The Secret History of the Sword

 

The Secret History of the Sword

Ten Years Later…

In late 1998, Curtis Wong’s Multi-Media Publishing published the third and expanded edition of The Secret History of the Sword: Adventures in Ancient Martial Arts, first published by the now-defunct Hammerterz Verlag.

The book has been in print for 10 years.

It is still widely considered a cornerstone of the modern Historical Martial Arts movement and has been quoted in several dozen books, articles, and dissertations.

The best way to purchase it is through Amazon.com.

Here’s what people have said about it:

“It contains something for practically anyone with a remote interest in any facet of western swordplay.” Stoccata (Australia)

“This book is not so much an alternative history — although it does deviate provocatively from standard fare at times — as it is a grand collection of the bits and pieces of fencing lore that have fallen between the cracks of time, and have been otherwise forgotten or ignored. (…) Unless your brain is set in concrete, you won’t be disappointed.” Fencers Quarterly

 ”The author never fails, even for a moment, to entertain and enlighten.” Ken Mondschein

“The entire volume is simply fascinating reading.” Dianne Skoss

“Simply the liveliest book about fencing I have ever read. (Aldo Nadi’s autobiography comes close, but it is mainly about him, not the sport!)” Richard Cohen, author of By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions