How to NOT fail the Flail - The secret of using the Mangual without hurting yourself!
Channel: Schildwache Potsdam
Date: 2021-07-19

This video focuses on controlling the flail without hurting yourself and how you are able to change directions and move throug the space safely. 


Elmar trains with the Hospitaliter zu Magdeburg. He has been mainly concerned with the Montante and sources of Esgrima Commun for 3.5 years. Additionally his training focuses on Godinho's sword, the Mangual, the stick of the jogo do pau and their respective practical application.

For further information have a look at their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/hospitaliterMD


Weapon stats:
Lenght of the flail: 168 cm (chain + wood)
Weight of the flail: 1250 g





Only known source:
Resumen de la verdadera destreza de las armas, en treinta y ocho asserciones (Summary of the true skill of arms: in thirty eight assertions), by Miguel Perez de Mendoza y Quixada (1675)
http://www.storytrade.net/hema/mendoza-on-the-flail/


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