Study resources
Below is a list of primary and secondary sources that we recommend should you be looking for material for personal study.
Sources marked (P) are primary. While they are considered to comprise the core of the body of knowledge upon which our modern interpretation of historical fencing is built, they are not necessarily the best place to start your study, especially if they are not accompanied by commentary and if you don't have any previous fencing experience.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Italian Longsword
As longsword is one of the earlier weapons that was used prior to the invention of the printing press, the primary resources are less numerous compared to the other weapons.
Below are the main sources for the Italian longsword tradition.
Greg Mele
Arte Gladiatoria: 15th Century Swordsmanship of Master Filippo Vadi (P)
Guy Windsor
The Swordsman's Companion
Greg Mele & Tom Leoni
Flowers of Battle: The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi, Volume III -- The Florius Manuscript
Greg Mele & Tom Leoni
Flowers of Battle: The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi - Volume One: The Getty Manuscript and Historical Context
Robert Charette
Fiore dei Liberi’s Armizare
Fiore dei Liberi
The Flower of Battle (P)
Italian Rapier
There are a number of good materials covering Italian rapier school, the following are a few that we like most:
Devon Boorman
Introduction to the Italian Rapier
David Coblentz & Dori Coblentz
Fundamentals of Italian Rapier
Ken Mondschein
Fencing: A Renaissance Treatise by Camillo Agrippa (P)
Tom Leoni
Salvator Fabris - The art of the Italian rapier (P)
Tom Leoni
Venetian Rapier: Nicoletto Giganti's 1606 Rapier Fencing Curriculum (P)
Tom Leoni
Ridolfo Capoferro's the Art and Practice of Fencing: A Practical Translation for the Modern Swordsman (P)
British Napoleonic Sabre
Following are the sources that we use as basis for the British sabre methodology:
Henry Angelo
Infantry Sword Exercise (P)
Charles Roworth
The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad Sword and Sabre (P)