[HN Gopher] The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (1410)
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       The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (1410)
        
       Author : Vigier
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-01-06 01:46 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | waster wrote:
       | I'm a Fiore scholar-level longsword practitioner and cannot say
       | enough amazing things about learning to use weapons like this
       | based on historic manuscripts. It's why my HN username is
       | "waster" - we train from the start with wooden wasters (practice
       | swords), as was done historically. If you're in the SF Bay Area
       | and care to learn, check out swordfightingschool.com; or search
       | for a HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) school or club near
       | you.
        
       | scotty79 wrote:
       | I'd love to see AI driven robot discovering optimal swordfighting
       | "AI zero" style.
        
       | zefhous wrote:
       | There's a great series on the YouTube channel "Akademia
       | Szermierzy" based on this manual.
       | 
       | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2AcjEcWawSm_rc8F_bLu50aP...
        
         | coupdejarnac wrote:
         | These guys have the best swordplay I've seen anywhere.
        
       | xerox13ster wrote:
       | I've been going to a club to learn longsword from this book for
       | the past several months, it's quite a bit of good fun!
       | 
       | Other historic fencing manuals like this can be found at
       | https://wiktenauer.com
        
       | Pamar wrote:
       | I regularly practice Aikido since 1989: when I have the chance I
       | always like to practice or check out videos from HEMA(1) because
       | even if most of the weapons are taught differently, I find
       | fascinating both the very common ideas around dagger or unarmed
       | combat, and anyway understanding what the differences are and why
       | these exist is always very interesting.
       | 
       | 1)
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_European_martial_ar...
        
       | hppb wrote:
       | A good play by play breakdown is found on
       | https://fightlikefiore.com/
        
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