideas about pollaxe combat but not specific techniques.
	www.mlecin.com /dss/sources.html (1908 words)

	Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hache - Also "Bec de Faucon" or "Pollaxe" or "Polaxe" -The
		"pollaxe" is something of a misnomer, for a variety of
		Firstly, the term "poll" is a period reference to the
	hometown.aol.com /jer457/Aweapons.html (1088 words)

	European Martial Arts: Alive & Well - Training
		Here, the principles learned and applied in grappling are leveraged into this next level of training.
		From here, the system takes the student to other techniques involving other weapons such as the longsword, sidesword, pollaxe, spear and even mounted combat training.
		The value of such system is that students learn effective principles and techniques of defense that can easily be applied to today's physical conflict should it arise.
	www.newyorkcarver.com /martialarts2.htm (325 words)

	Your favourite in-game weapon, and why. - RPGnet Forums
		A weapon designed to be both offensive and defensive, with a head combining a combination of warhammer or pick, axe and spear.
		The pollaxe is fast, maneuverable, capable of tripping and grappling, and can be used to deliver a real bitch of a blow to an off-balance opponent.
		Not quite as muscle powered or pre-C17th as a pollaxe, however.
	forum.rpg.net /showthread.php?t=210243 (777 words)

	Die Schlachtschule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We use the surviving medieval fencing manuals, or fechtbücher, to try to learn the ways of combat practiced by medieval knights.
		Medieval martial masters were concerned with teaching all forms of combat, from wrestling to dagger to sword and buckler to longsword to pollaxe, fighting both in and out of armor.
		Their manuals included instruction in the strategy and tactics of combat as well as the techniques themselves.
	www.schlachtschule.org (172 words)

	Welcome to the Hotspur School of Defense!
		Since then Mr Brooks has been heavily involved in the DDS, with continuous studies on weapons of the 13th to 19th centuries, both in and out of armour.
		These have included early medieval broadsword, longsword, two-handed sword, sidesword, rapier, backsword, smallsword, duelling sabre and epee de combat, as well as dagger fighting, pollaxe and the "lost" German judicial fencing weapons of dusack and duelling shield.
		He is also particularly fond of the 'stick arts'—traditional English singlestick, the English and Italian great-stick (Bastone longa) and la canne Italienne (the Italian walking stick).
	www.historicalfencing.org /Hotspur/marshal.htm (270 words)

	Martial Arts Planet - What Sword?
		ONe the topic of greatsword manuals I was under the impression that the German Fechter Bucher were for larger twohanded longswords...one of the reaons ive been studying it.
		ANd even if not it woulndt be taht hard to apply the various diferent Manulas to Zweihander use, u can use spear, pollaxe and longswords techniques qith m which are strangly enough very simlar to one another espcially halfswording with longsword and the use of the pollaxe.
		And I pesonally class anything thing that is,less than chest high as a longsword and less than hip high a single handed sword.
	www.martialartsplanet.com /forums/showthread.php?p=481431 (2031 words)

	Dragonsfoot :: View topic - AD&D Version 1.1
		I've often wondered what the 'forgotten' common weapon was that Gary refers to.
		After watching Conquest on the History Channel, I suspect he mean the pollaxe.
		Actually the pollaxe is mentioned in the polearm section of Unearthed Arcana, strangely enough, as no stats are ever given for it...
	www.dragonsfoot.org /forums/viewtopic.php?t=1860 (1380 words)

	Smoking Rocks Pages' School
		Classes are organized into academic terms that will run four times per year: Whitsun (mid May), Lammas (early August), Martinmas (mid November), and Candlemas (early February).
		The first academic term will start at the Barony of Smoking Rock’s Italian Rennaissance Feast on February 19th, and will include: demonstration of German Pollaxe techniques (taught by visiting instructor Count Rhys), designing individual devices for Pages’ School cloaks, and service at the feast.
		The pole-ax demonstration is non-armored, slow motion demonstration that will be taught to both adults and children, with the children practicing the movements with boffer weapons.
	www.sc2.com /~smokingrocks/pages'_school.htm (686 words)

	Martial Arts Planet - Naginata/halberd? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		he pollaxe whic could either be an axe head witha back spike spearpoint butt spike and rondels or the same but with a hammer face.
		halbreds I think are jsut atype of pollaxe
		Bills and bill hooks are likea glaive I think but curving forwards usualy used for trimming trees
	www.martialartsplanet.com /forums/showthread.php?threadid=19026 (300 words)

	PENNSIC WAR 35 - Tourney Descriptions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A pole-arm only tourney in a bear-pit format.
		Recreation of the judicial combats of the western Europe focusing on the German tradition as shown in the manuals.
		Combatants start with a spear, longsword and dagger or matched pollaxes.
	www.pennsicwar.org /penn35/MARTIAL/tourneydesc.html (2491 words)

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