The Illustrated Guide to Viking Martial Arts by Cummins Antony

The Illustrated Guide to Viking Martial Arts by Cummins Antony

Author:Cummins, Antony [Cummins, Antony]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012-02-28T16:00:00+00:00


IV

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‘Now Arnkel fell to boring holes in the door-ledge, and laid his adze down the while. Thorleif took it up, and heaved it up swiftly over his head with the mind to bring it down on Arnkel’s skull’

A double-handed axe would need a step to really generate power behind the cut. Remembering that dynamic motion is three-dimensional and that a transfer of movement from the hips to axe is what delivers true power.

‘…and the adze flew out of his hand, and Arnkel got hold thereof and smote it into Thorleif’s head, and gave him his death-wound’



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