Dear friend, i recomend you find a proper instructor, because you will need to know alot of things about art of sward which will be diffecult to ask if you use books or vedios...for the sward you need to learn alot of steps and moves with defferent directions in order to perfrom a proper way of dealing with the sward....yes you can learn some of techniques but not in details if you use books or vedios, but the only proper way in Martial Art is to belong to one Master.
Salah
Bahrain
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