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by Dr. Jeffrey Forgeng, Higgins Armoury Museum curator and instructor (former Ann Arbor Sword Club member). A far more detailed, scholarly manual of German Longsword based on Leichtenauer and Meyer.

Hanko Döbringer fechtbuch from 1389 - "side-by-side". Translation and transcription by David Lindholm and friends. Manuscript based on Leichtenauer which colorfully brings out the verbal flavor of the original combat manual. Includes cautions for those that think they can re-invent fencing techniques.

The fight-book from 1459 AD by Hans Talhoffer - transcription, translation & commentary © by Jeffrey Hull. A wonderful fascimile of many pages plus an excellent discussion. NOTE: 35MB file; cannot be modified. Email for a copy.

ARMA Historical Study Guide: Fiore Dei Liberi: 14th century Master of Defence. © Copyright 2006-2007 by John Clements. V3.6b. All rights reserved except for those translations stated otherwise. Clements is a published author on martial arts. ARMA is The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts.

Fist-Fighting, Wrestling and Fight-Books. By Jeffrey Hull. Why Punching is a poor choice compared to wrestling techniques in period combat (and why knights didn't bother with it). An excellent discussion.