In Bastone Siciliano the stick is kept in constant motion, travelling around the head in various serpentine circular movements known as Muliné until it is time to execute a strike or parry. As an interesting aside, this constant, circling motion of the stick around the player’s head may provide possible insights into the ‘Frequens Motus’ or constant motion mentioned in a 14th century German longsword text known as Hs. 3227a (Döbringer). The stick is held with the hands very high, and this position is maintained in both the strikes and in thrusting techniques with the point of the stick.
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