One of the ancient weapons. Spike bonfire sticks are shaped like sticks, and their heads are equipped with spike spikes. Mace is an offensive weapon. On the wooden or iron hammer head of the spindle, there are many spikes fixed like maces, and the hammer head has a long handle. It was most commonly used in the Song Dynasty. Hammers are also long and short. The long hammer is about 170- 190cm, and the short hammer is only about1m. The length of the hammer is the same, ranging from 40 to 60 cm.

Weapon performance

Chinese name: Spike Lighthouse.

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Category: ancient weapons

Part of speech: noun

structure

Mace consists of a club head, a handle and a drill bit. The club head is an oval hammer, and the hammer surface is covered with iron thorns; The handle of the stick is solid wood, about 2 meters long, and the stick head is mounted on it; This kind of drill is made of iron, and its bottom is very sharp. It is installed at the end of the stick, which can not only protect the end of the stick from being broken, but also strike the enemy and make it stand on the ground. Mace was not seen in the army before the Song Dynasty, but it was used by many people after the Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, "Gu Duo", "stepping stone" and other beating weapons were introduced into the Central Plains by northern minorities.

The striking effect of this weapon depends not only on its weight, but also on the sharp nails on the hammer, which often produce strange killing effects. Even enemies in armor have great power. Therefore, this weapon is absolutely indispensable in Ma Benteng's riding battlefield.

Related records

The head of the staff looks like a jujube pit, with nails planted on it, and looks like a spike, hence the name spike bonfire staff. Mao Ming Yuan Yi's "Wu Bei Zhi" Volume 114 "Mace" reads: "Take hard and heavy wood, which is four or five feet long. There are four synonyms: gun, pestle, stick and stick. " Those who hammer nails into the floor like nails are called hammers. " .

Mace strike

The basic hitting methods mainly include chopping, smashing, covering, punching, cutting, blocking, pulling, taking, picking, swinging, spinning and knocking.

History and development

This weapon has a long history and was widely used in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. For a long time, we can only know something about the mysterious weapon "Shu" from some documents. I only know that it is an ancient weapon, about 270cm long and without blade.

Later, in the Warring States cultural relics unearthed in 1978, the description of "Shu" was found, and its true colors were clearly seen. It turned out to be a weapon with a triangular tip, a protrusion and two striking parts. It can be considered that the predecessor of mace is probably this kind of weapon called Shu. In modern martial arts, mace is also called crescent moon. Qin Ming, the thunderbolt in the novel Water Margin, is famous all over the world for using this weapon.