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Notation – Quarterstaff
Weapons for Rent or Purchase
Textbook Pages
- The Textbook of Stage Combat
- Introduction
- Part I – The Way of the Warrior
- Part II – Weapons and Tools
- Weapons Defined
- Weapons Explained
- Sword Basics
- Sword Parts Explained
- Converting a Costume Sword to Fight-Worthiness
- Care and Handling of the Sword
- Why Stage-Combat Sword Blades Are Difficult to Make
- Disassembling and Assembling a Sword
- Sword Tangs: Design, Stress, and Failure
- Checking a Sword for Fight-Worthiness
- Common Blade Varieties Used for Stage Combat
- The Completed Sword
- Knife & Dagger Basics
- Gun Basics
- Other Practical Weapon Props
- Sword Basics
- Part III – Staging Violence
- Part IV: Violence in Dramatic Literature
- Some Final Words: