Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571) is without doubt one of the most influential fencing masters of t...

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In 1599, during the period when the Portuguese crown was united to the crowns of Castile and Arag...

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Guy Windsor presents a complete guide to Italian dagger combat, as set down in Il Fior di Battagl...

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This new, expanded edition brings readers inside the dojos of the ancient schools of Japanese mar...

Noted medieval combat authorities Dierk Hagedorn and Christian Henry Tobler join forces to presen...

The 14th century - a paradoxical time of world-shattering plague, the Hundred Years War, the Peas...

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