HEMA MANUALS

Wiktenauer is an amazing resource for HEMA practitioners, especially when you're sitting in front of a PC, or you were lucky enough to get that great spiral bound copy of a bunch of manuals they released a few years ago. However, when you are out training, studying or contemplating the body of HEMA texts away from your PC, Wiktenauer sadly falls short.
The goal of YHF's Ebook project was not to replace Wiktenauer as the primary resource for HEMA practitioners, it's simply to provide a more mobile friendly format for some of the content, while simultaneously addressing some of what I feel are shortcomings.
All of these downloads are made available at no cost, under the Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) the same as the original source material on Wiktenauer. All credit for the translations goes to the original translator, who graciously made their work available to the rest of us. It's the least I could do to continue in the same spirit.

Gloss and Interpretation of The Recital on The Long Sword - Sigmund ain Ringeck - v1.0

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Gloss and Interpretation of The Recital on The Long Sword - Sigmund ain Ringeck - v1.0

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MOBI format for Kindle E-Reader

Gloss and Interpretation of The Recital on The Long Sword - Sigmund ain Ringeck - v1.0

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Spiral Bound Print Version using On-Demand printing from Lulu Press - Provided "at cost"

Gloss and Interpretation of The Recital on The Long Sword - Pseudo Peter von Danzig - v2.0

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EPub format for mobile E-Reader

Gloss and Interpretation of The Recital on The Long Sword - Pseudo Peter von Danzig - v2.0

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MOBI format for Kindle E-Reader

Gloss and Interpretation of The Recital on The Long Sword - Pseudo Peter von Danzig - v2.0

Coming Soon

Spiral Bound Print Version using On-Demand printing from Lulu Press - Provided "at cost"

LONGSWORD FUNDAMENTALS

Downloadable PDF outlines of YHF's introductiory "Longsword Fundamentals" sessions - no substitute for attending one of our sessions to get yourself started, but great for review

Longsword Fundamentals 1.0

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Introductiory information, Sword Anatomy, Basic Footwork, Vom Tag and Oberhau

Longsword Fundamentals 2.0

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Review, Alber and Unterhau, Putting Them together: Chained Cuts, Meyer's Square

Longsword Fundamentals 3.0

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Review, Pflug and Thrusting Mechanics, Ochs and Thrusting Mechanics

Longsword Fundamentals 4.0

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Review, Long Point, Revisiting Meyer's Square, Drills, Revising the 4 Openings, The "Nearing"

TRAINING RESOURCES

Odds and ends to help you train and get a better understanding of the Art of Longsword Fencing

Longsword Anatomy

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Diagram detailing the parts of your average Longsword - PDF format

Meyer's Square

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A training aid designed to help you attack the 4 openings - PDF format

Recommended Equipment List

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Before buying any HEMA equipment, check the list - somethings are good for training but not sparring.
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