16th Century Single Sword Combat: Bolognese Fencing Paperback – November 12, 2014

This is a good foundation to begin learning the Dardi school of fencing. It is a straight forward presentation of the Bolognese style of fencing with lots of references to back track to sources (which is encouraged). I give it my highest recommendation.

A very good, and pedagogic approach to the Bolognese School of Fencing, primarily sourced from Giovanni dall'Agocchie, Dell'Arte di Scrimia from 1572. Clearly written in good style, with a stone on stone approach of the material that are suitable for both organised and solo training, very suitable as a primer before continuing with The Complete Renaissance Swordsman: A Guide to the Use of All Manner of Weapons: Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova (1531) which are a direct translation of an earlier text in the same tradition. Both volumes are highly recomended.

Good pedagogical approach, but lacks some practical understanding of fighting. More useful for a moderately experienced combatant, who already has some level of swordsmanship.

A very solid grounding on the basics of the Bolognese school of cut and thrust swordsmanship, focusing upon the techniques and styles of Marozzo and Manciolino.While I might not agree with all of the conclusion of the author I respect his opinions and the scholarship behind them.

Easy to follow, well laid out illustration. Balanced theory and practice. A sound addition to any historical swordplay library.

A decent breakdown of 16th century Bolognese swordsmanship. This book is a basic rundown of what a couple months of beginner level HEMA classes will teach you. It is a dry read and will only be interesting if you're already participating, or planning to participate in HEMA.The photographs are a bit weak and are not always clear in their intent. There are even a couple times when the author tells the reader to disregard a students hand placement in a photo. It is difficult to illustrate physical sequences through text but this book does that a lot which again reinforces how important it is not to train out of a book when it comes to martial arts.All in all it's fine. Given the relative lack of material on the HEMA world this is a useful and brief guide to this one subset of HEMA.

Great supplement to sword martial arts. Also a good to keep as a reference when you need to check on something.