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[8] Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, used an axe to defeat Henry de Bohun in single combat at the start of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Given that Bruce was wielding the axe on horseback, it is likely that it was a one handed horseman's axe. They enjoyed a sustained revival among heavily armored equestrian combatants in the 15th century.
Historical European Martial Arts associations have turned the term spada da lato [8] into "side-sword". Furthermore, there is a deprecation of the term "broadsword" by these associations. All these newly introduced or redefined terms add to the confusion of the matter.
The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.
Ōdachi became popular in Kamakura period (1185－1333). Until the middle of the Kamakura period, high-ranking samurai mainly fought on horseback with yumi (bows), but as group battles by foot soldiers increased from the late Kamakura period, the importance of weapons possessed by those who did not have horses and did not have sufficient training in bows increased.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (also known as Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning) is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, and Shavar Ross.
In its sequel, Chivalry 2, the Zweihänder appears as a skin for the Greatsword. The multiplayer video game Mordhau features the Zweihänder. The Empire Greatswords unit in Warhammer Fantasy wields Zweihänders. Siegfried Schtauffen and Nightmare of the Soul Calibur series of fighting games uses various Zweihänder and Zweihänder-type swords.
Guts (Japanese: ガッツ, Hepburn: Gattsu, sometimes romanized as Güts) is a fictional character and the protagonist from the manga Berserk, created by Kentaro Miura.Guts is a mercenary who travels from company to company and companionship to companionship.