 |  | | PANKRATION ; The Traditional Greek Combat Sport and Modern Mixed Martial Art
Jim Arvanitis
BOOK, 215 x 280 mm, 160 pp, over 450 photos, 465 grams
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Massad Ayoob of Black Belt magazine called pankration ''the most practical street combat form of the martial arts that I have ever seen.'' Now you can learn pankration from Jim Arvanitis, the world's leading authority on the legendary Western combat art and its modern descendant. More...
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|  | | THE MARTIAL ARTS OF ANCIENT GREECE ; Modern Fighting Techniques from the Age of Alexander
Kostas Dervenis
BOOK, 202 x 252 mm, 248 pp, over 400 photos & ill., 620 grams
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The ancient friezes and decorative motifs of ancient Greece contain abundant scenes of combat, one-on-one and hand-to-hand. In The Martial Arts of Ancient Greece, the authors offer close inspection of these depictions to reveal that they exactly correlate to the grappling and combat arts as they are practiced today. More...
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|  | | MEDIEVAL ARMS AND ARMOR ; A Pictorial Archive
Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck
BOOK, 229 x 306 mm, 104 pp, 387 ill., 385 grams
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Adapted primarily from decorative ornamentation on burial monuments and manuscripts, hundreds of finely executed images depict authentic shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, and highly ornate suits of body armor for knights and their steeds. First published more than 100 years ago, this meticulously rendered study remains an invaluable source. More...
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|  | | THE GLADIATORS ; History's Most Deadly Sport
Fik Meijer
BOOK, 139 x 210, 288 pp, 55 photos, 260 grams
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Locked in mortal combat before 50,000 cheering spectators in the Colosseum, the two gladiators thrust and parry until the crowd gets what it came for: one dead athlete and one living, victorious athlete... Fik Meijer, a professor of ancient history in Amsterdam, here presents us a very readable and informative account of Rome's gladiators. More...
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|  | | THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE ; Life in a Fortress in Peace and War
Philip Warner
BOOK, 133 x 215 mm, 274 pp, 21 photos, 22 ill., 295 grams
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This fascinating book explores the life and thought of the Middle Ages with particular emphasis on the influence of the castle, a military society with all its faults and virtues. Philip Warner looks at the people who lived in these castles: what they wore, what they ate, the chores they hated and the thoughts that motivated them. More...
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