Num Pages: 192 pages, 603 b/w photos. BIC Classification: WSTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1222. . 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Sword Fighting: An Introduction to handling a Long Sword
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0764347926
ISBN 13: 9780764347924
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Detailed single-handed sword fighting and buckler-wielding instruction based on Medieval combat manuals, with step-by-step guide to multiple fighting stances and methods.

In this sequel to the first volume, which introduced the long sword, Herbert Schmidt explains single-handed sword fighting techniques with a buckler, or small shield. “Single-handed sword” here refers to the sword wielded in one hand, as used throughout almost the entire Middle Ages.

This book analyzes historical evidence, taken mainly from the 13th-century German combat manual Manuscript I:33, or “Tower Manuscript,” the oldest and most widely trusted European sword fighting manual in existence. Find information on binds, posture, footwork, free fighting, and individual plays taken from the writings of fencing masters Hans Talhoffer, Andre Lignitzer, and Paulus Kal in this modern textbook that allows anyone interested―whether beginner or advanced―to work and improve his single-handed sword fighting skills.

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Herbert Schmidt is the leader of Ars Gladii, the Austrian swordfighting club, and is part of an international research community that is reconstructing historical European swordfighting and awakening it to new life.

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