A Bit Of Interesting Reading On Renaissance Martial Arts

[John Thomas8]

Setting straight some of the myths about warfare of the period:

http://www.thearma.org/essays/TopMyths.htm

Maybe hogwash, maybe accurate. I just came across it and haven't vetted any of it yet.

[EvilGinger]

A bit of both mixed in with a a larger dose of arrogant pedantry than I am comfortable with.


Ginger

[John Thomas8]

I think the author is a bit miffed by all the lavish attention given to the "Eastern" martial arts and the relative obscurity of the "Western" during the same time period.

[EvilGinger]

perhaps but I have met far too many folks with the attitude that oozes form the article & it tends to make me want to kill them for the good of humanity.

Ginger