We're quite fortunate in Vancouver to have a raft of instructors to teach us the art we're so passionate about. Not everyone has this and still want to practice.

Freelance Academy Press has released several translations of various fencing masters from which to study. We carry many (if not all) in our store and our on-line store. But we don't have a how-to guide on using learning from these books. While the translations are both clear and accessible they can still pose some challenges in learning.

Fortunately the folk down at Freelance bought out this blog post on learning from manuals.

Devon Boorman is the Co-Founder and Director of Academie Duello Centre for Swordplay, which has been active in Vancouver, Canada since 2004. Devon’s expertise centres on the Italian swordplay tradition including the arts of the Renaissance Italian rapier, sidesword, and longsword, as well as knife and unarmed techniques.
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