Comments on: Boucicaut’s Workout du Jour

By: Lu An Li

Lu An Li — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 18:52:57 +0000

It is a pity the western style martial arts have been ignored to a large degree for a long time — boxing, sword-fighting, wrestling, etc. Asian martial arts have dominated in the western mind for a long time. I probably should not have here is enough that the western man asked to study with his own cultural domain that are just as probably good as what the Orientals have developed.

By: Phil B

Phil B — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 21:47:27 +0000

If his suit of armour weighed 26.5 kilograms (or about 58.5 pounds) then that is a moderate combat load for a modern infantryman. However, as the armour was distributed around his body, then it would be easier to carry than the same weight on his back (which cramps your shoulders and arms).

Impressive determination and a true warrior mindset which, as Ezra said above, is beyond the modern average man the street but not exceptional if someone today wants to be as physically fit. Where Boucicaut differed was that he would wear the armour as his normal clothes for weeks on end to build the stamina and coordination to ignore it and perform the tasks that he’d be expected to do on a daily basis and in battle.

By: Ezra

Ezra — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:02:54 +0000

A man of the period twice as strong pound for pound as the modern counterpart.

Think of the Amish man today as compared to the average modern man.

Men at arms of that period more than likely to fight from horseback and not of foot?