Why would you spin the trident on thrust ....even worse spinning the weapon around with your fingers and hands ... This is not fighting its clearly a dance maybe with fighting masked with in but .. There no way they thought like that on battlegrounds ..... The fighter would be dead by a clear direct and thrust ..
@Shenzhou.
6 жыл бұрын
Spinning increases the chance of impaling enemy or catching his sword/spear with each thrust. If you thrust low at the enemy soldier's legs, you can possibly hamstring him, If you thrust high at the enemy soldier on horseback, you could possibly unhorse him. Also, during wartime, the trident was usually bladed so you can also chop and cut with the sides.
@rayray6490
6 жыл бұрын
My 2 cents..Spinning the trident on the thrust makes it harder for the opponent to predict where the prongs will land. You still intend to hit the target with the middle prong no matter what since that is the only one staying on course. If the side prongs hit, that's just insurance/extra.
@rayray6490
6 жыл бұрын
AwesomeBillFromDawsonville ......most weapon forms *should* have origins in combat. The rule of thumb is that the more boring or mundane it looks, chances are its rooted in efficiency and purpose. The more flashy it is, the more useless it is and more for performance purpose. It varies alot because martial artists of the period make their livelihood doing a wide range of work: from being mercenaries and training miltia to being street performers
@samiibrahim3082
3 жыл бұрын
@@rayray6490 I have heard people say, the more flashy it is, the more useless, to disparage weapons like the Tiger Head Hook Swords but after some historic research I found that Tiger Head Hook Swords were used by the bodyguards of the Qing Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi on the other hand the Tiger Forks were used by Soldiers such as those commanded by Sun Lutang among others. The Baguazhang Deer Horn Crescent Blades (another fancy weapon) was Dong Haichuan's personal weapons of choice. So what I am saying is the so called Performance weapons also saw actual use.
@coachtali5151
Жыл бұрын
Maybe just maybe by learning to manipulate the trident in various positions and practicing various positions regularly it would give you better control of the heavy weapon you want to utilize in battle. Thinking is dangerous
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