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# The Academy of the Sword

**Brand:** john michael greer
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## Customer Reviews

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    Too sophisticated for words!
  

*by E***T on Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2007*

There are lots of ways to look at this book, so I'll take them one at a time.As a fencing instructional text - obscure...  "Academy of the Sword" is so detailed, complete, and complex that it is very difficult to follow as a fencing instructional text.  Thibault's system includes considering the blade of the sword as being divided into 12 parts rather than the more common 2 or 3 (forte, foible, and sometimes medium).  Descriptions of each movement are incredibly detailed, and well illustrated, but the overall effect is overwhelming.  The system itself is Spanish fencing, radically different from French and Italian styles that have evolved into modern sport fencing, but the obscurity of the system only adds to the obscurity of Thibault's text.  The one of the elements differentiating Spanish fencing from others is the use of a complex geometric pattern based on a circle and its diameter and chords as a training tool, and the circle shows up dozens of times in every illustration.  Another difference is the upright posture and manner of holding the sword arm straight out from the torso; very different from modern sport fencing, but there had to be something to it as Spanish fencers were well respected in the period (n.b. George Silver's observations on Spanish style fencing in "Paradoxes of Defence" circa 1599).  Typical of the period, the discussion of the circle integrates mathematics, geometry, anatomy, and a hint of mysticism.  There is much to be learned here, but it is not for someone with only a passing or casual interest in Spanish fencing.  This is a reflection of the author and target audience, scholars and educated men of the 1600s pursuing the art of the sword, rather than ruffians or the soldiers of the period.As a scholarly translation of a renaissance text - Brilliant!  This was clearly someone's passion for a long time, and the translation in to contemporary English flows well, and from the bits of the original shown in the illustrations that I could piece together, seems faithful to the letter and spirit.As a book of reproductions of renaissance illustrations - Brilliant!  The illustrations are beautifully reproduced, and they are incredible in themselves.  Line etchings, but so detailed and packed with ornementation in the corners and between the illustrations of the fencers that they engage the reader as much as the text.  As technical illustrations, they are busy and crowded, but well drawn, and absolutely consistent with the text.As an inspiration for a conspiracy theorist - Brilliant!  This book could inspire conspiracy theorists for years to come ("What does the cherub looking at the mystic circle on the side of the pillar -REALLY- mean?").  It's a thing of beauty, but it would be easy to perceive hints of a complex secret in the rich subtleties of the illustrations and the fencing text.I enjoyed it tremendously, and my hat's off to the translator whose diligence has yielded such magnificent results, as well as to the original author and illustrators.

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    Poor images not worth the reprint
  

*by .***. on Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020*

If you have the first edition of the translation without images do not bother buying the new version. I use the original text in an archive for PhD research. The reproduced images I. This new edition are very very very few compared to the actual text and of very poor quality. If you do not have access at all to the original text maybe it provides some benefit or if you do not have the first translation. However if you already have the translation do not bother especially for the price. The originally illustrations are not given any form of justice in this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great
  

*by D***. on Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2019*

Amazing. Best if you’re a advanced student of the western mysteries & Fencing.

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