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Martial Arts Document Sources
Western Martial Arts Online Forums
- Swordforum Online -
Forums
discussing
anything having to do with swords or swordsmanship.
- Armour Archive - A
bit
SCA
(Society for Creative Anachronism) oriented, but still with some very
good
information for the Western martial arts practitioner.
- Western
Martial Arts
Mailing List - A mailing list for practitioners of all forms of
Western
martial arts.
- MyArmoury - Primarily
for discussion of sword & other weapons & armour collection,
although there is some discussion of martial applications.
- Netsword - Primarily a
western martial
arts forum focusing on medieval culture, martial skills, warfare, and
weapons. This forum is less frequented than others listed here.
-
Fiore
Resources & Schools
- Flos
Duellatorum (Pissani-Dossi) - This copy of the manuscript, from the
facsimile created by Francesco Novati in 1902, is made available thanks
to William Wilson (Tattershall
School of Defence) & David Peck (Chicago Swordplay
Guild). This is the only publicly available manuscript, which is
now in the public domain.
- Fior
di Battaglia (Getty-Ludwig) - This copy of the manuscript is
housed at the Getty museum, in California. These images are
hosted by the museum and thus copyrighted. This version of the
manuscript contains significantly more textual information and
instruction than the Pissani-Dossi version.
- St. Martin's Academy of
Medieval
Arms - This is the home salle of Mr. Bob Charron, the most
accomplished
interpreter and instructor of Fiore's work in the United States.
- Schola St. George
-
This
California group begins its studies with the Italian tradition,
primarily
Fiore.
- The Exiles-Company of
Medieval
Martial
Artists - This English group is heavily involved in interpretation
of Fiore.
- Schola
Gladiatoria
- Schola Gladiatoria is an historical European martial arts group based
in Ealing, West London. It trains in the fighting
arts
taught in the Fior di Battaglia, as well as other medieval and
Rennaisance traditions.
- Chicago
Swordplay Guild - Excellent group founded by and led by
Greg Mele, as well as numerous other scholars. Training in
longsword & medieval fighting arts based on the Fior di
Battaglia, Filippo Vadi's Arte
Gladiatoria, and some German sources for dagger & close
combat. They also have a group that focuses on rapier training.