A comprehensive introduction to Scottish historical fencing: Based on numerous contemporary sources and the experience gained from their practical application, this book, featuring many detailed illustrations, introduces the fundamentals such as footwork, guards, cuts, and thrusts, as well as advanced technical concepts like counteractions, throws, and leverage from blade bindings, and strikes with basket-hilt and sword pommel. The use of the broadsword is thoroughly covered as a foundational basis, followed by combat with sword and shield, as well as an introduction to the basics of close combat with the dirk (dagger). Additional weapons such as the Scottish two-handed sword, the Lochaber axe, and unarmed close combat provide further information. Enriched with numerous anecdotes from the context of the Scottish Highland clans and British Highland regiments, a historical picture is conveyed.