English Bill Hook. English Martial Arts

[@tomaspabon2484]

You always wonder what's up with all the hooks and weird angles on polearms until you see how optimized they are at controlling the opponent's weapon.

[@justinisaacrada8540]

So that's why the English Infantry either Man-at-Arms, Peasants or Knights used that effectively at the battlefield. It can thrust, slash and grapple, the fork part between the bill and the spearhead is useful to catch the shaft part of the opposing enemy weapon to avoid it's impact against the wielder.

[@wewenang5167]

billhook, the farmers weapon that decimated the Scott :P

[@nobbytang]

Caused bloody mayhem at battle of flodden against the sweaties socks !!

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

Mine olde Walking Stick, good sir.

[@yungsouichi2317]

Also, are there different techniques for single combat and formation fighting with the bill?

[@AngloSaxon1]

We only train the single combat stuff, the formation fighting isnt something we have studied

[@AngloSaxon1]

It is pointy, but is rebated 😀

[@djs4329]

mind if I ask where you get them? I'm interested in one as well :)

[@AngloSaxon1]

You can get them from the many custom makers like Paul Binns, Nick of Nicks knives etc, The one I am using is home made out of thin steel.

[@AngloSaxon1]

Cold steel make one, Arms and Armour make one, this one is home made from thin steel.

[@djs4329]

Is that a sharp or a trainer bill head? Looks pointy :P

[@AngloSaxon1]

Its a trainer head but it is pointy :(

[@yungsouichi2317]

This... Looks dangerous...

[@AngloSaxon1]

It is, It is a martial art so it can be dangerous but this is an advanced weapon so people who know how to handle weapons have good control.

[@yungsouichi2317]

Fighting Arts of England Still, I think you might be better off with a synthetic billhook or something, or at least some face & hand protection.

[@AngloSaxon1]

No, thats not how we train, we want the fear to be there and the danger so the students respect the weapons and their training.

[@AdoptiveTechnique13]

​@@AngloSaxon1Agreed, that's so important

[@lukeswagwalker1435]

now i know😊

[@bionizard5480]

WHERE DO I BUY ONE OF THOSE!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@AngloSaxon1]

Cold steel make one, Arms and Armour make one, this one is home made from thin steel.

[@bionizard5480]

thanks, witch one is perferred for home defence????

[@AngloSaxon1]

Well, the Bill is a polearm and you need a bit of room to use one, but if you put the bill head onto a 5 foot pole, preferably Ash or Oak it is still historically authentic and can be used at length and at close quarters. The Cold Steel one is cheapest and is a well made deadly piece

[@bionizard5480]

THANKS!!!!!!!

[@TudorFencing]

Are these techniques taken from a treatise that you could point me towards?

[@AngloSaxon1]

Jason George Silver

[@TudorFencing]

I understand that Silver praises the Bill Hook and recommends its sizing but where are you getting the exact techniques being demonstrated in this video?

[@AngloSaxon1]

From Silvers Descriptions of how one is used

[@AngloSaxon1]

@@TudorFencing I would love to see some of your videos using this weapon, Although we in the English martial arts have a billhook art, I am always willing to learn.

[@TudorFencing]

Fighting Arts of England on no I don’t have any experience with this weapon. I’m just interested in learning from what you have presented.

[@gavingleemonex3898]

The thing that I like about the billhook is that you can use it to injure the occupant of a motor vehicle and at times disable the vehicle itself, after making modifications to the billhook of course. Remember, don't let the glowies trick you into breaking the law.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

But you have great skill to master so dangerous a weapon, I bet it is not very popular weapon for every Brit back then. And a bill-men should have higher wage than normal soldiers

[@AngloSaxon1]

I don't know about the wages, but Bill Men were extremely dangerous men.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

​@@AngloSaxon1 But how do you know ancient people fought like that? Maybe your skill is much better than most of them, because you can see a lot of modern martial arts from the entire world and use them on Bills. Perhaps the incoming game "Medieval 3 total war" should to use your fighting action packs because those skills are quite believable. Last time in Medieval 2 total war, the Bill men acted very dumbly, basically were just cavemen with bills.

[@AngloSaxon1]

WithAStick AngryWhiteMan hello, we do have a reasonably good idea as to how the ancients fought, we read and decipher the ancient works these fighting masters left for us. We use George Silver and other masters as our guides, because they wrote extensively about their arts and instructions on how to train and use technique, as well as principals to abide by.

[@nickmail7604]

Love it! most Irish name ever teaching english "martial arts". Heads up bud, we don't have any martial arts in England with the exception of the headbutt.

[@AngloSaxon1]

Thanks for watching, The English martial arts has been around since the 11th century, maybe longer, their are many laws that outlawed them during these times, so we know that they were defo around, they are even older than martial arts that come from the East. And yes, the headbutt is part of that overall art.

[@wewenang5167]

there are dozens of medieval books about English martial arts written by many fencing masters in England. Go to the London Archive dude.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

Very ugly Orc weapon!!! So ugly

[@simpanlimpan8063]

can't tell if you are being sarcastic but personally I think it's a really beutiful polearm, the billhook design is on par with the halberd IMO