Особенности вооружения русских дружинников как отображение принципов русского кулачного боя
Journal: Вестник славянских культур
Year: 2014

Comparative analysis of weapons of Russian vigilantes and main principles of Russian Fisticuffs and unarmed combat revealed the presence of invariants. Russian man was basis of the system of these invariants. These invariants are high exibility of the body and weapons, allowing to maintain high mobility and do spontaneous, unpredictable movements. Other invariants were symmetry of combat movements and sym-metry of characteristics of weapons, such as helmets and double-edged swords. Performed ana