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Author: Maxime Chouinard
Divers foul tricks and stratagems: Mexican and Bowie knife fighting
Let’s look at some sources describing Bowie and Mexican knife fighting.
“How I trash the mashers”
Ruth Helen Lang presents some of her tricks to defend herself in 1911 New York.
The last blade forger of Sheffield and the « Just put us togethers »
An interview with the last knife maker in Sheffield, where many Bowie knives came from.
La terrible canne
A deadly type of self defense cane sold to Parisians in the 19th century.
Living sources on World War 2 knife techniques
Interviews with Second World War commandos as to how their knives were used.
The Wilkinson of canes : Henry Howell & Co.
One of the most renowned cane maker of 19th century Britain.
Shillelaghs!
How were shillelaghs made? And a new database of antique Irish sticks.
Therefore, glima.
Glima is a complete system of self-defense. Ms. Caroline Josefsson presents the art of Scandinavian wrestling in 1914.
“Belaboring each other fiendishly.” The early days of kendo and kenjutsu in America
An early history of Kendo and Kenjutsu in America in different cities.
HEMA MISFITS (I don't do longsword) 