Fighting with Sticks Paperback – July 10, 2025

Fighting with Sticks, a history of stick weapons—wooden swords, staves, clubs, and fighting sticks--was first published in 1998, and continued as a bestseller until its publisher retired from the publishing business a decade later. The book is now back in print, but not as a mere reprint, but as a legitimate second edition. Although most of the original text is included, this version has been expanded to include material not published in the original because of space limitations. This is the Fighting with Sticks that the author, Nick Evangelista, envisioned when he first conceived the book. Read more