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Thanks all for the feedback.

To clarify: a do not want a flow chart of combat, I want a flow chart of moves and counter moves.

My first plan to tackle this is to break this down in component parts, starting with basic 'full commitment' strikes and counters. For example a hewing strike from the ...

I may try and string together the plates of Hans Talhoffer's Fight Earnestly. Some of them seem to link together. Or try to condense the concepts.

I had a PM about a book: 'Fighting with the German Longsword' (by Christian Tobler) which apparently has flowcharts in it.

Anyone know of any other ...

Are the any ARMA flowcharts of longsword combat techniques?

Opening stances, strikes from those stances, followed by counters, and counter-counters etc. all wrapped up in an easy to follow flowchart?

Philip

Great - I've ordered a copy

Philip

Thanks Greg, and everyone else, you have been very helpful.

Philip

PS: Is there are translation of PH Mair?

I had some off time at work. Not trying to be a jerk in these responses. Sorry if it came out a bit harsh.
Fire away, I want to hear what you have to say! A bit of straight talk never hurt anyone, well not me anyway :)

I have many misconceptions which I aim to correct.

during the era when these ...

Thanks again.

If you are a halberd on the flank you might have to sit still and guard against repeated pike thrusts for a couple of moments until it is appropriate to charge forward and attack or until friendly pikes can come up and take your place.
Wouldn't the Halbards bind and move in?

Or is ...

I suppose you can swing it, but when delving into pike formations I get the impression that they are changing to a half-sword like technique. They are using it more like a spear, but one that can cut along it's full length.
Many of the two handers have spatulate tips, so thrusting was probably a ...

This is an interesting discussion - has anyone tested the theory or plans to?

The only other blade I can think of that has the wave is the kris, which is dagger.

I know it's be mentioned that the wave may improve the cut, but dagger are more about trusting, and I was wondering how exactly the two ...

Thank Greg,

I have a few more questions;

S0 if you have a longer pike you'd be all for steaming in, but if you have an equal length or shorter pike you would go for the bind?

If true: then most of the time it ends up being all about the bind (as those with shorter pikes seek to bind longer pikes ...

Lets see if I have this right;: in a formation of pike, a pikeman can defend himself from his enemy's incoming pike by using his pike to either push up the enemy's pike, or drive it into the dirt. This is what they try an do as the pike come into contact but are still out of range of the body.

He ...

I'm looking for information about using a pike combat as part of a formation.

I want to go beyond the pike postures, and find out how the pike was actually used. Specifically what happens when two pike formation clash?

In notice in a lot imagines depicting clashing pike formations that a lot of ...

Thanks for sharing your experience Chris Ouellet, I was very interested to read about it (that sounds a bit morbid!). I hope you get better and are fighting fit soon!

Your experience seems to tie into my findings, that humans do not always know how badly they are injured. A serious injury out of ...

There's no announcement for John's book, I just know some of what he's working on. I don't know how soon he'll be ready to publish.
I shall keep an eye out. I'm always reading articles here, so I hope to spot it as soon as it comes out.

By the way, numerous manuals, rapier manuals in particular ...

Thank you one and all, this has been most enlightening!

Hello Vincent Le Chevalier,

I shall did through these medical text! Thank the links I'm sure they will get me off to a flying start I love the film Spartacus too, but I concede you are right about the simplicity, but the concept seems to ...