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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2007 23:05:10 GMT
I bought the book Swordsman’s Companion by Guy Windsor.
I am working on the foot placement section soley at this point. I still expect it to be a couple weeks before my sword arrives. I tried using props but they just don't "feel" right.
I've heard some good things about this book but was wondering how many forumites found this helpful or is there another you would recommend?
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Post by admin on Mar 18, 2007 23:20:00 GMT
It's a great book, but I feel at some point about midway through it seems to 'jump' ahead where it would have been better off expanding on and clarifying some of the concepts it introduces at the beginning - and perhaps leaving the two person drills for a more advanced second book. This is one of my biggest complaints with WMA instruction books in general, they seem not leave out how to put together combinations and floryshes to help train the individual. After all, it is usually possible for an individual to train a bit each day, but not so easy to always arrange a training partner for frequent practice. Truth be told, I think Adam is doing a bang up job on his work The True Swordsman, which is put together in a more cohesive and progressive manner than just about any other WMA training book I have seen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2007 23:43:01 GMT
Thanks for the quick response Paul ;D
I will definately refer to Adam's guide in conjuction with the book.
Thanks for providing this Adam ;D (overdue on my part)
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Post by admin on Mar 18, 2007 23:47:20 GMT
No probs Adam has done some great work here, and it just keeps getting better and better.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 13:29:58 GMT
Thanks for your kind words. And to offer my .02 as well, Windsor's Companion book is one of my favorite resources for swordsmanship, and Windsor himself comes across very humble and respectful(something lacking in other material). He also covers everything from the ground up: Footwork, Gripping, etc.
The only real complaint I have is that he doesn't include the German material, which I prefer overall. Being one who's read material on both though, I'd say they're more similar than different. Windsor's book is a wonderful book, and he does a good job in his presented material to include stuff that goes over principle and feeling rather than clean-cut technique, which some people like, and others don't.
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