Viking Fighting Moves from the Sagas: 1

A speculative reconstruction of one-on-one Viking combat based on fighting moves described in the Sagas of Icelanders, including: --- thrusting with the horn of the axe: Grænlendinga þáttur, ch. 5 ...en Kolbeinn snaraðist við honum og stakk fram öxarhyrnunni og kom í barkann Þórði og hafði hann þegar bana. Kolbeinn sidestepped Þórður and jabbed the horn of his axe into Þórður’s throat and that was his death. --- hooking a shield with a weapon: Þorskfirðinga saga, ch. 10 Askmaður skopar um hið yt