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Old 6th December 2011, 11:23 AM   #1
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Salaams all,
I wonder if anyone has had a look at buckler shield history and fighting techniques. I believe it was quite an art form in European Sword Schools.
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Old 6th December 2011, 11:39 PM   #2
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Salaam Ibrahiim,

Please cf. the famous German medieval fencing book Walpurgis-Fechtbuch MS I.33 of ca. 1320, now preserved in the Royal Armouries Leeds:

http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Walpurgis..._%28MS_I.33%29

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Old 7th December 2011, 03:10 AM   #3
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And, ca. 1390:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckler

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Old 7th December 2011, 10:52 AM   #4
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Fighting with buckler is very old and survived through some 500 years, in various forms (in Europe alone, not to mention the Turkish, Caucasian, Arab and Indo-Persian traditions). The I.33 is considered the oldest fechtbuch, dated to early14th century. Similar tactics deployed with an elaborated buckler can be seen in Talhoffer's fechtbuch, about 150 years later as well in other manuals. I believe the Scots kept on using bucklers up to the 18th century. The most famous honor duel (Jarnac and Châtaigneraye - France, 1547) was fought with military swords of the period and bucklers.
From personal experience: an excellent fighting tool for medium to close range, both defensive AND offensive. It travels most of the time - as vividly shown in I.33 - very close to the strong hand weapon in the same trajectory untill a parry, a blow or block is made. It developes upper-body phisics and coordination (of course basic coordination is needed). I prefer fencing with a cutlass, dussack or sinclair saber as a combination with a buckler.
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Old 7th December 2011, 03:02 PM   #5
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Salaams all~ Yes I have all the references from the web such as excellent info from wikipedia and so forth. It seems to have been an excellent fighting style and well worth the research which I now see beginning to be recorded on forum. Thanks to Broadaxe and Matchlock especially for the excellent pictures which takes time to set up... much obliged for that
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PS. The Buckler Shield and sword combination is a style also developed by Omani swordsmen.
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Old 7th December 2011, 06:17 PM   #6
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If you like, look up the web for Dave Rawlings of Boar's Tooth fighting school (London). He has done an excellent job interperting the I.33 and reviving it into modern videos. His approach is aggresive and to the point (met him in real life). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwTkA1r57w
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