The SHIELD and How-To-Use-It!

The SHIELD

and How-To-Use-It!

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The SHIELD

The shield is older than civilization itself and no other implement has shaped warfare to such a tremendous extent.

 Shield walls and phalanx tactics are plainly visible in carvings from ancient Sumeria which date back to 2600 BC. Shield wall tactics were also used by ancient Egyptians. In Ancient Greece, all infantry tactics were built around the shield – a hoplite was not considered armed without his aspis which enabled the phalanx formations of the age – and the skirmishers who fought outside formation, peltasts, were named after their light shields, pelta. So, too, was the Roman shield, the scutum, the most essential piece of a legionnaire’s kit; the infantryman could fight without body armor, but never without his shield. 

How-To-Use-the-SHIELD

Shield Techniques

  • Shoulder Strike
  • Blocking with the Shield
  • Trapping with the Shield
  • Deflecting with the Shield
  • Lipping and Splitting
  • Weapons Transition

Shield Retention

  • Smash his Fingers
  • Pin him to the Wall
  • Shield Edge Uppercut
  • Defenses Against Pulling
  • Cover Man Takedown
  • Shield Dump

About the SHIELD

As centuries passed and the age of the lance and crossbow bolt developed into the age of gunpowder, the shield fell into disuse. The wooden or light iron shield was no match for firepower. By the 18th century, it was already effectively obsolete in a military context. But, unlike the lance and the saber, the shield has evolved, and today’s ballistic shields differ enormously in their construction from the shields of ages past. They are also used in a very different manner.

Including:

Basic Techniques:

  • Block and Stab under the Shield
  • Block and Stab over the Shield
  • Striking with the Face of the Shield
  • Striking with the Edge of the Shield
  • Characteristics of Ballistic Shields
  • Plus:

  • History and Evolution of the Shield
  • Improvised Shields
  • Shield Construction
  • Individual and Unit Tactics
  • Center-Held or Strapped

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