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Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Arts Of Combat: Sword and Buckler Fighting, Wrestling, and Fighting in Armor

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When we think of martial arts we too often focus on styles from Asia, but there is a highly developed and effective martial heritage originating in Europe. In Sigmund Ringeck's "Knightly Arts of Combat", David Lindholm and Peter Svard present a portion of our European Martial Arts heritage.

Knightly Arts of Combat offers instruction in:
> Sword and buckler fighting
> Wrestling, both while wearing armor, and while dressed in normal clothing
> Spear
> Sword against spear
> Openings on a man in armor

Knightly Arts of Combat includes the original German language text of Sigmund Ringeck as well as translation and extensive commentary by Lindholm and Svard.

While the techniques of sword and buckler, and the techniques of the spear are not particularly useful for defense in the modern world, these techniques do develop speed, strength and dexterity. The wrestling techniques taught in the Knightly Arts of Combat, however, are clearly applicable to self-defense on the streets of today's cities.

I enjoyed Knightly Arts of Combat both from its historical perspective, and because I was able to learn new techniques of combat and personal self-defense. Knightly Arts of Combat is highly recommended both to the student of European history and the student of martial arts.

The work gives a generally broad and encompassing overview of Western "Knights Arts of Combat". The work does not focus tremendously on the use of the Longsword in unarmored combat, so may not be best for those just beginning, but is a very valuable asset to any collection simply for the detail and knowledge within. The information is well presented and clearly explained.

David Lindholm and Peter Svärd have done a fine job of putting this book together. I rank this right up there with Tobler and Wagner. Well done.

I found this book is very useful for this student of fighting arts.
its very easy to understand and I learned new ways to to
apply my skills with weapons when fighting in armor
very well done

I give this book a 5 out of 5 because it is a well illustrated, well written comprehensive description of a martial tradition of Medieval Germany.
they even had the original descriptions by Sigmund Ringeck in german.
the only thing i wouldve like more is if it had more sword and buckler;
but i am content with this book
awesome read for any martial artist or re-enactor. or just for fun.

Once again author David Lindholm delivers a great book. The text consists of many, many clear and easy to understand drawings. Easy to comprehend. I bought this primarily for the wrestling techniques, but was worried they would only comprise a small portion of the book, like many other medieval "fightbooks." Not so! Wrestling is probably 2/3 the material in the book, so if medieval wrestling is what you want, get this book.

Hier, für dieses Buch, trifft im Grunde die gleiche Bewertung zu, die ich für das andere Werk (Longsword) von Lindholm und Svard geschrieben habe. Da ich mich an dieser Stelle nicht gern wiederholen möchte, verweise ich den Leser auf jene frühere Rezension. Danke.

A very text book approach to sword play. Couple this with some excellent, though unrelated, videos on you tube and it is a great training reference.