Books and Writing

14 good reasons why you should buy the new I.33

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My copy of the new edition of I.33 arrived last week, and it is a swordwielding bibliophile’s wet dream. Not only is the reproduction effectively perfect, but the companion volume by Dr Forgeng is a complete and revised transcription and translation, with a detailed introduction that takes into account the last decade of scholarship since … Read more

Book distribution: not simple!

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The distribution mechanisms of print on demand and ebook titles are arcane in the extreme. But it appears that the paperback versions of Veni Vadi Vici and the 2nd edition of the Swordsman’s Companion will have filtered through by the middle of May. And while the pdfs can be had from my Scribd account, the … Read more

Books!

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I have spent the morning fiddling about with web interfaces to get my Veni Vadi Vici and Swordsman’s Companion books distributed. Expect both to be generally available as epubs and paperbacks very soon, and for those that can’t wait a moment longer, I have uploaded them to my scribd account as pdfs for paid download. … Read more

Book Review: The Essence of Budo

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The works of Dave Lowry should need no introduction to readers of this blog, who, I assume, have at least a passing interest in the martial arts. Mr Lowry has been training since the late sixties and writing about it since the early eighties. His latest book, The Essence of Budo: A Practitioner’s Guide to … Read more

Affordable Rapier manual download

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The rights to my first two books just reverted to me (thanks Greg and the lawyers!) and I am in the process of making them available at a fair price (not the hundreds of dollars that second-hand copies currently command). I have just got the Duellist’s Companion up on Scribd for the very reasonable price … Read more