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Christoph Amberger's reviews of fencing-related books and other material

Books

Kabale und Hiebe: Zur Sozio-Pathologie von Dr. Stephan Peters’ Elite sein (2004)

The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe by Sydney Anglo

Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat by Hans Talhoffer and Mark Rector (ed.)

Arms and Armor of the Greeks by A.M. Snodgrass

The Art of the Foil by Luigi Barbasetti

Medieval Swordsmanship: Illustrated Methods and Techniques by John Clements

"That Damn'd Thing Called Honour": Duelling in Ireland by James Kelly

Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Ritual in Modern Europe and America by Pieter Spierenburg

The Cutting Edge -- A Practical Guide to the Use of Highland Weapons: The Broadsword and Targe by Larry L. Andrews

The Swords of Shakespeare: An Illustrated Guide to Stage Combat Choreography in the Plays of Shakespeare by J.D. Martinez

The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco

The Code: Excerpts from "The Italian Code of Chivalry" by Col. Jacopo Gelli

Magnum Libre d'Escrime by Dr. Rudy Volkmann

Handbook of Techniques by Dan Speaker

The Art and Science of Fencing by Nick Evangelista

Artists and Warfare in the Renaissance by J.R. Hale

The Complete Bibliography of the Art and Sport of Fencing by Henry W. Pardoel

English Martial Arts by Terry Brown

Renaissance Swordsmanship -- The Illustrated Use of Rapiers and Cut-and-Thrust Swords by John Clements

The Science of Fencing by William Gaugler

Harnessing Anger: The Way of an American Fencer by Peter Westbrook

Fechten: Was der Sportler von der Technik und Taktik wissen muß, [Fencing: What the athlete needs to know about technique and tactics] by David Tischler and Gennady Tischler

Analyse des Wettkampfverhaltens von Säbelfechtern der Weltklasse by Joachim Wargalla

Fencer's Start-Up: A Beginners Guide to Traditional and Sport Fencing by Doug Werner

The English Warrior from Earliest Times to 1066 by Stephen Pollington

Filipino Martial Culture by Mark V. Wiley

Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture by Karl F. Friday with Seki Humitake

The Modern Swordsman: Realistic Training for Serious Self-Defense by Fred Hutchinson

Fighting with Sticks by Nick Evangelista

The History of Fencing -- Foundations of Modern European Swordplay by William Gaugler

Talhoffer's Fechtbuch by Carl Schulze and Torsten Verhülsdonk (ed.)

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Evangelista takes on VFQ
Nick Evangelista, America's most prolific and readable fencing writer, has stepped up to take on the editorial of Veteran Fencers Quarterly. Good luck! (VFQ, by the way, is a true bargain: Veteran Fencers Quarterly is published four times a year. Subscriptions cost US$8 and are available from VFQ, 3075 Overlook Place, Clearwater, FL 33760.)

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