The following are articles written by OMSG members. They describe various aspects of the martial art of Fiore dei Liberi, and reflect the interests of various members of the Guild.

These articles are available for download in .pdf format for the benefit of the western martial arts community. If you are unable to view the documents with your browser, you can use the link to right to go to the Adobe website and download the free Reader.

All articles are copyright the Ottawa Medieval Medieval Sword Guild, and may not be copied, or otherwise made available without full citation of the author(s) and the Ottawa Medieval Sword Guild.

Abrazare: Medieval wrestling in the style of Fiore dei Liberi
Nick Conway and Christopher Penney
December, 2004
PDF Document - 1.9MB

Daga: Basic techniques for defending against the dagger, in the Medieval style of Fiore dei Liberi
Christopher Penney and Nick Conway
February, 2006
PDF Document - 1.1MB

Lanza: The Spear, King of Weapons - A practical analysis of the spear in Fiore dei Liberi's Flos Duellatorum and Fillipo Vadi's Ars Gladiatoria
Mathieu Ravignat
July, 2006
PDF Document - 4.3MB