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Title: The History of Fencing: Foundations of Modern European Swordplay by William M. Gaugler, Lance C. Lobo ISBN: 1-884528-16-3 Publisher: Laureate Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A GREAT ADDITION TO FENCING LITERATURE!
Comment: This is the most fascinating mainstream fencing history since Egerton Castle's "Schools and Masters of Fence," which was written at the end of the nineteenth century. William Gaugler's writing, the product of both scholar and fencing master, is always clear and precise. "The History of Fencing" belongs in every fencing and sword library. I recommend it highly.

Rating: 5
Summary: A unique book containing centuries of fencing development
Comment: This book is unique in that it shows the development of modern fencing using the unique understanding of a man who is a fencing master and an academic. Using only orginal sources a complete picture of the development of fencing results. The only possible weakness is the neglect of post 1945 hungarian, polish, german and russian works. Although it can be argued that form the point of view of fencing technique these are a combination of the french and italian fencing schools, in practice they are different. As inclusion of these works would have either made the work too large, or reduced the details of the material covered, exclusion of these works is not really a problem. In itself this book should be required reading for all fencing masters and for all serieus practioners of the sport.

Rating: 5
Summary: Overall, though, it's excellent
Comment: Don't let any of the so-called "shortcomings" I wrote of above stop you from buying this book-- you really will get an excellent education.

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