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An Comunn Ceatharnach
The Art of the Highland Broadsword

Books and Articles

Lannaireachd:
Gaelic
Swordsmanship

By Christopher Thompson

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Highland Knife Fighting

By Christopher Thompson
with Louie Pastore


From Paladin Press

Tactics of the Broadsword

A Brief History of Scottish Swordplay

The Highland Art of Cudgeling

Living by the Sword, and Dying by the Sword

The Forging of the Mind: Thoughts on Pattern Practice and Free Fencing in Asian and Western Swordsmanship

Stage Gladiators and Wandering Swordsmen in Europe and Japan

“Anything But Taking the Life”: The Ethical Core of Highland Broadsword Fencing

A Thing Out of Season: Honor in the Noir Universe

The Wintry Fortress: Philosophy and the Western Martial Artist

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