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By Robert Dohrenwend,Michael DeMarco

ISBN-10: 1893765202

ISBN-13: 9781893765207

in terms of martial traditions, Dr. Robert Dohrenwend exemplifies an extraordinary breed of scholar-warrior. you'll find 4 chapters during this ebook dedicated to guns that experience had huge, immense effect on international civilization: the sling, sai, strolling stick, and spear.

With the spear and sling, we traverse millennia of human involvement with weapon innovation for searching and struggle. those symbolize our primal roots. they're nonetheless with us at the present time. The strolling stick is generally visible as a realistic gadget made to help in strolling and mountaineering. As a weapon, there’s even more to a cane than meets the attention. For civilian self-defense, it really is handy and powerful. Many are conversant in the Okinawan sai, yet might be unaware that the weapon exists in different geographic components in addition. we've a few strong references for the sai, together with written and oral documents, plus fabric artifacts.

In every one bankruptcy Dr. Dohrenwend makes use of his educational study and functional adventure to provide the main entire review of the guns. This contains not just their historical past, yet different points similar to their function, layout, effectiveness, price of construction, and makes use of in army and civilian settings. there's a lot to soak up: clinical info and analyses, scuffling with strategies, tales, and a few humor.

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