This valuable training guide provides insight into Jim Bowie, the "Bowie knife" and the fighting systems associated with both. Reminiscent of art found in early fencing manuals, the 200+ pen-and-ink drawings in this book are so skillfully executed that they vividly convey the movement of the training sequences. Whether you want to learn to fight with a big blade or just want to find out more about Bowie, this book is for you.
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This valuable training guide provides insight into Jim Bowie, the "Bowie knife" and the fighting systems associated with both. Reminiscent of art found in early fencing manuals, the 200+ pen-and-ink drawings in this book are so skillfully executed that they vividly convey the movement of the training sequences. Whether you want to learn to fight with a big blade or just want to find out more about Bowie, this book is for you.
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Add this copy of Bowie and Big Knife Fighting System to cart. $31.40, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2018 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of Bowie and Big-Knife Fighting System to cart. $71.00, very good condition, Sold by DPBooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bettendorf, IA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Paladin Press.
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Very Good; Minor edge wear, the worst part being a small bend at the back cover and some of the page edges next to it. The rest of the book is in very good shape, pages clean, tight binding.; Paperback; Paladin Press; 2003. 1581603894. Glossy covers, filled throughout with illustrations and explanatory text.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 225 p.
This is a book any Bowie knife enthusiast should own-even if you only collect them. This info truly gives insight on the historical aspect of Bowies and the people who carried them, fought with them, and sometimes died by them. As a Martial Arts info book it is superb, it's incredibly difficult to make an "instruction manual" for any fighting style-it requires hands-on instruction. However McLemore has done a fine job of making this book into something you can read and come away knowing enough to make it worthwhile. To become good or certainly if you want to master any art you will have to practice a lot & seek further individual instruction, but this book is a fine primer for those interested in this fairly unknown but lethal art. It also fits in well with other well-known instructors' systems and not only adds to it, but gives any Martial artist a more 3-dimensional view of this fighting system. I am certainly going to purchase his 2nd book "Advanced Bowie Techniques"!
