This is a wonderful work for all of us who are alone, or have only one or two interested friends. I have bought almost a dozen of the books on the market on western swordsmanship, and I can attest this is the one that taught me the most, the fastest.

I will not point fingers at the other books, most of which are valuable, especially to the advanced student. The beginner should go no further then this. It is easy to understand and goes into all the detail you need to begin to understand the system.

In short, buy this book.

I think this is an excellent book on the German Longsword form !! The only reason I gave it 3 stars is because the pictures are too dark and grainy !!! Otherwise it is a wonderful book !! I hope that the publisher fixes this problem in the future !!