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Now available here in paperback!
The Medieval Dagger (paperback)
In Mastering the Art of Arms, Volume One: The Medieval Dagger, renowned instructor, author and researcher, Guy Windsor, presents a complete guide to the principles and practice of Italian dagger combat...
View full detailsNEW: Il Fior di Battaglia by Fiore dei Liberi, with translation by Guy Windsor (hardback)
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A complete facsimile of Il Fior di Battaglia, plus a translation. Combined in one beautiful volume for the first time!
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Original Italian
The original Getty manuscript, reproduced in full colour.
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Translated version
See the English translation alongside the original images.
20th Anniversary Edition of The Swordsman's Companion
Celebrate two decades of historical martial arts development with the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Swordsman's Companion by Guy Windsor. This seminal guide has transformed the lives of thousands of swordsmanship enthusiasts worldwide, becoming a timeless classic in historical martial arts literature.
This special edition retains the original's practical approach with detailed instructions, illustrations, and drills, which were state-of-the-art in 2004. The field has moved on considerably, so this book includes access to Guy's fully updated interpretation of Fiore's longsword techniques in The Medieval Longsword.
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Do you like the theory?
Theory and PracticeWant to know how to research, how to train, or how to write about historical martial arts?
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Do you want step-by-step instructions?
WorkbooksChoose to learn rapier or longsword from a workbook with video links. Make notes as you learn with these specially designed books.
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Interested in the original treatises?
Treatises, translations, and academic interpretationsSee facsimiles of original sources, translations and Guy's interpretations.
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Renaissance Rapier
RapierDo you rave about the rapier? Learn Renaissance Italian martial arts, including the rapier fencing of Ridolfo Capoferro.
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Video Courses
Online coursesDo you learn best from video? Check out Swordschool's extensive selection of online courses.
Hardbacks and Facsimiles
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The Swordsman's Companion 20th Anniversary Edition (Hardback)
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Get Them Moving: How to Teach Historical Martial Arts (hardback)
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From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Wrestling Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi (hardback)
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From Your Head to Their Hands: How to write, publish, and market training manuals for historical martial arts (hardback)
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Paperbacks
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The Swordsman's Companion 20th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
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Get Them Moving: How to Teach Historical Martial Arts (paperback)
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The Medieval Dagger (paperback)
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The Medieval Longsword (paperback)
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Workbooks
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The Armizare Workbook: Part One: The Beginner's Course, Right-Handed Version (spiral bound workbook)
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The Armizare Workbook: Part One: The Beginner's Course, Left-Handed Version (spiral bound workbook)
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The Complete Rapier Workbook, Right-Handed Version (spiral bound workbook)
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The Complete Rapier Workbook, Left-Handed Version (spiral bound workbook)
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Audiobooks
All audiobooks are delivered instantly by email from BookFunnel, to listen to in their dedicated audiobook app.
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De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi in audio (in Italian and English)
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From Your Head to Their Hands: How to write, publish, and market training manuals for historical martial arts (audiobook)
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The Principles and Practices of Solo Training: A Guide for Historical Martial Artists, Sword People, and Everyone Else (audiobook)
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The Theory and Practice of Historical Martial Arts (audiobook)
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Ebooks
All e-books are delivered instantly by email from BookFunnel for you to read on whichever device you like.
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The Swordsman's Companion 20th Anniversary Edition (Ebook)
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Get Them Moving: How to Teach Historical Martial Arts (ebook)
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From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Wrestling Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi (ebook)
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From Your Head to Their Hands: How to write, publish, and market training manuals for historical martial arts (ebook)
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Bundles and Box Sets
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The Rapier Bundle (ebook)
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The Right-handed Rapier Bundle (paperback)
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The Medieval Combat Training Bundle (hardback)
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The Left-handed Rapier Bundle (paperback)
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Online courses
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The Ultimate Medieval Martial Arts Package
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The Medieval Longsword Course
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The Complete Rapier Course
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Medieval Wrestling: the Abrazare of Fiore dei Liberi
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T-Shirts
From medieval sword and buckler to the elegant smallsword, and most weapons in between: showcasing famous women in the historical martial arts. Walpurgis? Lady Agnes? La Maupin? absolutely. And now including La Chevalière d'Eon.
And The Sword Guy podcast and Sword People community shirts too!
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Judith unisex T-Shirt (dark)
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Judith unisex T-Shirt (light)
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Judith Women's T-shirt
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La Chevalière d'Eon T-shirt dress, dark
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Latest News: 8 November '24
Hi!
I’m currently working on a new online course- a set of wrestling plays from Von Baumann, which Jessica Finley has interpreted, and we shot together in July this year. It’s a fascinating little mini-system embedded in the larger treatise. Watch this space…
Speaking of online courses, I’m working out ways to open up my platforms to other instructors. I have two services for distributing courses: teachable, and swordpeople.com. These cost several thousand dollars a year to maintain, which is a barrier to other historical fencing teachers who are perhaps earlier on in their career or have smaller followings.
My goal is to make the best historical fencing material available to my people, and not limit that to the work I can do myself. It’s also good to expose my people to the work of other instructors- when I ran my school in Finland we averaged 3-4 guest instructor seminars per year. If I can find the right way to do it, it’s a triple win: the students get access to material they wouldn’t otherwise see; the instructor gets to make a better living communicating their material; and my own platform also grows.
I’m not one to plan everything down to the last flicker of an eyelash, so I’ve invited my first guest instructor to host a course on my teachable platform.