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04/12/2007 10:50 AM Alert 
Hey folks, I've gone ahead and made my Swetnam writeup available online for anyone who's interested. For those who don't know the name, Swetnam is an early 17th century Englishman who taught a simple, practical system which combined elements from contemporary rapier masters and traditional English backsword play. http://grumpybadger.com/Swetnam.pdf Feel free to send me any critiques or suggestions you might have! Hob Edit: weird, my link didn't show up Second Edit: This message board software is a piece of...
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04/12/2007 11:46 AM Alert 
Any chance of a link?
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04/13/2007 8:12 AM Alert 
This works:



http://grumpybadger.com/Swetnam.pdf



It may not hypertext but just copy paste it.

Very nice and polished. One thing you may want to consider is have pictures of someone actually standing with the correct footwork, or someone with the correct guard displayed, as opposed to all the ovals and floatingswords. It puts it in a much more useful perspective, imho.

Guillemin de Rouen
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04/13/2007 8:39 AM Alert 
Yup, the full illustrated version is planned at some point. Thanks!
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04/19/2007 2:03 PM Alert 
Let me know if you need someone to take pictures for it...

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