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Martial Arts Links

EASTERN MARTIAL ARTS
WESTERN MARTIAL ARTS
ARMED COMBAT AND SELF-DEFENCE

Eastern Martial Arts

Koryu.com
http://www.koryu.com
Traditional, i.e. pre-sport orientated, Japanese martial arts.

Western Martial Arts

WEAPONS

John Waller on, inter alia, the broadsword versus thrusting sword issue.
http://www.thehaca.com/spotlight/JohnWaller.htm

The Secret History Of The Sword
http://www.swordhistory.com/home.html
Website of the book by Christoph Amberger

The Sword & Buckler Tradition
http://www.thehaca.com/essays/SwordandBuckler.htm

A Brief History of the Quarterstaff by Frank Docherty http://ejmas.com/jwma/jwmaart_docherty_0501.htm

'Quarter-staff: A Practical Manual' by Thomas A McCarthy (1883)
http://ejmas.com/jmanly/jmanlyart_mccarthy_0901.htm

The Manly Art of Quarter-Staff: Origins of a Victorian Combat Sport by Tony Wolf
http://www.alliancemartialarts.com/quarterstaff.htm

Lee's Stick Fighting Resources Page
http://abraxis.com/lverner/otherma/stick.htm

Stick-Fencing Timeline (American Heritage
Fighting Arts Association)
http://ahfaa.org/wsfftimeline.htm

Irish stick fighting
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4933/shillelagh.html

'Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions.' by E.W. Barton-Wright (1901)
http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_barton-wright_0200.htm

Non-Asian weapons, fencing and fighting methods
http://www.freedom2000net.com/userpages/bordenm/library/Articles/Non-asianfightingmethods.html
Glossary of weapons, military and civilian, from the The Martial Arts Library.

Martial Staff (blog)
http://www.martialstaff.com

CLUBS AND INITIATIVES

European Historical Combat Guild
http://www.ehcg.net

The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (Houston)
http://www.thehaca.com
ARMA was formerly HACA (Historical Armed Combat Association)

Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (Toronto)
http://www.aemma.org
Articles section: http://www.aemma.org/articles_top.htm

The Company of Maisters of the Science of Defence (London)
http://www.maisters.demon.co.uk

Boars Tooth Fight School (Folkestone)
http://www.boarstooth.org

The Exiles - Company of Medieval Martial Artists (Dagenham)
http://www.the-exiles.org

The Linacre School of Defence (Oxford)
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0328/lsd.html

The Dawn Duellists Society (Edinburgh)
http://www.dawnduellists.org.uk

The Oakeshott Institute
http://www.oakeshott.org
The Oakeshott Institute (named after historical arms expert Ewart Oakeshott) is an education and research centre for furthering study of ancient arms and armor.

Schola Gladiatoria (London and North Devon)
http://mysite.freeserve.com/scholagladiatoria/index.jhtml
An historical European martial arts group based in London and North Devon, England.

Live Steel Fight Academy (Pottstown, PA , USA)
http://www.theoldcelt.com/fightschoolmain.html

The British Federation for Historical Swordplay
http://www.bfhs.co.uk
Represents some 16 UK societies practicing WMA today.

MacDonald Academy (Edinburgh)
http://www.historicalfencing.org/Macdonaldacademy

WEB FORUMS

Western Arts forum at Yahoo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/western-arts

My Armoury
http://www.myarmoury.com

Sword Forum International
http://www.swordforum.com

EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS

Purpleheart Armoury
http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/index.htm
Replica wooden swords for training.

Del Tin Armi Antiche
http://www.deltin.it/home.htm
Judging from the website these are absolutely beautiful replica swords. Only the Italians could make things that look this good!

Albion Armorers
http://www.albion-swords.com
Supplier of high-quality swords for the serious enthusiast and Western Martial Artist alike.

Arms and Armor
http://www.armor.com
Makers of high quality swords and other medieval/renaissance weapons.

New Stirling Arms
http://www.newstirlingarms.com/about.html
Wooden weapons supplier. Makers of the "perfect waster".

MUSEUMS

The Wallace Collection
http://www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk
The London museum with one of the world's finest collections of arms and armour. Oddly, there doesn't seem to be much on the website about its arms and armour.

ARMED COMBAT AND SELF-DEFENCE

The International Hoplology Society (IHS)
http://www.hoplology.com
Dedicated to the study of the evolution and development of human combative behavior.