By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champio ns  List price: $16.00 Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Ignatius Loyola challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic, was Mussolini, who would tell his wife he was “off to get spaghetti,” th... |
Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship: Sigmund Ringeck's Commentaries on Liechtenauer  List price: $49.95 18 new & used available from $27.07. Translated and interpreted by Christian Henry Tobler. In the late 14th century, Master Johannes Liechtenauer developed a deadly form of martial art that fully integrated sword, spear, dagger and grappling, in and out of armour,on foot and on horseback. Founding a school of swordsmanship that would dominate Germany for centuries, he recorded his teachings in cryptic mnemonic verses and swore hi... |
Active for Life: Developmentally Appropriate Movement Programs for Young Children  List price: $20.00 44 new & used available from $5.79. Most preschoolers love vigorous play, but research shows that they may not continue to be active if they lack a foundation of skills. Early childhood educators need to ensure that children learn the movement skills necessary to keep them active and healthy throughout childhood and beyond. Active For Life: Developmentally Appropriate Movement Programs for Young Children provides guidance on what hi... |
Flashing Steel: Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship  List price: $18.95 32 new & used available from $4.41. This book is much more than an introductory guide to Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu Iaijutsu. It manages to emphasize a melding of the Eastern philosophy and the technique of the art, in a marvelously eloquent yet concise manner. Flashing Steel describes and pictures forty-two kata (formal training patterns) which govern this system, with ten partner exercises applying iadid principles in realistic attac... |
List price: $45.00 The Codex Wallerstein is one of the best known of the late medieval fencing treatises still in existence. Though perhaps not as widely known as Talhoffer 1467 or Flos Duellatorum, it is just as important to students of the Western martial arts. Originally written in Middle High German during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, the Codex Wallerstein has long been available to scholars in micro... |
The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship: A Manual of Eishin-Ryu Iaido (Martial Arts)  List price: $24.95 44 new & used available from $1.99. The original purpose of iaido was to slay an opponent with one stroke of the sword upon unsheathing. This manual of Eishin-Ryu or "Pure Faith" iaido teaches the most widely practiced sword style, and is illustrated with step-by-step drawings to help students, from beginners to advanced, hone their forms and techniques. Introductory chapters explain the history and evolution of the art, the Japan... |
Looking at a Far Mountain: A Study of Kendo Kata 5 used available from $24.97. |
Foil Fencing (Wm C Brown Sports and Fitness Series) List price: $16.50 15 new & used available from $0.81. One of 17 in the "Sports and Fitness" series, this text aims to give students an appreciation of fencing, and encourages them to develop the appropriate skills while actively participating in the sport. Tactics are presented as applied examples throughout.... |
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Iaido Sword: Kamimoto-Ha Techniques of Muso Shinden Ryu  List price: $49.95 13 new & used available from $41.81. Iaido is the classical Japanese discipline of drawing and cutting with the long sword in defense of an unanticipated attack, throwing off the blood and returning the sword to its sheath. It is the direct inheritor of techniques perfected by centuries of samurais whose lives and honor depended on their spirit and prowess. Babin brings together all the information needed to pursue a formal study of ... |
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