LARP Guan Dao Bijlen IJsland en Finland

IJsland en Finland

Viking pants such as these were worn from around the seventh to the eleventh centuries

Half-gauntlets or demi-gaunts are the earliest type of plate armor gloves and were used from the second half of the 14th century

This brooch is based on a Celtic disc excavated in Auvers-sur-Oise

LARP Guan Dao Bijlen IJsland en FinlandThe guandao is a Chinese pole weapon that is used in Chinese martial arts. It is comparable to the European glaive. The weapon was probably in use from the eleventh century, when it first appeared in the Wujing Zongyao military handbook. The weapon is used today for modern Wushu. The guandao is not used to attack, but to disarm the opponent and deflect his strikes. Most guandaos therefore have a large textile cloth, so that you can confuse and