He was dead, for the end of the quarterstaff had driven in his forehead, so madly had I struck at him with all my weight. |
The only other handweapon capable of countering it is another quarterstaff. |
Across 18 short chapters, there's cracking dialogue and a lot of action – sword and shield, wrestling, boxing, quarterstaff. |
The knowledge of singlestick and quarterstaff still lingered, in the country parts of England. |
The English are but bunglers with a gentleman's blade, and should restrict themselves to pike and quarterstaff. |
Apparently they want me to learn how to use a quarterstaff and a dagger. |