tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919530564396168430.post4827605163921344330..comments2024-02-20T03:57:48.748-05:00Comments on Bowie Knife Fights, Fighters & Fighting Techniques. . .: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Theodore Roosevelt on the Bowie KnifePaul Kirchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919530564396168430.post-55100163347035032242011-07-12T22:10:00.213-04:002011-07-12T22:10:00.213-04:00Alexander's phalanx formations and the trainin...Alexander's phalanx formations and the training and disipline to do it was the key to success. After Alexander's death, the greeks tried to defend with the phalanx using those long pig stickers and got it handed to them by Roman short swords, but I must say the greek army was not what it once was under Alexander.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919530564396168430.post-30559576869486296772010-12-09T10:28:24.426-05:002010-12-09T10:28:24.426-05:00The assertion is interesting mainly due to the sou...The assertion is interesting mainly due to the source, and was widely quoted, but as you point out there are any number of exceptions that disprove it.Paul Kirchnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03426412455102496912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919530564396168430.post-50024247042752789962010-12-08T18:26:33.285-05:002010-12-08T18:26:33.285-05:00Re the Holmes information:
What about the Swiss pi...Re the Holmes information:<br />What about the Swiss pike?Dan Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612446764713724377noreply@blogger.com