Variations of this question pop up on Reddit all the time: can I learn fencing by myself? Can I learn sabre or rapier from a book? There aren't any clubs near me… etc. Let's pick this question apart as it could have several meanings: Someone wants to learn fencing from scratch, by themselves, with no other people, and no one teaching them other than videos and books. Someone already has a base in fencing (perhaps longsword or sabre) but wants to independently learn a new syst

This is my current approach to using 15th-century German fencing theory. You may have a different interpretation—and indeed, the...

Single sword (Spada Sola), or the sword in one hand, is the foundational weapon in the Bolognese tradition (well, it can be debated that...