Yeah, strong agree. Some of the early German sources are intentionally obscured as secret knowledge: Liechtenauer whose Zettel is often seen as the beginning o

Yeah, strong agree. Some of the early German sources are intentionally obscured as secret knowledge: Liechtenauer whose Zettel is often seen as the beginning of the German tradition despite Liechtenauer saying he learned it from others. "Because the art belongs to princes and lords, knights and squires, and they should know and learn this art, he has written of this art in hidden and secret words, so that not everyone will grasp and understand it, as you will find described below. And he has done this on account of frivolous fight masters who mistake the art as trivial, so that such masters will not make his art common or open with people who do not hold the art in respect as is its due." [0] The German is: "verborgen vnd verdackten wortten" which Google translates as "hidden and covered words". [0]: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Johannes_Liechtenauer#Long_Sword https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Johannes_Liechtenauer#Long_Sword