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Andreas Feininger - Portrait of Fencer Wearing Sabre Mask
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Some there are which take delight to talke of the arte of defence, and yet have no insight nor judgment therein.

— ” -Joseph Swetnam, 1617
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http://media.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de
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http://media.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/
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Journal of Western Martial Arts

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…practice does well without the art, but the art is not much good without the practice.

— “Döbringer” manuscript, 1389
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreynevent2012
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http://www.englishmartialarts.com
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via Ben Michaels
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