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Dual wielding is the technique of using two weapons, one in each hand for training or combat. It is not a common combat practice. Although historical records of dual wielding in war are limited, there are numerous weapon-based martial arts that involve the use of a pair of weapons. The use of a companion weapon is sometimes employed in European martial arts and fencing, such as a parrying dagger. Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese swordsman and ronin, was said to have conceived of the idea of a particular style of swordsmanship involving the use of two swords.

Mongolian soldiers dual wielding knives during skills display

In terms of firearms, especially handguns, dual wielding is generally denounced by firearm enthusiasts due to its impracticality.[1] Though using two handguns at the same time confers an advantage by allowing more ready ammunition, it is rarely done due to other aspects of weapons handling. Dual wielding, both with melee and ranged weapons, has been popularized by fictional works (film, television, and video games).

History edit

 
An urban proletariat boy dual wields pistols in Eugene Delacroix's painting La Liberté guidant le peuple.

Dual wielding has not been used or mentioned much in military history, though it appears in weapon-based martial arts and fencing practices.[2]

Dimachaerus were a type of Roman gladiator that fought with two swords. The name is the Latin-language borrowing of the Greek word διμάχαιρος meaning "bearing two knives" (di- dual + machairi knife)[3] Thus, an inscription from Lyon, France, mentions such a type of gladiator, here spelled dymacherus.[4] The dimachaeri were equipped for close-combat fighting.[5] A dimachaerus used a pair of siccae (curved scimitar) or gladius and used a fighting style adapted to both attack and defend with his weapons rather than a shield, as he was not equipped with one.[5][6]

The use of weapon combinations in each hand has been mentioned for close combat in western Europe during the Byzantine,[7] Medieval, and Renaissance era.[8] The use of a parrying dagger such as a main gauche along with a rapier is common in historical European martial arts.[9]

North American Indian tribes of the Atlantic northeast used a form involving a tomahawk in the primary hand and a knife in the secondary. It is practiced today as part of the modern Cree martial art Okichitaw.

All the above-mentioned examples, involve either one long and one short weapon, or two short weapons. An example of a dual wield of two sabres is the Ukrainian cossack dance hopak.

Asia edit

During the campaign Muslim conquest in 6th to 7th century AD, a Rashidun caliphate general named Khalid ibn Walid was reported to favor wielding two broad swords, with one in each hand, during combat.[10]

Traditional schools of Japanese martial arts include dual wield techniques, particularly a style conceived by Miyamoto Musashi involving the katana and wakizashi, two-sword kenjutsu techniques he called Niten Ichi-ryū.

Eskrima, the traditional martial arts of the Philippines teaches Doble Baston techniques involving the basic use of a pair of rattan sticks and also Espada y daga or Sword/Stick and Dagger. Okinawan martial arts have a method that uses a pair of sai.

Chinese martial arts involve the use of a pair of butterfly swords and hook swords.

Famed for his enormous strength, Dian Wei, a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China, excelled at wielding a pair of ji (a halberd-like weapon), each of which was said to weigh 40 jin.

Chen An, a warlord who lived during the Jin dynasty (266–420) and Sixteen Kingdoms period, wielded a sword and a serpent spear in each hand, supposedly measuring at 7 chi and 1 zhang 8 chi respectively.

During Ran Wei–Later Zhao war, Ran Min, emperor of the short-lived Ran Wei empire of China, wielded two weapons, one in each hand, and fought fiercely, inflicting many casualties on the Xianbei soldiers while mounted on the famous horse Zhu Long ("Red Dragon").

Gatka, a weapon-based martial art from the Punjab region, is known to use two sticks at a time.

The Thailand weapon-based martial art Krabi Krabong involves the use of a separate Krabi in each hand.

Kalaripayattu teaches advanced students to use either two sticks (of various sizes) or two daggers or two swords, simultaneously.

Modern edit

The use of a gun in each hand is often associated with the American Old West, mainly due to media portrayals. It was common for people in the era to carry two guns, but not to use them at the same time, as shown in movies. The second gun served as a backup weapon, to be used only if the main one suffered a malfunction or was lost or emptied.[11]

However, there were several examples of gunmen in the West who actually used two pistols at the same time in their gunfights:

  • John Wesley Hardin killed a gunman named Benjamin Bradley who shot at him, by drawing both of his pistols and firing back.[12]
  • The Mexican vaquero Augustine Chacon had several gunfights in which he was outnumbered by more than one gunman and prevailed by equipping himself with a revolver in each hand.[13]
  • King Fisher once managed to kill three bandits in a shootout by pulling both of his pistols.[14]
  • During the infamous Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight, lawman Dallas Stoudenmire pulled both of his pistols as he ran out onto the street and killed one bystander and two other gunmen.[15]
  • Jonathan R. Davis, a prospector during the California Gold Rush, was ambushed by thirteen outlaws while together with two of his comrades. One of his friends was killed and the other was mortally wounded during the ambush. Davis drew both of his revolvers and fired, killing seven of the bandits, and killing four more with his bowie knife, causing the final two to flee.[16]
 
