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MarianoV123 Tiro Offline Marichiweu Posts: 19 Texas Gender:	Bolas as a melee weapon Jan 4^th, 2021 at 2:35pm I was recently watching a video on Argentine fencing and I noticed that they were also using boleadoras. Were these weapons actually used in melee combat by the natives or anywhere else in the world? I couldn’t really find anything on it but I was wondering if anyone on this forum has any good resources or has even tried it themselves
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Re: Bolas as a melee weapon
Reply #1 - Jan 5^th, 2021 at 3:22pm

Interesting thought. I think the obvious answer will be "yes". In combat, just about EVERYTHING will be used as an improvised melee weapon eventually. The real question is whether there was any formal employment or training regimen associated with using it in this way.

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Slyngorm Descens Offline Slingit... Posts: 234 At MC's place	Re: Bolas as a melee weapon Reply #2 - Jan 5^th, 2021 at 3:36pm Yeah, what ^ said. ghost0311-8541, unofficial king of bolas, have mentioned using bolas like this as well, so it might be an actual thing.
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