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Dear Friends, Students of the Sword and Lovers of History,

We are proud to announce the debut of Freelance Academy Press.

Freelance Academy Press offers its readers both innovative books and rich supporting material in the fields of Western martial arts, American and European history, arms and armour, chivalry, historical arts and crafts, and related adult and young-adult fiction. We accomplish this through the introduction of new educational books and timeless, carefully selected reprints. Each of our titles features innovative cover composition, clear illustrations, high production value and solid binding. Our goal is to give book-lovers a product in which the quality of the subject is matched with a notable degree of professionalism and cleanness of design.

Now Available: Our First Titles

As devoted students of Western swordsmanship, it is our particular pleasure to launch Freelance Academy Press with two compelling titles, ready for order today:


Venetian Rapier: Nicoletto Giganti’s 1606 Fencing Curriculum - Translated by Tom Leoni

Perhaps no other weapon represents “Renaissance Italian fencingâ€

That is amazing news.

I like your line up of material.

Any chance of publishing Forgeng's translation of Luckechner's messerfechten?

Pretty please?

Hello!

While we hope to publish some future works of Dr. Forgeng's, I believe this one is something he's already addressing elsewhere.

Cheers,

Christian

I see what you are doing here..... and I like it.

Hi Christian,

Very exciting news! Congratulations and best of luck with the venture.

Expect an order soon!

Mark T

Thank you Mark!

We're pretty excited too, in spite of it being a day of working out shopping cart kinks, most of which are now gone.

Take care, and thanks for your support!!

CHT

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What a neat new venture! I wish you much success.

Tasha K wrote:What a neat new venture! I wish you much success.

Heck, I thought it was such a good idea that I put $20 down towards their success.

I for one think it's a great idea as the "other major WMA press" stopped publishing new books that have been submitted to them a while back.

I know as a Messer guy of one book I'd love to see printed, but alas it's been sitting unpublished in the "other major WMA press" queue since 2004 or so. Not looking good at this time. Sigh.

But I'm excited about Freelance Academy Press as the first 2 books are rock solid and the Press itself is headed up by a group of writers that I know and respect.

Heck, my copy of "In Saint George’s Name" is winging it's way North as I type. If you have any interest in German Longsword the inclusion of CHT von Danzig translation makes it a must have. vD is chuck full of advance moves to whip a lesser swordsman ass before he knows what hits him.

Cheers,

David

Thanks for the words of support folks! Sorry to respond late to this, but as you might imagine it's been a crazy week.

Dr. Forgeng's Leckuchner messer book is going to be published by Boydell & Brewer later this year (November, I believe). I've known this for some time, but it apparently has just become public knowledge.

@David: In Saint George's Name has been a really interesting project for me. It doesn't just contain the Von Danzig translation, but also a series of other chapters containing essays on the art, some instructional modules on Peter Falkner's dagger, Paulus Kal's Messer & wrestling, an anonymous poleaxe treatise, and more. It's a collection of subjects I've long wished to have the problem venue for.

Here's the list of contents for those interested in knowing what *specifically* is covered.

Dedication
Acknowledgements
About the Author
The Selohaar Fechtschule
Preface
Introduction
Chickens and Eggs: Which Master Came First?
Master Peter Falkner’s Dagger
“Lance, Spear, Sword, and Messerâ€

WANT!
can't bloody wait for "Master of the Guild" for obvious reasons!
Looks like a venture I will be happy to support. you can expect orders from me soonly.

Thanks Marxbruder, we appreciate the support!

I'm at work now, securing permissions and writing the front/back matter for the Falkner book. I hope to have my end of the project wrapped up in a month or so.

Cheers,

Christian

You definitely need a book on modern jousting - I just happen to have a draft laying around somewhere....