Model dressed as Lara Croft dual wielding pistols

Dual wielding two handguns has been popularized by film and television.[17]

Effectiveness edit

MythBusters compared many firing stances, including having a gun in each hand, and found that, compared to the two-handed single-gun stance as a benchmark, only the one-handed shoulder-level stance with a single gun was comparable in terms of accuracy and speed. The ability to look down the sights of the gun was given as the main reason for this.[18] In an episode the following year, they compared holding two guns and firing simultaneously—rather than alternating left and right shots—with holding one gun in the two-handed stance, and found that the results were in favor of using two guns and firing simultaneously.[19]

In media edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Why Dual Wielding Doesn't Work in Real Life". YouTube.
  2. ^ Castle, Egerton (2012-06-19). Schools and Masters of Fencing: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century. Courier Corporation. p. 51. ISBN 9780486138756.
  3. ^ The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome: Gladiators and Caesars, ed. by Eckart Köhne and Cornelia Ewigleben (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2000), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-520-22798-9
  4. ^ CIL XIII, 1997
  5. ^ a b Nossov, Konstantin (2009). Gladiator: Rome's bloody spectacle. Osprey. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-84603-472-5.
  6. ^ Marcus Junkelmann, 'Familia Gladiatoria: "The Heroes of the Amphitheatre"' in The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome: Gladiators and Caesars, ed. by Eckart Köhne and Cornelia Ewigleben (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2000), p. 63. ISBN 978-0-520-22798-9
  7. ^ Tim Dawson PhD (2010). Byzantine Infantryman: Eastern Roman Empire C.900-1204. Osprey Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-84603-105-2.
  8. ^ Steve Shackleford (7 September 2010). Spirit Of The Sword: A Celebration of Artistry and Craftsmanship. Adams Media. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4402-1638-1. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  9. ^ Clifford Rogers (June 2010). The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-533403-6. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  10. ^ Agha, Ibrahim Akram (2006). The Sword of Allah: Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, His Life and Campaigns. Adam Publishers & Distributors, India. ISBN 978-81-7435-467-9.
  11. ^ Jeremy Agnew (2012). The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood. McFarland. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7864-9311-1. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  12. ^ Hardin, John Wesley (1896). The Life of John Wesley Hardin: As Written By Himself. Seguin, Texas: Smith & Moore. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8061-1051-6. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  13. ^ Wilson, R. Michael (2005). Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847-1911: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. McFarland. pp. 43-44. ISBN 978-0-7864-4825-8
  14. ^ Texas Gunslinger, Outlaw and Lawman.
  15. ^ Metz, Leon Claire. 1979. Dallas Stoudenmire: El Paso Marshal. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 162 p.
  16. ^ The Spell of the West: Captain Jonathan R. Davis. Retrieved: 2012-10-31.
  17. ^ Jerry Ahern (5 October 2010). "18". Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Concealed-Carry Handguns. F+W Media, Inc. pp. 135–137. ISBN 978-1-4402-1767-8. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  18. ^ Savage, Adam; Hyneman, Jamie (November 23, 2011). "Wheel of Mythfortune". MythBusters. Season 2011. Episode 177. Discovery Channel.
  19. ^ "Hollywood gunslingers". Mythbusters - Discovery. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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Dual wielding is the technique of using two weapons one in each hand for training or combat It is not a common combat practice Although historical records of dual wielding in war are limited there are numerous weapon based martial arts that involve the use of a pair of weapons The use of a companion weapon is sometimes employed in European martial arts and fencing such as a parrying dagger Miyamoto Musashi a Japanese swordsman and ronin was said to have conceived of the idea of a particular style of swordsmanship involving the use of two swords Mongolian soldiers dual wielding knives during skills displayIn terms of firearms especially handguns dual wielding is generally denounced by firearm enthusiasts due to its impracticality 1 Though using two handguns at the same time confers an advantage by allowing more ready ammunition it is rarely done due to other aspects of weapons handling Dual wielding both with melee and ranged weapons has been popularized by fictional works film television and video games Contents 1 History 1 1 Asia 1 2 Modern 2 Effectiveness 3 In media 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp An urban proletariat boy dual wields pistols in Eugene Delacroix s painting La Liberte guidant le peuple Dual wielding has not been used or mentioned much in military history though it appears in weapon based martial arts and fencing practices 2 Dimachaerus were a type of Roman gladiator that fought with two swords The name is the Latin language borrowing