Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
by irrational on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:02PM
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1925 in Great Britain? So, this was published just a few years after the end of World War I. I presume it was written by people who actually fought in the war. I wonder how much of this reflected the skills they had learned or used as soldiers in that war?
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Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
by dctoedt on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:35PM
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> I wonder how much of this reflected the skills they had learned or used as soldiers in that war?
Even today, Marine recruits are trained to fight with pugil sticks and padding — part of the idea is to get them accustomed to being hit without losing focus on the mission.
Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
by gonzo on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:38AM
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There is an infamous story about a Duke in the SCA pugil stick fighting with a DI
http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/SCA-stories1-msg.ht...
Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
by Dlanv on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:05PM
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I'm not sure they fought with quarterstaffs or rapiers in WW1.
The boxing and jiu jitsu perhaps.
Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
by irrational on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:55PM
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Apparently swords were used in the war.
http://www.militarian.com/threads/use-of-the-sword-in-ww1.70...
Hitting each other with sticks seems like something people at war would do ;-)
Re:Master at Arms Badge for Boy Scouts (1925) [pdf]
by FooBarBizBazz on Thursday May 12, 2022 @08:37AM
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Not exactly the same, but this guy made a longbow kill in WW2: