Hardcover w/full color dustjacket 416pp, ~800 photographs ISBN: 1891448-07-2

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This wonderful volume presents the Secrets of the 14th century fightmaster Johannes Liechtenauer through the commentary--the glosa--of his 15th century student Sigmund Ringeck. Working through the verses line-by-line, he added explanatory commentary on the tactical and mechanical principles of the system. Ringeck’s commentaries reveal a sophisticated system of fighting, based on natural, underlying bio-mechanics, and a fighting philosophy built around maintaining control of initiative.

Christian Henry Tobler has rendered this key text into English for the first time, and provides photographic interpretation and commentary for each technique of this “secret” martial art. The result is a must for serious Western martial artists, students of medieval history, hoplologists, and medieval reenactors.

First in a series of medieval fighting manuals translated and interpreted by today's eminent Western Martial Arts practitioners, the Chivalry Bookshelf is proud to present this most important and impressive introduction to the medieval fighting arts.