Sword fighting : a manual for actors & directors
(Book)

The author is an accredited teaching member of the British Academy of Dramatic Combat, Secretary of the European Historical Combat Guild, and continues to train students of swordsmanship in Britain and America.

Bibliography, website (pages 191-192).

Part I lays down a positive philosophy for training, covering: Reality first -- Body mechanics -- Weapon design -- Clothing & protection -- Character & motivation / Part II provides illustrated step-by-step training sequences to aid the reader in recreating the fighting styles of some of the most commonly used swords from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century. Also included, the fight during performance and recording. Each sequence is based on techniques suggested by a range of original fighting manuals from that particular period.