Most of the stuff I use for Kiht, I draw from the in-game style combined with the very scarce information I get from videos made by guys who practice HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts). However, most of these guys are more fond of swords and knives. There is very little material they provide about spears or pole-arms.
The videos are great, but rather basic in that they cover only a few simple techniques. The one demo video I put in the spoiler above actually has a guy who looks like he knows what he is doing.
However, most of the demo videos I find when it comes to pole-arms are the Wushu demonstrations (which doesn't give me an idea of how to use any of all that dancing and twirling in actual combat), or amateurs with sticks trying to jab at each other.
Of course, this makes RP combat feel kinda lacking for Kiht sometimes, but usually I do the best I can. Kiht typically uses guisarmes which are like fancy bill-hooks. They have a hook, a thrusting spike and a chopping spike. She will usually try to keep her enemy at a distance until she sees an opportunity to move in and either hook their limbs, or spike them in an opening. Alas, my search for more inspiration for pole-arm combat continues.
I think pole-arms are just underrated, and under-practiced in this day and age. Below is a sort of choreographed fantasy inspiration I recently found.
Edit: That link from TheLastCandle is gold, so I will re-link it: http://www.thortrains.com/getright/Medie...Combat.htm
The videos are great, but rather basic in that they cover only a few simple techniques. The one demo video I put in the spoiler above actually has a guy who looks like he knows what he is doing.
However, most of the demo videos I find when it comes to pole-arms are the Wushu demonstrations (which doesn't give me an idea of how to use any of all that dancing and twirling in actual combat), or amateurs with sticks trying to jab at each other.
Of course, this makes RP combat feel kinda lacking for Kiht sometimes, but usually I do the best I can. Kiht typically uses guisarmes which are like fancy bill-hooks. They have a hook, a thrusting spike and a chopping spike. She will usually try to keep her enemy at a distance until she sees an opportunity to move in and either hook their limbs, or spike them in an opening. Alas, my search for more inspiration for pole-arm combat continues.
I think pole-arms are just underrated, and under-practiced in this day and age. Below is a sort of choreographed fantasy inspiration I recently found.
Edit: That link from TheLastCandle is gold, so I will re-link it: http://www.thortrains.com/getright/Medie...Combat.htm
