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David Rawlings, Obsesseo: The Art of Sword and Buckler training DVD (London Longsword Academy/Boar's Tooth) A Partial, Possible Interpretation of the I.33 Manuscript by John Jordan; Demonstration of basic attacks includes slow-motion video clips (Higgins Armory Sword Guild) Anonymous Fechtbuch: Manuscript I.33 (The Association for Renaissance ...
The largest part is dedicated to the combat of sword and buckler as in the treatise of the contemporary Achille Marozzo, since this discipline remains the cornerstone of the teaching of ancient fencing, at least until the mid-sixteenth century, especially of Bolognese fencing
Egerton Castle, Alfred Hutton and Mouatt Biggs giving a demonstration of "Old English sword-and-buckler play" before the Prince of Wales at the Lyceum Theatre in 1891 (The Graphic). Attempts at reconstructing the discontinued traditions of European systems of combat began in the late 19th century, with a revival of interest from the Middle Ages.
Buckler front and back Sword and buckler combat, plate from the Tacuinum Sanitatis illustrated in Lombardy, ca. 1390. Irish round shield. A buckler (French bouclier 'shield', from Old French bocle, boucle 'boss') is a small shield, up to 45 cm (up to 18 in) in diameter, [1] gripped in the fist with a central handle behind the boss.
The first round lasts one and a half minutes, longswords are used, the second round is held with the use of usual swords and buckler shields, three bouts up to three hits, and the third round lasts a minute and a half with the use of the standard shield and sword. Points are awarded for effective (a clear, stout) blow delivered with the weapon ...
And then, he swallowed a sword and Jesus cried." James River Church's pastor John Lindell could then be heard saying, "Out of line, Mark," at which point Driscoll acknowledged Lindell and left the ...
16th century woodcut of an Italian fencer wielding a Rodela/Rotella. Rodeleros ("shield bearers"), also called espadachines ("swordsmen") and colloquially known as "Sword and Buckler Men", were Spanish troops in the early 16th (and again briefly in the 17th) century, equipped with steel shields known as rodela and swords (usually of the side-sword type).
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