[HN Gopher] The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (1410) ___________________________________________________________________ The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (1410) Author : Vigier Score : 32 points Date : 2022-01-06 01:46 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (publicdomainreview.org) (TXT) w3m dump (publicdomainreview.org) | waster wrote: | I'm a Fiore scholar-level longsword practitioner and cannot say | enough amazing things about learning to use weapons like this | based on historic manuscripts. It's why my HN username is | "waster" - we train from the start with wooden wasters (practice | swords), as was done historically. If you're in the SF Bay Area | and care to learn, check out swordfightingschool.com; or search | for a HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) school or club near | you. | scotty79 wrote: | I'd love to see AI driven robot discovering optimal swordfighting | "AI zero" style. | zefhous wrote: | There's a great series on the YouTube channel "Akademia | Szermierzy" based on this manual. | | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2AcjEcWawSm_rc8F_bLu50aP... | coupdejarnac wrote: | These guys have the best swordplay I've seen anywhere. | xerox13ster wrote: | I've been going to a club to learn longsword from this book for | the past several months, it's quite a bit of good fun! | | Other historic fencing manuals like this can be found at | https://wiktenauer.com | Pamar wrote: | I regularly practice Aikido since 1989: when I have the chance I | always like to practice or check out videos from HEMA(1) because | even if most of the weapons are taught differently, I find | fascinating both the very common ideas around dagger or unarmed | combat, and anyway understanding what the differences are and why | these exist is always very interesting. | | 1) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_European_martial_ar... | hppb wrote: | A good play by play breakdown is found on | https://fightlikefiore.com/ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-08 23:00 UTC)