Sells BEAUTIFULLY bound reprints of various classical sources. Prints are available in two categories:
Standard Books : These are prints in modern bindings, on typical book paper (mat or gloss). Cover and bindings are printed textures. Available in soft cover, hard cover, spiral bound, and so on. Available with or without translations.
Facsimiles : near forgery quality replication of original books. High resolution scans are reprinted onto artisinal paper, hand sewn and bound. For the ultimate collector and lover of books.
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This site has 13 translations of Italian sword manuscripts. Files are automatically downloaded by clicking the titles.
Grauenwolf has created two workbooks: "German Longsword - Level 1" and "Bolognese Sword and Buckler Workbook - Level 1" which serve as a self-study guide. The Sword and Buckler workbook is designed to pair with Manciolino's book. these books would be ideal for Japanese translation.
The Scholars of Alcala is a HEMA club in San Diego, CA which has produces several high quality, detailed workbooks and manuals available for free. the collection is an "full club starter package". Many of these books are filled with illustrations and brief, to the point text. Perfect targets for translation work. Books include:
basic introductions
grappling
German Longsword
Rapier
Sword and Buckler
Dussack
Training logs and drill books
posters
The aim of the Wiktenauer wiki is to be the definitive online source of all primary and secondary texts for Western Martial Arts. While you will not often find downloadable PDFs here, you will find high resolution scans of these delicate original books, along with transcribed original text, and translations where available.
Another large collection of original manuscripts, though downloadable. Many are zip files, others pdf. The "New Manual Section" organizes the document by the century written. The site has a lot of other resources as well, such as videos, an exhaustive list of print books, equipment maintenance, instructor materials and research.
Essays about DESIGNING training plans and games for HEMA