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A review by firerosearien
Academy of Historical Arts German Longsword Study Guide by Alex Bourdas, Keith Farrell
4.0
Please keep in mind that I'm still a relative HEMA-newbie, so take my review for what that's worth...
It's an adequate synthesis of the most important concepts of the Liechtenauerian tradition, but some of it seems a bit dated (this is how crazy fast things are moving in the HEMA world, as this was published just two years ago). I thought the section discussing zufechten and the essay on distance and range, and principles of attacking were interesting, but if one undertakes to read this, it should be read *along* with the primary source material, and not solely instead of it.
It's an adequate synthesis of the most important concepts of the Liechtenauerian tradition, but some of it seems a bit dated (this is how crazy fast things are moving in the HEMA world, as this was published just two years ago). I thought the section discussing zufechten and the essay on distance and range, and principles of attacking were interesting, but if one undertakes to read this, it should be read *along* with the primary source material, and not solely instead of it.