Because I may have found some books that would go very well there.

I was just checking out a local small used bookstore and they seem to have gotten books on fencing and swordsmanship by, of all people, Domenico Angelo, not least his book on 'Proper Use of Cavalry and Highland Broadsword, Naval Cutlass, and more' -- a book that according to Amazon ( Read more... )

Just wanted to share some more art here:


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Here is what I've heard caled the greatest swordfight in cinematic history, Tyrone Powers versus Basil Rathbone in 1940's The Mark of Zorro:

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If there's anyone watching this who actually knows fencing, maybe you can tell me just how well-done that scene is. I've heard it praised to the high heavens, so I'm guessing that it's very well-done ( Read more... )

Please check out this link if you hsve any interest at all in swords, swordsmanship, and similar topics: Hank Reinhardt's memorial site, and look at the links for his recently released Baen title Book of the Sword. It is an amazing work on the history of the blade as a weapon, its development and (probable) use, and the effect it had on humans ( Read more... )

We took the Bronze in Women's Saber Fencing at the Olympics (the Ukrainians took the Gold).

Great work, ladies! This just goes to show you, all those years of Americans writing and reading Red Sonja and Jirel of Joiry weren't a waste.

Do you want to learn how to joust, like in a medieval tournament?

Just contact these peoplePart of me wonders at this (anyone ever hear how King Philip le Bel died?), and another part of me delights in living in a country so tolerant of weirdness that this group can openly exist ( Read more... )