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Singlestick

Singlestick is a martial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon. It began as a way of training soldiers in the use of backswords (such as the sabre or the cutlass).

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Also known as
Single-stick, cudgels
Country of origin
Kingdom of Great Britain
Focus
Weaponry
Hardness
Full-contact
Olympic sport
Yes (1904 Summer Olympics only)

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Singlestick

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples74
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Singlestick

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related to Further reading · 35
Singlestick → Alfred, Allanson-Winn, Bayonet, British War Office, Broadsword, Castle, Centuries, Chapters, Clive Phillips-Wolley, CS1, Cudgel, Date, Egerton, Eighteenth Century, Fence, From, George Bell, Hutton, Instruction, ISBN
related to history · 17
Singlestick → Association, At, Blows, By, England, George II, Historical Fencing, Historically, In, Mensur, The, These, This, Thomas Hughes's, Tom Brown's School Days, Towards, Under Kings George
related to Media · 8
Singlestick → Century, Elementary, In, Jonny Lee Miller, New York, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
related to Weapon · 5
Singlestick → By, It, Singlesticks, The, When
Also known as · 1
Singlestick → Single-stick, cudgels
Country of origin · 1
Singlestick → Kingdom of Great Britain
Focus · 1
Singlestick → Weaponry
Hardness · 1
Singlestick → Full-contact
Olympic sport · 1
Singlestick → Yes (1904 Summer Olympics only)
is a · 1
Singlestick → martial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon

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century fencing stick weapon use play backsword general french london also one head cane wooden form sabre sport used sword

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SinglestickAlso known asSingle-stick, cudgels1.00infobox
SinglestickCountry of originKingdom of Great Britain1.00infobox
SinglestickFocusWeaponry1.00infobox
SinglestickHardnessFull-contact1.00infobox
SinglestickOlympic sportYes (1904 Summer Olympics only)1.00infobox
Singlestickis amartial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon0.90text
singlestickinstance ofin contemporary newspapers explains the confusion as it was an umbrella term at the time to refer to combat sports and games using a stick0.80text
caneinstance ofin contemporary newspapers explains the confusion as it was an umbrella term at the time to refer to combat sports and games using a stick0.80text
quarterstaff or even kendoinstance ofin contemporary newspapers explains the confusion as it was an umbrella term at the time to refer to combat sports and games using a stick0.80text
Singlestickrelated to Further readingAllanson-Winn0.60section
Singlestickrelated to Further readingRowland George Allanson0.60section
Singlestickrelated to Further readingClive Phillips-Wolley0.60section

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