Depending on the style of fighting, the poleaxe can be especially used with the butt-spike, then the head used as a "final blow" when the chance arises. The spearhead/top-spike can be used to fence with as well. Both ends were used as weapons, so holding the poleaxe backwards is not necessarily a silly stance, you can do it. Longswords, great swords, estocs, and messers also had moves when you grip the weapon upside-down, either in a single move or as a long-term fighting style.
22-Jan-2017 23:07:40