部纪录片描述了中世纪和文艺复兴时期的剑术,剑是由出色的工匠精心打造而成,而持剑的武士也是真正的英雄。而在今天,击剑则是一项富于趣味的运动。The Medieval and Renaissance blade, a profound and beautiful object handcrafted by master artisans of old. An object of great complexity, yet one with a singular use in mind- it is designed to kill. The truth of the sword has been shrouded in antiquity, and the Renaissance martial arts that brought it to being are long forgotten. The ancient practitioners lent us all they knew through their manuscripts. As gunslingers of the Renaissance they were western heroes with swords, and they lived and died by them. Yet today their history remains cloaked under a shadow of legend.