TY - JOUR AU - Khorasani, Manouchehr Moshtagh PY - 2012/07/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Combat with Short Edged Weapons in Persian Swordsmanship JF - Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas JA - Rev. artes marciales asiát. VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.18002/rama.v4i2.212 UR - https://revpubli.unileon.es/ojs/index.php/artesmarciales/article/view/212 SP - 38-53 AB - <p>The combat with short-edged weapons has a long tradition in Iran. There are several traditional types of Persian knives and daggers. They can generally be classified into three main categories that were used by Persian warriors in close cambat: <em>kard</em> (knife), <em>xanjar</em> (dagger), and <em>pisqabz</em> (a type of knife/dagger with an S-shaped blade). The <em>pisqabz</em> was also called <em>desne</em>. The following article presents these different weapons, analyzing their basic features and variations, the way of carrying and unsheathing them, and the corresponding techniques of use of each weapon.</p> ER -