-
Under Kings George I and
George II,
backsword play with
sticks was
immensely po****r
under the
names cudgel-
play and singlesticking, not only in the cities...
- A club (also
known as a
cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or
impact weapon) is a
short staff or stick,
usually made of wood, wielded...
-
Fight with
Cudgels (Spanish: Riña a
garrotazos or
Duelo a garrotazos),
called The
Strangers or
Cowherds in the inventories, is the name
given to a painting...
- were
loyal to the
deposed king and had
pursued anti-peasant
actions in the
Cudgel War,
where Charles had
sympathized with the peasants.
These last strongholds...
- G. Sinclair, Anti-Pugilism –
Anonymous (1790)
Captain G. Sinclair,
Cudgel Playing Modernized and Improved; or, The
Science of Defence,
Exemplified in...
- "lads of Ae" had a re****tion that
preceded them,
being famous for "
cudgel-
playing [and] boxing" at
every fair and
wedding the area held. The
village of...
- and a
later revision/renaming of the same
treatise under the
title '
Cudgel-
Playing Modernized and Improved' in 1800.
Archibald MacGregor –
Archibald MacGregor...
-
instead of
straight ones and
their clubs are
ceremonial batons instead of
cudgels.
Swords and
clubs also
intersect unlike their Spanish counterparts. Tarot...
-
bishop Thomas Wilson expressed his
disapproval of "Morris-dancing,
cudgel-
playing,
baseball and cricket"
occurring on Sundays. However,
David Block, in...
- day was
pla**** in an
Olympic style contest lasting one w****.
Hodge had been
victorious at singlestick, backsword,
quarter staff,
cudgel play, wrestling...
