My Life As A Historian: Antelope Hill Publishes Interwar German Martial Arts Manuscript

Antelope Hill Publishing offers a fantastic present for this year's Christmas Season: Knightly Weapon Play.

First published under the title Ritterliche Waffenspiele in interwar Germany, Knightly Weaponry Play is a youth-accessible instructional manual for the basic wielding of longswords, single sticks, bow and arrows, and crossbows. Written by patriotic forester, naturalist, and scouting leader Herr-Doktor Wilhelm Fabricius, this book was intended to inspire activity and strength in young boys participating in environmental-survival fellowships.

Illustrated and described within are swordplay techniques that clearly interpret moves of the Kunst des Fechtens – the art of fencing – as illustrated centuries earlier by venerable Fechtmeisters circa 1450-1600. Highly popular when it was originally released, this book was used as a play and practice aid by interwar German brotherhoods such as the Adler und Falken, Deutsches Jungvolk, and Pfadfinders.

Antelope Hill is proud to present Herr-Doktor Wihelm Fabricius’s Knightly Weaponry Play, translated into English for the first time ever by Jeffrey Hull. This unique work is sure to develop martial prowess in a new generation of young men as well as historical curiosity in a wholesome and fun way!

Fantastic stuff indeed. This is the sort of rediscovery of a forgotten past--and remember, for many anything pre-World War 2 might as well be Ancient History--that we ought to be celebrating, as it demonstrates the unique culture of our forefathers and allows us to not only receive that long-lost inhereitance but bequeathe it in turn to our descendants.

If either the history or the practice of the West's martial arts is of interest to you, put this on your coffee table this December. Click on the image to order.