Reddit reviews The Beginner's Guide to the Long Sword: European Martial Arts Weaponry Techniques

This: armor and equipment can protect you from cutting and stabbing, there’s nothing to protect you from the blunt force trauma of collapsing your spine.

Davenriche in San Jose, Ca runs periodic quarter staff workshops, but even then the instructors are very careful, and it’s primarily choreography based out of distance. This is a school that has weekly full plate sparring nights and hosts regional competitions. The owner literally wrote a book on longswords .