[split] Phalanx warfare: use of the spear

[Bryan]

I agree with you, there is a time and place when underhand has its merits. But what i liked in the video was the effectiveness of the parry by use of overhand grip. We'd talked about that before, that with a high underhand grip there isn't much in the way of defensive parries, but with overhand its quite easy to deflect a spear coming at you.