Lesson 1 of 33 for the Half Pike in HEMA

Polearms were always important in battle and so the fencing masters of the middle ages as of the Renaissance created drills to teach multiple people how to use it.
Those weapons were the pike, the halberd, the partisan, the spear or as presented here the half pike.
Historical fencing teaches thos martial arts today and even if we do not use them in battle it is great fitness, as it were recommended in the past for fighters using the rapier.

[alexgrenlie]

It looks a lot like my Friday night alone.

[danielspoon]

Very cool i used to do this with rebar inside my doorway covering three points at once (inside the room the frount door and the kitchen)

[AVGyerra]

Does the spearhead at the other end represent an actual spear head or just a butt spike?