By Sword and Tomahawk Paperback – April 4, 2024

By Sword and Tomahawk is an in-depth study into the weaponry employed in boarding actions during the age of piracy. While it by no means claims to be definitive in its conclusions as to shipboard close-quarters combat, the authors have spent years researching available information on the subject and in practical application of the techniques shown in this book. They have taken their cumulative 100+ years of martial arts training and experience and extrapolated from the few treatises and butcher's bills available how these weapons aboard a ship may have been employed in a chaotic mass melee that was a boarding action. Read more