04-23-2011, 01:24 PM
I find underarm a little easier too, I think it has more to do with either being used to fencing in a somewhat similar way or aiming your whole forearm at the target rather than just the wrist. If the artwork shows men fighting both overarm or underarm it doesn't it mean that it most likely just had a lot to do with personal preference?
As far as literary sources go I think one of the viking sagas described troops forming a wall of overlapping shields with their spears sticking out from the bottom of each shield. But at the time they were preparing for a sea engagement, not a land battle.
As far as literary sources go I think one of the viking sagas described troops forming a wall of overlapping shields with their spears sticking out from the bottom of each shield. But at the time they were preparing for a sea engagement, not a land battle.
Henry O.
