Is there a way to learn to fight with a middle ages type knight sword?
There has been a revival of the medieval manuscripts that instruct how to use the sword over the past 20 years. Masters like Fiore dei Liberi and Hans Talhoffer wrote some of these books that are so valuable to us, as medieval martial artists today. I train and teach the manuscript of Fiore dei Liberi, written around 1409. It is the oldest, most complete fighting manuscript in existance today. Not only does it show how to use the 2 handed sword, which is it’s main focus, but how to fight with the sword in one hand, wrestling, dagger, spear, armored and how to fight from the horse. http:// www.swordforum.com is a great place to start to find out more about the topic but there are also places like http://www.myarmoury.com and http://www.fioredeiliberi.org . Although there are a lot of books out there, don’t rely on these for instruction. You can never learn from a book alone.