of the Greek word dimaxairos meaning bearing two knives di dual machairi knife 3 Thus an inscription from Lyon France mentions such a type of gladiator here spelled dymacherus 4 The dimachaeri were equipped for close combat fighting 5 A dimachaerus used a pair of siccae curved scimitar or gladius and used a fighting style adapted to both attack and defend with his weapons rather than a shield as he was not equipped with one 5 6 The use of weapon combinations in each hand has been mentioned for close combat in western Europe during the Byzantine 7 Medieval and Renaissance era 8 The use of a parrying dagger such as a main gauche along with a rapier is common in historical European martial arts 9 North American Indian tribes of the Atlantic northeast used a form involving a tomahawk in the primary hand and a knife in the secondary It is practiced today as part of the modern Cree martial art Okichitaw All the above mentioned examples involve either one long and one short weapon or two short weapons An example of a dual wield of two sabres is the Ukrainian cossack dance hopak Asia edit During the campaign Muslim conquest in 6th to 7th century AD a Rashidun caliphate general named Khalid ibn Walid was reported to favor wielding two broad swords with one in each hand during combat 10 Traditional schools of Japanese martial arts include dual wield techniques particularly a style conceived by Miyamoto Musashi involving the katana and wakizashi two sword kenjutsu techniques he called Niten Ichi ryu Eskrima the traditional martial arts of the Philippines teaches Doble Baston techniques involving the basic use of a pair of rattan sticks and also Espada y daga or Sword Stick and Dagger Okinawan martial arts have a method that uses a pair of sai Chinese martial arts involve the use of a pair of butterfly swords and hook swords Famed for his enormous strength Dian Wei a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China excelled at wielding a pair of ji a halberd like weapon each of which was said to weigh 40 jin Chen An a warlord who lived during the Jin dynasty 266 420 and Sixteen Kingdoms period wielded a sword and a serpent spear in each hand supposedly measuring at 7 chi and 1 zhang 8 chi respectively During Ran Wei Later Zhao war Ran Min emperor of the short lived Ran Wei empire of China wielded two weapons one in each hand and fought fiercely inflicting many casualties on the Xianbei soldiers while mounted on the famous horse Zhu Long Red Dragon Gatka a weapon based martial art from the Punjab region is known to use two sticks at a time The Thailand weapon based martial art Krabi Krabong involves the use of a separate Krabi in each hand Kalaripayattu teaches advanced students to use either two sticks of various sizes or two daggers or two swords simultaneously Modern edit The use of a gun in each hand is often associated with the American Old West mainly due to media portrayals It was common for people in the era to carry two guns but not to use them at the same time as shown in movies The second gun served as a backup weapon to be used only if the main one suffered a malfunction or was lost or emptied 11 However there were several examples of gunmen in the West who actually used two pistols at the same time in their gunfights John Wesley Hardin killed a gunman named Benjamin Bradley who shot at him by drawing both of his pistols and firing back 12 The Mexican vaquero Augustine Chacon had several gunfights in which he was outnumbered by more than one gunman and prevailed by equipping himself with a revolver in each hand 13 King Fisher once managed to kill three bandits in a shootout by pulling both of his pistols 14 During the infamous Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight lawman Dallas Stoudenmire pulled both of his pistols as he ran out onto the street and killed one bystander and two other gunmen 15 Jonathan R Davis a prospector during the California Gold Rush was ambushed by thirteen outlaws while together with two of his comrades One of his friends was killed and the other was mortally wounded during the ambush Davis drew both of his revolvers and fired killing seven of the bandits and killing four more with his bowie knife causing the final two to flee 16 nbsp Model dressed as Lara Croft dual wielding pistolsDual wielding two handguns has been popularized by film and television 17 Effectiveness editMythBusters compared many firing stances including having a gun in each hand and found that compared to the two handed single gun stance as a benchmark only the one handed shoulder level stance with a single gun was comparable in terms of accuracy and speed The ability to look down the sights of the gun was given as the main reason for this 18 In an episode the following year they compared holding two guns and firing simultaneously rather than alternating left and right shots with holding one gun in the two handed stance and found that the results were in favor of using two guns and firing simultaneously 19 In media editThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles features dual wielding being done by Leonardo with two katana swords Raphael with two sais and Michelangelo with two nunchucks Sometimes their arch enemy known as the Shredder dual wields with many weapons Princess Mononoke features Lady Eboshi dual wielding with a katana sword and a hairpin The Marvel Comics features dual wielding being done by Deadpool with two katana swords Nightcrawler with