Ancient Swordplay by Tony Wolf
Brand: FreeLance Academy Press
Product Description
In late Victorian England even as the sword was being rendered useless on the battlefield swordsmanship was experiencing a unique revival. Captain Alfred Hutton and Egerton Castle both devoted fencers and amateur historians led a systematic study and reconstruction of combat with all the weapons of the Elizabethan arsenal the elegant rapier deadly sword and buckler and the massive twohanded sword. Their work found practical expression in classes exhibitions academic lectures and theatrical combat for audiences as diverse as school children soldiers and the Prince of Wales. Yet for all of their efforts Hutton and Castle did not establish a tradition of historical swordsmanship that survived their own generation. Instead their books and essays were largely forgotten until the second revival of ancient swordplay in the late 20th century and todays researchers often view these early efforts with a cavalier or dismissive eye. In Ancient Swordplay the Revival of Elizabethan Swordplay in Victorian England 19thcentury martial arts scholar theatrical fight director and martial artist Tony Wolf reexamines Hutton and Castles work both through their own words and those of their enthusiasts students and critics. Rather than earnest but misguided amateur scholars they are revealed to be the inventors of a systematic study and practice of lost fighting arts that has only been exceeded in recent years worthy of being celebrated as the true pioneers in the field.
Condition : New
Author : Tony Wolf
Weight : 1838
Publisher : FreeLance Academy Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780982591185
ISBN10 : 0982591187
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20110930
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 196
Dimensions : 229 X 152