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Author : George Silver
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.I/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Paradoxes of Defence written by George Silver and published by . This book was released on 1599 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Silver
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9781291965766
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (657 download)
Download or read book Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence written by George Silver and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Silver's 'Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence' is considered one of the foremost works in the Western martial arts canon. Conceived as a companion piece to his treatise 'Paradoxes of Defence' (1599); what is so remarkable is that from the start Silver explicitly sets out the theory and mechanics which underpin the Nobel Science of Defence. These principles are then illustrated through techniques for a wide range of weapons, including chapters on short sword, off hand grappling, sword and dagger, sword and buckler, two hand sword, staff, forest bill, pike and dagger fighting. This Scholler's Edition has been designed with the new student in mind and accessibility as its primary concern. Silver's language remains unaltered, but the spelling has been modernised and the work presented with a clear, contemporary layout accompanied by copious footnotes and supplementary material drawn from 'Paradoxes of Defence'. The pocket-sized format makes this volume an invaluable training companion.
Author : George Silver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Works of George Silver written by George Silver and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Craig Turner
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809335182
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay written by Craig Turner and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares the only three existing Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600. In addition, it explores the influence of a new form of violence introduced into Elizabethan culture by the invention of the rapier.
Author : Paul Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781581604245
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Master of Defence written by Paul Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Silver's Paradoxes of Defence (1599) and Brief Instructions upon my Paradoxes of Defence (ca. 1605) are probably the most important works ever written on the Western martial tradition. Silver straddles the medieval and Renaissance worlds, summing up the collective experience of centuries of European warcraft, while presenting a fighting style that ensures victory in the urban battlefield of single combat, street brawls and honorable duels. Silver presents a complete integrated fencing system applicable to a wide variety of weapons, but more importantly provides a theoretical framework of universal principles by which to judge any technique, theory or strategy. He teaches how to identify the flaws of any enemy's fighting style, exploit his weaknesses and overcome him while remaining secure and safe, using the traditional "True Fight" of the English knightly class. In addition to presenting Silver's original works, author Paul Wagner and other scholars examine Silver's contributions, putting the Master and his legacy in context. Master of Defence is a necessity for any student of Western fencing or swordsmanship, Western or Asian martial arts, Shakespearean or Renaissance studies, English military history, medieval re-enactment or professional fight choreography. photos and illustrations
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Author : George Silver
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230376752
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Works of George Silver; Comprising Paradoxes of Defence [Printed in 1599 and Now Reprinted] and Bref Instructions Vpo My Paradoxes of Defence written by George Silver and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION. N 1599 a certain George Silver published a work entitled "Paradoxes of Defence, wherein is proved the trve grounds of Fight to be in the short auncient weapons, and that the short Sword hath aduantage of the long Sword or long Rapier. And the weakenesse and imperfection of the Rapier-fights displayed. Together with an Admonition to the noble, ancient, victorious, valiant, and most braue nation of Englishmen, to beware of false teachers of Defence, and how they forsake their owne naturall fights: with a briefe commendation of the noble science or exercising of Armes. By George Siluer Gentleman. London, Printed for Edward Blount. 1599.," dedicated "To the Right Honorable, my Singvlar Good Lord, Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe, Earle Marshall of England, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier and Louaine, Maister of the Queenes Majesties horse, & of the Ordenance, Chancellor of the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, Knight of the most noble order of the Garter, and one of her Highnesse most honorable Priuy Counsell." This book is a small 4to volume ofviii and 72 pages, containing three woodcuts-- a work but little known to any save antiquaries and collectors; yet for all that it is a work which must have possessed considerable value at the time it was written, when duelling and brawling were matters of everyday occurrence. It was in all probability very shortly afterwards that George Silver wrote "Bref Instructions vpo my pradoxes of Defence for the true handlyng of all Mannr of weapons together wl the sower grownds & the sower gou'nors wch gouernours are left out in my pradoxes wlout the knowledge of wch no Man can fight saf." This, as its title indicates, bears very materially upon the earlier work; so much so
Author : George Silver
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Paradoxes of defence ... 1599 written by George Silver and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Hand
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ISBN 13 : 9781891448270
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)
Download or read book English Swordsmanship written by Stephen Hand and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important teachers of historical swordsmanship, Stephen Hand has delivered what may well be his Magnum Opus, a detailed study in text and photographs of his best form, the swordsmanship of the 16th century English swordmaster, George Silver. In nearly 800 photographs, Mr. Hand explores the depth of Silver's technique, presenting for the student a clear and concise path to fighting with the single-handed sword. These techniques are from the same period as William Shakespeare, and it is even supposed that Silver had something to do with the staging of swordsmanship in Shakespeare's plays. So these techniques should have special interest to those involved in swordplay on the stage. Students of fencing history, members of the SCA, LARPS, or students of Renaissance history will also find this first-ever exploration of Silver's amazingly effective techniques surpremely valuable.
