Three Bâton Manuals: Translated from the French with Some Notes on Modern Practice

This book contains three fundamental bâton texts-excerpts from the military Manuel de Gymnastique; André Émiles Manuel de Boxe et de Canne; and Georges Héberts Léducation physique virile et morale together with a guide for modern practice. It forms a base discipline still taught in a living tradition that can be practiced in its own right or tied to a system of longsword or cut-and-thrust sword. It is intended as a companion to my more formal publications The Art of the Two-Handed Sword and The Art of the Rapier as well as the MHS series of instructional videos.