Aimed at the volunteer regiments of the Napoleonic Era, when engagements with swords were still a reality of warfare, The Art of Defence on Foot was explicitly written for civilians wanting to learn to fence with the saber, broad-sword or spadroon. All of these same qualities that made the Art of Defence a perfect beginner's text 200 years ago, makes it ideal today The growing interest in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) has...