Author : George Silver
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Paradoxes of Defence written by George Silver and published by . This book was released on 1599 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catherine Bates
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198793774
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book On Not Defending Poetry written by Catherine Bates and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sidney's Defence of Poesy--the foundational text of English poetics--is generally taken to present a model of poetry as ideal: the poet depicts ideals of human conduct and readers are inspired to imitate them. Catherine Bates sets out to challenge this received view. Attending very closely to Sidney's text, she identifies within it a model of poetry that is markedly at variance from the one presumed, and shows Sidney's text to be feeling its way toward a quite different--indeed, a de-idealist--poetics. Following key theorists of the new economic criticism, On Not Defending Poetry shows how idealist poetics, like the idealist philosophy on which it draws, is complicit with the money form and with the specific ills that attend upon it: among them, commodification, fetishism, and the abuse of power. Against culturally approved models of poetry as profitable--as benefiting the individual and the state, as providing (in the form of intellectual, moral, and social capital) a quantifiable yield--the Defence reveals an unexpected counter-argument: one in which poetry is modelled, rather, as pure expenditure, a free gift, a net loss. Where a supposedly idealist Defence sits oddly with Sidney's literary writings--which depict human behaviour that is very far from ideal--a de-idealist Defence does not. In its radical reading of the Defence, this book thus makes a decisive intervention in the field of early modern studies, while raising larger questions about a culture determined to quantify the 'value' of the humanities and to defend the arts on those grounds alone.
Author : Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199839638
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Paradox of American Power written by Joseph S. Nye Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not since the Roman Empire has any nation had as much economic, cultural, and military power as the United States does today. Yet, as has become all too evident through the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the impending threat of the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran, that power is not enough to solve global problems--like terrorism, environmental degradation, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction--without involving other nations. Here Joseph S. Nye, Jr. focuses on the rise of these and other new challenges and explains clearly why America must adopt a more cooperative engagement with the rest of the world.
Author : George Silver (Gentleman.)
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (794 download)
Download or read book The Works of George Silver Comprising "Paradoxes of Defence" ... and "Bref Instructions Upõ My Pradoxes of Defence" ... written by George Silver (Gentleman.) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Silver
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780343726621
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Works of George Silver written by George Silver and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Silver
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence written by George Silver and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Noftsinger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230605117
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Understanding Homeland Security written by J. Noftsinger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-05-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the historical, social, psychological, technological, and political aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defence and security. The text provides a view of past events and their evolution, allowing the audience to gain a detailed knowledge of government response and policy implications.
Author : Alfred Hutton
Publisher : Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780486449319
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (493 download)
Download or read book Cold Steel written by Alfred Hutton and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneer of modern fencing, Alfred Hutton was the first president of the Amateur Fencing Association and a father of modern research into the Western combat arts. In addition to his lectures about ancient weapons and his demonstrations of their use, Hutton created this 1889 classic, a continuing source of instruction and enlightenment to modern readers. The techniques associated with the sabre differ markedly from those of the épeé and the rapier. This study offers both technical and historical views of the art of the sabre. It begins with a look at the weapon's construction and its grip, followed by explanations of a variety of different strokes and parries as well as methods of combining attack and defense. Additional topics include approaches suitable for left-handed fencers, ceremonial aspects of the art, and contrasts between the sabre, the bayonet, and the French sword. Descriptions of associated weapons cover the great stick and the constable's truncheon, and the book concludes with considerations of the short sword-bayonet, or dagger. Fifty-five illustrations demonstrate how to hold the sabre, how to parry and guard, seizure, and numerous other aspects of the art of fencing with a sabre.
Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : House of Stratus
ISBN 13 : 0755116461
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (551 download)
Download or read book The Paradoxes of Mr Pond written by G. K. Chesterton and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-12-11 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Pond was a small, neat civil servant. There was nothing remarkable about him at all - except a pointed beard. However, he tells the most fascinating stories and has an unorthodox way of solving crimes and mysteries. The eight stories include that of a Marshal's plan which goes tragically wrong because, paradoxically, his soldiers obey him.
