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Book SynopsisIn the Service of Mars, Volume One is both a compilation of some of the most popular and detailed lectures and class notes from Western Martial Arts Workshop's first decade (1999-2010), and a record of the growth of the Western martial arts community in depth and breadth over the same time.
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Table of ContentsForeword Part One: Martial Arts of the Middle Ages, ca. 1300-1550 The Dagger Plays of Gladiatoria Jörg Bellinghausen Bolognese Poleaxe Combat: A New Look at an Old Weapon Gregory Mele Hawks, Rabbits, and Tumbling Cats: An Analysis of English Longsword Terminology Paul Wagner Ott 's Ringen Jessica Finley Understanding Wide and Close Play in the Art of Fiore dei Liberi Gregory Mele Part Two: Martial Arts of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, ca. 1500-1850 George Silver's Four Fights: An Exercise in Reducing Complexity in Combat Stephen Hand The Fabris Wheel: An Introduction to the Rapier System of Salvator Fabris Tom Leoni Uniting Your Forces: Power and Efficiency in Italian Rapier John O'Meara Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza: A Man of Arms and Letters Mary Dill Curtis The Spadone, Empress of Weapons: An Introduction Tom Leoni An Introduction to Thomas Page's "The Use of the Broad Sword" (1746) Paul Wagner Part Three: Western Martial Arts in Their Historical Context How a Sword Was Made Craig Johnson The Judicial Duel in Sixteenth-Century Italy Tom Leoni On the Art of Reading: An Introduction to Using the Medieval German "Fightbooks" Keith Alderson Part Four: Pedagogy-Teaching and the Western Martial Artist Using Classical Italian Pedagogy in Developing Lesson Plans for Historical European Martial Arts John Sullins, Sean Hayes, Puck Curtis, and Eric Myers Notes on Training: Forms, Intervals and Skill Progression Guy Windsor About the Contributors
