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BROAD-SWORD
AND
SINGLE-STICK.

WITH CHAPTERS ON

QUARTER-STAFF, BAYONET, CUDGEL SHILLALAH, WALKING-STICK,
UMBRELLA, AND OTHER WEAPONS OF SELF-DEFENCE.

BY
R. G. ALLANSON-WINN,
AUTHOR OF "BOXING,"

AND

C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY,
INNS OF COURT SCHOOL OF ARMS.

LONDON:
G. BELL & SONS, LTD.,
AND NEW YORK.
1911.

PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.

PREFACE.

The favour with which my little _brochure_ on boxing has been received
induces me to put together a few ideas on the subject of attack and
defence with weapons other than those with which nature has endowed us.

A glance at the table of contents will suffice to show that the scope of
the work has been somewhat extended, and that, though there is of course
a vast deal more to be said on the wide subject of self-defence, an
attempt has been made to give practical hints as to what may be effected
by a proper and prompt use of those common accessories which we may find
in our hands at almost any hour in the day.

Not having leisure to take in hand the whole of the work myself, I asked
my friend Mr. C. Phillipps-Wolley to make himself responsible for that
portion of the treatise which deals with single-stick play. This he
kindly consented to do, and those of my readers who wish to make a
special study of stick-play, I refer to p. 50 to p. 85 inclusive. The
illustrations in this portion of the work are from photographs by the
London Stereoscopic Company; all the other illustrations are from my own
sketches.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. THE QUARTER-STAFF 4

III. THE BROAD-SWORD 17

IV. SINGLE-STICK 50

V. THE BAYONET 85

VI. THE CUDGEL, SHILLALAH, WALKING-STICK,
UMBRELLA, AND VARIOUS ACCESSORIES 100

BROAD-SWORD AND SINGLE-STICK