Scouts return to paramilitary roots....

[armb]

Scouts, at least UK ones, are no longer expected to learn pike rifle staff drill and carry knives.

Meanwhile, in the USA: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html

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[keristor.livejournal.com]

"Raise the staff slightly, right arm slightly bent, staff sloping forward to make an angle of about 36 degrees with the vertical."

Is 35 degrees acceptable? How near does "about" have to be? And this is the 'simplified' one. (I'm certain we never had to do any of that when I was in the Boy Scouts...)