Produced by Delphine Lettau, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. BROAD-SWORD AND SINGLE-STICK R. G. ALLANSON-WINN, AND C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY. THE ALL-ENGLAND SERIES. _Small 8vo, cloth. Illustrated, price 1s. each._ _CRICKET._ By the Hon. and Rev. E. LYTTELTON. _CRICKET._ By FRED C. HOLLAND. _LAWN TENNIS._ By H. W. W. WILBERFORCE. _TENNIS, RACKETS, and FIVES._ By JULIAN MARSHALL, MAJOR SPENS, and Rev. J. ARNAN TAIT. _SQUASH-RACKETS AND SQUASH-TENNIS._ By EUSTACE H. MILES. [Double volume, 2_s._] _GOLF._ By H. S. C. EVERARD. [Double volume, 2_s._] _HOCKEY._ By F. S. CRESWELL. Revised by P. Collins (1909). _ROWING AND SCULLING._ By W. B. WOODGATE. _ROWING AND SCULLING._ By GUY RIXON. _SAILING._ By E. F. KNIGHT. [Double volume, 2_s._] _CANOEING WITH SAIL AND PADDLE._ By Dr. J. D. HAYWARD. [Double volume, 2_s._] _SWIMMING._ By M. and J. R. COBBETT. _BOXING._ By R. G. ALLANSON-WINN. _WRESTLING._ By WALTER ARMSTRONG. [New edition.] _FENCING._ By H. A. COLMORE DUNN. _BROADSWORD AND SINGLESTICK._ By R. G. ALLANSON-WINN and C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY. _FOOTBALL--RUGBY._ By HARRY VASSALL. Revised by C. J. B. MARRIOTT (1909). _FOOTBALL--ASSOCIATION._ By C. W. ALCOCK. _SKATING._ By DOUGLAS ADAMS. [Double volume, 2_s._] _CYCLING._ By H. H. GRIFFIN, L.A.C. [Double volume, 2_s._] _CYCLE TOURING._ By A. W. RUMNEY, M.A. _ROUNDERS, QUOITS, BOWLS, etc._ By J. M. WALKER and C. C. MOTT. _GYMNASTICS._ By A. F. JENKIN. [Double volume, 2_s._] _GYMNASTIC COMPETITION AND DISPLAY EXERCISES._ Compiled by F. GRAF. _DUMB-BELLS._ By F. GRAF. _INDIAN CLUBS._ By G. T. B. COBBETT and A. F. JENKIN. _BASEBALL._ By NEWTON CRANE. _RIDING._ By W. A. KERR, V.C. [Double volume, 2_s._] _RIDING FOR LADIES._ By W. A. KERR, V.C. _CAMPING OUT._ By A. A. MACDONELL. [Double vol., 2_s._] _MOUNTAINEERING._ By Dr. CLAUDE WILSON, [2_s._] _DANCING._ By EDWARD SCOTT. [Double volume, 2_s._] LONDON: G. BELL & SONS. LTD. BROAD-SWORD AND SINGLE-STICK. WITH CHAPTERS ON QUARTER-STAFF, BAYONET, CUDGEL SHILLALAH, WALKING-STICK, UMBRELLA, AND OTHER WEAPONS OF SELF-DEFENCE. BY R. G. ALLANSON-WINN, AUTHOR OF "BOXING," AND C. PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY, INNS OF COURT SCHOOL OF ARMS. LONDON: G. BELL & SONS, LTD., AND NEW YORK. 1911. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. PREFACE. The favour with which my little _brochure_ on boxing has been received induces me to put together a few ideas on the subject of attack and defence with weapons other than those with which nature has endowed us.