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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 107413, member: 44&quot;]Those staffs were known as a quarterstaff aka a stave, balkstaff, shortstaff, etc. This staff however is really too short to be an honest to goodness quarterstaff for they tended to be 5&#039; to 6&#039; long.&nbsp; The quarterstaffs were used in a type of martial arts for ages. Depictions of Robin Hood and his band of &quot;merry men,&quot; that sure has a different connotation today, always show at least 1 of them with a staff as a weapon. The quarterstaff tended to be a weapon of the poorer classes, but the art of using it was also practices by the upper classes. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Quarterstaff was for centuries considered the weapon of the lower sections of society, although the nobility had a healthy respect for the Quarterstaff, which they also practised. In reality Quarterstaffing, as a fighting art reigned supreme in England for many centuries. The English art of Quarterstaffing has throughout the many centuries, gained its own individuality and traditions. Through the dedication of the men and women, who for generations have brought this majestic weapon forward into the 21st century, with the blood sweat and tears of hard practice, and hard knocks.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>With that flat or Tudor hat, pants, cape and tights, the man screams Elizabethan. </p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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