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This book will provide an opportunity to study the martial system behind the Art that is medieval German longsword, as taught by Johannes Liechtenauer in the mid 14th Century and glossed by Sigmund Ringeck the Elder (c 1502). The contents include a brief explanation of medieval training practices, followed by a detailed description of the late medieval longsword, including an in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the various tra...

Major William John Elliot was a Victorian British civil servant, army reservist and author on military subjects. He trained under some of the leading martial arts instuctors of his day and later in life wrote this helpful little manual as a record of the styles of foil fencing, sabre, bayonet and boxing that he was taught. For the first time since the 19th century this manual is here re-published, now with the addition of biographical data and...

How a Gentleman shall be Armed Featuring "Self-defence in the street with weapons" by Emile André Introduced and translated from the French by Philip T. Crawley

The Art of the Smallsword Featuring P.J.F Girard's Treatise of Arms Translated from the French, annotated and expanded upon by Philip T. Crawley With additional essays by Kévin Côté

The famous Jules Jacob, master-at-arms at the prestigious "l'Ecole d'Escrime Francaise" was best known for adapting the classical foil game to the needs of the duelling ground, putting forward the revolutionary argument that fencing should represent, as closely as possible, a real fight with the duelling sword or épée. His approach used simple, easy to learn yet highly efficient techniques while developing the best qualities of both instinctiv...

Emile Maitrot was a highly accomplished all-round sportsman who used his experience as a professional boxing professor and Defense dans la Rue instructor to write this very practical self-defence manual. First published in France during the early 1900s this manual provides its readers with insights into combining English pugilism with French savate and Japanese jiu-jitsu alongside the effective use of weapons such as the truncheon and walking ...

Sir William Hope's New, Short and Easy Method of Fencing represents a system by which a gentleman of the early 18th century might learn to defend himself with those swords commonly available to him, such as the small-sword. This book presents for the modern reader a curriculum for studying Sir William's idiosyncratic, yet effective, system for fighting with that weapon. Included also are some notes upon the spadroon as well as a discussion of ...

Born in 1836 Georges Dubois was an expert all-round martial artist. As a result of developing an interest in Jiujitsu he wrote this book on practical self-defence intended to demonstrate techniques and advice that anyone, young and old, male or female, skilled or unskilled, could apply in an era where biolent attacks by thugs were common.

The journal for the discerning and gentle practitioner. Containing diverse papers on the native European Arts and Sciences of Defence

The journal for the discerning and gentle practitioner. Containing diverse papers on the native European Arts and Sciences of Defence.