New body armour promises to transform fighting sports

Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by try_sincerely on Sunday April 24, 2016 @08:57PM (#11562028)

So morning star would be the weapon of choice there I suppose. Sword may win "by points" but with morning star you'd have a solid chance of actually neutralizing opponent.

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by NoGravitas on Monday April 25, 2016 @10:38AM (#11564444)

Historically, the weapon of choice for defeating plate armour was the pollaxe.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollaxe - Fiore's azza: http://scholasaintgeorge.org/training_docs/Basic%20Poleaxe%2...

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Re:New body armour promises to transform fighting sports by vlehto on Monday April 25, 2016 @08:43AM (#11563810)

Flanged mace should be pretty decent too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_(weapon)#European_Middle_...

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