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Synopsis
Secret even in their day, Additional Manuscript 39564, Cottonian Titus A XXV, and Harleian MS 3542 on the art and lore of the longsword represent the entire known surviving martial arts texts of medieval England. All written before 1500, now they are transcribed, translated, and boldly interpreted for modern students of the medieval combat arts. Authors Brandon Heslop and Benjamin Bradak combine dedicated scholarship with years of rigorous physical training to provide the most complete look yet at the little-known English tradition of the noble longsword. In Lessons on the English Longsword, Heslop and Bradak provide: full transcriptions and translations of the three texts, insights into training methods in medieval England, and a useful lexicon of terms detailed photographic interpretations of the texts to serve as a visual reference in the study and application of the art of swordsmanship a convincing case for a pan-European art of the longsword, linking the techniques and training of the English tradition with the better-known German and Italian traditions focus on two important aspects of medieval swordsmanship found in the English manuscripts but not in the numerous German and Italian sources: set training forms and the facing of multiple opponents a separate chapter on the cryptic poem Man Yt Wol, which unlocks the mysteries of the "Leichtenauer's verses" of medieval England Knights born and knights made. Battle-hardened squires and hired champions fighting to the death in trials by combat. Masters of Defence, men-at-arms, and mercenaries. Robber barons, outlaws, murderous brigands, and the private yeoman defending his lifeblood, family, and property. This is their deadly art. Learn their secrets of steel in Lessons on the English Longsword.
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About the Author
A life-long martial artist and bibliophile, Ben "Casper" Bradak has been focusing on the martial arts of medieval/Renaissance Europe for about 10 years. He functioned as a senior instructor in the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts and developed its historical unarmed combatives curricula. He has been instructing in the martial arts for about 16 years; consulted for both film and print; authored articles; run regular classes, seminars, and workshops on both traditional European combative methods and modern self-defense; and instructed combatives to the U.S. Army. Brandon Heslop has been dabbling in the martial arts for the last couple of decades but has solely focused on the Renaissance martial arts since he discovered them eight years ago. In his training in the European sword, he focuses primarily on the longsword, but he has an abiding interest in sword and buckler, dagger, and spear as well. Along with Ben Bradak, he cofounded of the Dragons Tail School of Defense.
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