Higgins Armory Sword Guild: On-Line Study Materials

Higgins Armory Sword Guild On-Line Study Materials

Material on-line at the HASG site for the use of students of Western martial arts:

Material related to the historical combat treatises

	Glossary of German Longsword Terms an interactive HTML document in both English and German, with definitions and images
	Glossary of Fechtkunst Terms a detailed glossary of German Fechtkunst vocabulary, primarily designed to assist scholarly study and translation of the texts. 600KB pdf file
	Facsimile of Meyer's Fechtbuch (1600 edition)
	Illustrations from Meyer's Fechtbuch (1600 edition)

Interpreted sequences from the historical combat treatises

Note that continuing research may result in modified interpretations. These sequences may not represent the Guild's most current interpretation of the illustrated techniques.

	Dagger Sequences from Mair (c. 1550) facsimile, transcription, translation, and interpretation 3MB pdf file
	Dagger Sequences from Gladiatoria (c. 1450) translation, and illustrations 4.5MB pdf file
	Longsword Sequences from Mair (c. 1550) transcription, illustrations, and translation 1MB pdf file
	Fully Interpreted Longsword Sequence from Meyer (1570) facsimile, transcription, translation, and full interpretation using photos and video
	Fully Interpreted Sword and Buckler Sequence from Royal Armouries I.33 (c. 1300) full interpretation using photos and video
	Fully Interpreted Longsword Sequence from Mair (c. 1550) translation and full interpretation using photos and video
	Fully Interpreted Rapier and Dagger Sequence from Fabris (1606) translation and full interpretation using photos and video
	Fully Interpreted Smallsword Sequence from Lonnergan (1771) translation and full interpretation using photos and video