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Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques
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Wed May 26, 2004
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Necronos
Long-Haired Sword Guy
Registered: October 2002
Location: Bonn, Germany
Posts: 1324
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Review Date: Wed May 26, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
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Review by Thomas Stoeppler aka Necronos
This is one of the few books on western weapon arts that is actually of more than just of superficial interest to martial artists from other circles. It gives a general insight in the european martial traditions and is a good starting point for any enthusiasts, beginning with a little history and development of swords and fencing systems and discussing european medieval arms in good detail.
The Author mentions the historical resources he used to derive his system from, and should encourage others to look somewhat deeper into the individual systems.
This is one of the downfalls of the book - it is general, and does not adress specific styles directly, which a "historical" fencer would appreciate. There are other books that do this, though.
After some general information, the technical part of the book teaches the reader guards and techniques with both longsword and sword & shield as well as footwork that has been employed. The methods are well-presented in very clear drawings. tactics with Pole-arms and flails, as well as fighting a different weapons (longsword vs sword&shield etc) are discussed and explained briefly.
Personally, I find the technical section well-done.
In the end, Mr Clements talks a little about his personal approach to training and the training method in his organization, which is at times regarded as a little controversial by other fencers, who study more from the historic treatises.
Conclusio:
The book does not show the whole spectrum of the medieval arts, and sometimes the information presented is not perfectly accurate, due to its age.
I personally would recommend this book to everyone who is curious about historical sword techniques, only for style-dedicated fencers it is probably not optimal.
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