The Long Sword Gloss of GNM Manuscript 3227a

Author: Michael Chidester
Publisher: Hema Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781953683120
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
The long sword gloss in GNM ms. 3227a is one of the most important texts in the Liechtenauer corpus. It presents a teaching that is unique in the tradition, more focused on ideas and concepts than on individual plays or techniques. In this way, it is the perfect companion to the more action-oriented glosses of other masters like Sigmund ain Ringeck, Pseudo-Peter von Danzig, and Jud Lew. This book seeks to present these teachings in a new light, with an original English translation that is easier to read and understand than existing offerings. In this way, it will hopefully reveal this important text to a wider audience.

...the Foundation and Core of All the Arts of Fighting

Author: Michael Chidester
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953683069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 153

...eyn Grunt und Kern Aller Künsten Des Fechtens: The Long Sword Gloss of GNM Manuscript 3227a

Author: Michael Chidester
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781716144806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
The long sword gloss in GNM manuscript 3227a is one of the most important texts in the Liechtenauer tradition. This is beyond question. It presents a teaching that is unique in the tradition, more focused on ideas and concepts than on individual plays or techniques. In this way, it is the perfect companion to the more action-oriented glosses of other masters like Sigmund ain Ringeck, Pseudo-Peter von Danzig, and Jud Lew. This book seeks to present these teachings in a new light, with an original translation that will hopefully be easier to read and understand than existing offerings. In this way, it will hopefully reveal this important text to a wider audience. A large format version, including color scans and a revised transcription by Dierk Hagedorn, can be had here: http: //www.lulu.com/shop/michael-chidester-and-dierk-hagedorn/the-long-sword-gloss-of-gnm-manuscript-3227a-hardcover/hardcover/product-24490896.html

In Saint George's Name

Author: Christian Tobler
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1783017422
Category : Martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the use of sword, lance, spear and dagger, and member of a warrior aristocracy whose values, virtues and vices helped shape European society for over 500 years. As a window into the knight and his craft, In Saint George's Name: An Anthology of Medieval German Fighting Arts brings readers a treasure trove of historic combat treatises, musings on the culture and context of the martial arts in the late Middle Ages, and hands-on training exercises for wrestling, dagger, falchion, and poleaxe. Join medieval combat expert Christian Henry Tobler on an expansive journey into the lost world of chivalric fighting arts, certain to thrill martial artists, arms and armour enthusiasts, and lovers of history alike.

The Flower of Battle

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984771691
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
The Flower of Battle is Colin Hatcher's translation of Fiore dei Liberi's art of combat from the early 15th century. The work included high-resolution images and English text laid out in the manner of the original.

The Art of Swordsmanship

Author: Hans Lecküchner
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270284
Category : Fencing
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
English translation of one of the most significant medieval texts on fighting with swords.

Knightly Weaponry Play

Author: Wilhelm Fabricius
Publisher: Antelope Hill Originals
ISBN: 9781953730954
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
First published under the title Ritterliche Waffenspiele in interwar Germany, Knightly Weaponry Play is a youth-accessible instructional manual for the basic wielding of longswords, single sticks, bow and arrows, and crossbows. Written by patriotic forester, naturalist, and scouting leader Herr-Doktor Wilhelm Fabricius, this book was intended to inspire activity and strength in young boys participating in environmental-survival fellowships. Illustrated and described within are swordplay techniques that clearly interpret moves of the Kunst des Fechtens - the art of fencing - as illustrated centuries earlier by venerable Fechtmeisters circa 1450-1600. Highly popular when it was originally released, this book was used as a play and practice aid by interwar German brotherhoods such as the Adler und Falken, Deutsches Jungvolk, and Pfadfinders. Antelope Hill is proud to present Herr-Doktor Wihelm Fabricius's Knightly Weaponry Play, translated into English for the first time ever by Jeffrey Hull. This unique work is sure to develop martial prowess in a new generation of young men as well as historical curiosity in a wholesome and fun way!

Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books

Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004324720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 633

Book Description
Late Medieval and Early Modern Fight Books offers insights into the cultural and historical transmission and practices of martial arts, based on the corpus of the Fight Books (Fechtbücher) in 14th- to 17th-century Europe. The first part of the book deals with methodological and specific issues for the studies of this emerging interdisciplinary field of research. The second section offers an overview of the corpus based on geographical areas. The final part offers some relevant case studies. This is the first book proposing a comprehensive state of research and an overview of Historical European Martial Arts Studies. One of its major strengths lies in its association of interdisciplinary scholars with practitioners of martial arts. Contributors are Sydney Anglo, Matthias Johannes Bauer, Eric Burkart, Marco Cavina, Franck Cinato, John Clements, Timothy Dawson, Olivier Dupuis, Bert Gevaert, Dierk Hagedorn, Daniel Jaquet, Rachel E. Kellet, Jens Peter Kleinau, Ken Mondschein, Reinier van Noort, B. Ann Tlusty, Manuel Valle Ortiz, Karin Verelst, and Paul Wagner.

The Academy of the Sword

Author: Gerard Thibault d'Anvers
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1904658911
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 824

Book Description
The most detailed and comprehensive treatise on swordsmanship ever written, Gerard Thibault's Academy of the Sword offers an extraordinary glimpse into a forgotten landscape of ideas, in which Pythagorean sacred geometry illuminated the lethal realities of rapier combat to create one of the Western world's only thoroughly documented esoteric martial arts. Translated by the widely respected occultist and scholar John Michael Greer, this stunningly illustrated and precisely detailed manual of Renaissance swordsmanship is a triumphant document of Renaissance culture-as well as a practical manual of a martial art that can still be studied and practiced today.

The Flower of Battle

Author: Michael Chidester
Publisher: Hema Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781953683144
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Fiore dei Liberi was a weapons-master from Italy who was active in the 14th and early 15th century. After fifty years of training Italy's elite, he put his art to paper and created the Flower of Battle. The Flower of Battle covers the use of the dagger, sword, spear, axe as well as fighting in armor, on horseback, and other odds and ends. MS M 383, owned by the Morgan Library and Museum, differs from the other Italian versions by beginning with fighting on horseback and moving to foot combat with progressively smaller weapons. This edition includes high-resolution scans alongside a new transcription and translation by Michael Chidester, who also wrote a codicological analysis and an overview of dueling at the turn of the 15th century to help contextualize the treatise. An appendix includes a paper by Jay Leccese that analyzes the artwork and explores artistic connections to others of Fiore's manuscripts.