{"product_id":"9780359139637","title":"Lessons of the Broadsword Masters","description":"The most comprehensive book ever written on the art of fencing with the basket-hilted Highland broadsword, including every major technique and concept from broadsword and backsword masters Donald McBane (1728), Thomas Page (1746), Andrew Lonnergan (1771), Captain G. Sinclair (1790), Archibald MacGregor (1791), Henry Angelo (1799), John Taylor (1804), and Thomas Mathewson (1805). Includes:  Fundamental Skills  Plain Playing  Timing Slipping the Leg  Slipping the Body  Double Attacks  The Feint  The Invitation  Actions on the Blade  Disarms  Counter-Disarms  Set Play  Loose Play  The Grounds of the Sword  Traversing Footwork  Double Weapons (sword and targe, sword and buckler, sword and dagger, etc.)  The style of the stage gladiators  The style of the Highland Regiments  The training curriculum of the Cateran Society  The history of broadsword and backsword fencing  Nearly 500 separate training exercises","brand":"Christopher Scott Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45761824620862,"sku":"9780359139637","price":1063.35,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780359139637_3e185b99-3e09-4052-bc3c-b40ce1885045.jpg?v=1707245447","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780359139637","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}