interesting book

gp · 24th September 2025, 09:25 AM

"A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence Containing the Small and Back-Sword"

The book describes the use, positioning and observations of the 18th century.
Also including a discussion of the prope techniques and methods of boxing

As it is free of copyrights, their are legal downloads available

https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/fenc...fuldefense.pdf

M ELEY · 24th September 2025, 02:39 PM

Thanks for this cool find, GP. I'll print off a copy soon! It is always a great thing when one can find old, original ephemera or documents like this-

gp · 29th September 2025, 05:17 PM

you're welcome !

in that case, I have 2 more legal free downloads for you:

Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet, and Sword Feats by J. M. Waite

https://archive.org/details/lessonsi...l&view=theater

An edition of Fencing (1889) by Walter Herries Pollock
https://archive.org/details/fencing0...l&view=theater

FYI: some 20 years ago my teeny daughter stopped with swimming as a sport and I asked her to continue with some sport or another.
Lucky me...at that moment the 12 year old "fell" in love with Captain Jack Sparrow...so daddy had to buy here a fence suit, mask and foils.
After some years as she really got into it, I did buy her some books and found some legal downloads for her in case she would be interested to learn more about.
She was, ze rezt iz hiztory...☺☺☺

M ELEY · 30th September 2025, 12:49 AM

Thanks for these as well, GP. I wish I'd gotten into fencing when I was a young lad. Now, with all that thrusting and leaping back, my knees would definitely pop from their sockets! Ahhh, old age!

Hotspur · 30th September 2025, 09:07 PM

That's really a terrific share. The Schola board has been gone awhile but there have been a few pools of assembly to share these works. I am very disappointed in the facebook status of approving posts and stuff not getting through.

Good stuff here

https://www.swordfightinglondon.com/resources

Cheers
GC

M ELEY · 30th September 2025, 10:39 PM

Thanks for that link as well, Glenn.

Here's one of my favorites which, although modern, is very thorough and important from a maritime perspective and covering the archaeological aspects of a ship's weapons/artifacts from a scientific angle.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/147123095.pdf

gp · Yesterday, 05:45 PM

although available as hard copy, the museum has provided a free of charge legal link on yataghans, most made in the Balkans during the Ottoman empire's presence in Europe

https://jatagani.hismus.hr/knjizstarte.htm

24th September 2025, 09:25 AM	#1
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 908	interesting book "A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence Containing the Small and Back-Sword" The book describes the use, positioning and observations of the 18th century. Also including a discussion of the prope techniques and methods of boxing As it is free of copyrights, their are legal downloads available https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/fenc...fuldefense.pdf Attached Images Last edited by gp; 24th September 2025 at 11:02 AM.

29th September 2025, 05:17 PM	#3
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 908	you're welcome ! in that case, I have 2 more legal free downloads for you: Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet, and Sword Feats by J. M. Waite https://archive.org/details/lessonsi...l&view=theater An edition of Fencing (1889) by Walter Herries Pollock https://archive.org/details/fencing0...l&view=theater FYI: some 20 years ago my teeny daughter stopped with swimming as a sport and I asked her to continue with some sport or another. Lucky me...at that moment the 12 year old "fell" in love with Captain Jack Sparrow...so daddy had to buy here a fence suit, mask and foils. After some years as she really got into it, I did buy her some books and found some legal downloads for her in case she would be interested to learn more about. She was, ze rezt iz hiztory...☺☺☺ Attached Images Last edited by gp; 29th September 2025 at 05:27 PM.

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24th September 2025, 02:39 PM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,201	Thanks for this cool find, GP. I'll print off a copy soon! It is always a great thing when one can find old, original ephemera or documents like this-

30th September 2025, 12:49 AM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,201	Thanks for these as well, GP. I wish I'd gotten into fencing when I was a young lad. Now, with all that thrusting and leaping back, my knees would definitely pop from their sockets! Ahhh, old age!

30th September 2025, 09:07 PM	#5
Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 531	That's really a terrific share. The Schola board has been gone awhile but there have been a few pools of assembly to share these works. I am very disappointed in the facebook status of approving posts and stuff not getting through. Good stuff here https://www.swordfightinglondon.com/resources Cheers GC

30th September 2025, 10:39 PM	#6
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,201	Thanks for that link as well, Glenn. Here's one of my favorites which, although modern, is very thorough and important from a maritime perspective and covering the archaeological aspects of a ship's weapons/artifacts from a scientific angle. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/147123095.pdf

Yesterday, 05:45 PM	#7
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 908	although available as hard copy, the museum has provided a free of charge legal link on yataghans, most made in the Balkans during the Ottoman empire's presence in Europe https://jatagani.hismus.hr/knjizstarte.htm