two sabres Elektra with two sais and Black Widow with two pistols and two batons The DC Comics features Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon dual wielding two bastons The Star Wars franchise features many characters dual wielding two lightsabres or more including Anakin Skywalker Ahsoka Tano and General Grievous Star Wars The Clone Wars features Palpatine and his former apprentice Darth Maul dual wielding two lightsabres each The Halo franchise allows you to have two select weapons in Halo 2 and Halo 3 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe features the noble centaur general Oreius dual wielding two longswords and also the oppressive White Witch doing the same It also features the Minotaur general Otmin dual wielding a falchion sword and a battle axe Ip Man 3 features butterfly swords being dual wielded by Ip Man and Cheung Tin chi The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings features the virtuous wizard Gandalf dual wielding a magic staff and a mystic longsword The Mummy Returns features the adventurous Egyptologist Evelyn O Connell and the treacherous Anck su namun dual wielding two sais The Pirates of the Caribbean features characters dual wielding two swords including Jack Sparrow Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann The martial arts movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon features Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien dual wielding with a dao sword which split to two and then with two hook swords The Three Musketeers features many characters dual fighting with rapiers and daggers Mighty Morphin Power Rangers features Tommy Oliver dual wielding a sword and a dagger Robin of Sherwood features Nasir a Saracen assassin who dual wields two scimitars Avatar The Legend of Aang features dual wielding done by Zuko with two dao swords Jet with two hook swords Suki with two war fans and Sokka with a machete along a club or a boomerang The Transformers features dual wielding being done by many characters including Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal with two swords Kung Fu Hustle features iron rings being dual wielded by the humble tailor of Pigsty Alley Power Rangers Jungle Fury features dual wielding being done by Casey Rhodes with two nunchakus and also two dao themed Shark Sabres Theo Martin with two tonfas and then two tessan themed Jungle Fans and Camille with two sais In the Marvel Cinematic Universe martial arts film Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings features the Ten Rings be dual wielded by Wenwu the MCU version of the Mandarin and then by Shang Chi his son The musical version of The Lion King features Mufasa and his son Simba dual wielding two akrafena swords to fight Lara Croft the heroine of the Tomb Raider franchise dual wields two pistols See also editDimachaerus Gun fu SwordsmanshipReferences edit Why Dual Wielding Doesn t Work in Real Life YouTube Castle Egerton 2012 06 19 Schools and Masters of Fencing From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century Courier Corporation p 51 ISBN 9780486138756 The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome Gladiators and Caesars ed by Eckart Kohne and Cornelia Ewigleben Berkeley and Los Angeles 2000 p 63 ISBN 978 0 520 22798 9 CIL XIII 1997 a b Nossov Konstantin 2009 Gladiator Rome s bloody spectacle Osprey p 208 ISBN 978 1 84603 472 5 Marcus Junkelmann Familia Gladiatoria The Heroes of the Amphitheatre in The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome Gladiators and Caesars ed by Eckart Kohne and Cornelia Ewigleben Berkeley and Los Angeles 2000 p 63 ISBN 978 0 520 22798 9 Tim Dawson PhD 2010 Byzantine Infantryman Eastern Roman Empire C 900 1204 Osprey Publishing p 48 ISBN 978 1 84603 105 2 Steve Shackleford 7 September 2010 Spirit Of The Sword A Celebration of Artistry and Craftsmanship Adams Media p 48 ISBN 978 1 4402 1638 1 Retrieved 12 June 2013 Clifford Rogers June 2010 The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology Oxford University Press p 240 ISBN 978 0 19 533403 6 Retrieved 12 June 2013 Agha Ibrahim Akram 2006 The Sword of Allah Khalid Bin Al Waleed His Life and Campaigns Adam Publishers amp Distributors India ISBN 978 81 7435 467 9 Jeremy Agnew 2012 The Old West in Fact and Film History Versus Hollywood McFarland p 170 ISBN 978 0 7864 9311 1 Retrieved 12 June 2013 Hardin John Wesley 1896 The Life of John Wesley Hardin As Written By Himself Seguin Texas Smith amp Moore p 20 ISBN 978 0 8061 1051 6 Retrieved March 30 2011 Wilson R Michael 2005 Legal Executions in the Western Territories 1847 1911 Arizona Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Utah Washington and Wyoming McFarland pp 43 44 ISBN 978 0 7864 4825 8 Texas Gunslinger Outlaw and Lawman Metz Leon Claire 1979 Dallas Stoudenmire El Paso Marshal Norman OK University of Oklahoma Press 162 p The Spell of the West Captain Jonathan R Davis Retrieved 2012 10 31 Jerry Ahern 5 October 2010 18 Gun Digest Buyer s Guide to Concealed Carry Handguns F W Media Inc pp 135 137 ISBN 978 1 4402 1767 8 Retrieved 12 June 2013 Savage Adam Hyneman Jamie November 23 2011 Wheel of Mythfortune MythBusters Season 2011 Episode 177 Discovery Channel Hollywood gunslingers Mythbusters Discovery Retrieved 13 June 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dual wield amp oldid 1196784233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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