Good Books of European Martial Combat

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

Can someone suggest books which do a good job presenting European martial Combat of the Middle ages? What books should I avoid?

 

[Sebastianelgar]

It depends on what you are trying to discover. If you are looking for discussions of battles and tactics I don't have an answer for you. However, if you are wondering about individual combat training (e.g. how to fight manuals) I have heard good things about a few.
Hans Talhoffer's - fechtbuch
Joseph Swetnam - schoole of the noble and worthy science of defense
George Silver - paradox's of defense
Joachim Meyer's - Kunst des Fechten
I know there are more but most sites I would research on are blocked at work. If these are the types of books you are looking for let me know and I will check for more titles tonight at home.

 

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

...individual combat training...

This is what I am looking for - thank you.

 

[Derren]

Those guys are reenacting some techniques from original books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S_Q3CGqZmg (and following videos)

On their site they list the titles of books used, have some transcripts (good luck reading them) and also link to some publications in English.

Hammaborg - Historischer Schwertkampf: Fechtbücher
http://www.hammaborg.de/en/publikationen/index.php

Is there any specific weapon or way of fighting you are looking for?