Koryu, literally, 'old flow from the past,' refers to Japanese martial traditions that predate th...

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Dating from the 1520's, Bolognese swordsmaster's Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova is the earliest ...

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The term "e;medieval martial arts"e; conjures images of armour-clad knights wielding swor...

In 1599, during the period when the Portuguese crown was united to the crowns of Castile and Arag...

Recorded over six centuries ago, the teachings of the 14th-century Master-at-Arms Johannes Liecht...

If there were an "e;ordinary martial arts book"e;, this would be its evil twin. Unflinchi...

Koryu, literally, 'old flow from the past,' refers to Japanese martial traditions that predate th...

Ellis Amdur's writing on martial arts has been groundbreaking. In Dueling with O-sensei, he chall...

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