Simply Put Kartuli Parikaoba translates to English as "Georgian Fencing" Georgia as a nation has many native forms of martial arts. While perhaps the most well known is the Georgian jacket wrestling style known to most as Chidaoba, parts of Georgia managed to preserve traditional weapons forms into the 20th century. One major focus for this site is the Sword and buckler fighting of the Highland Khevsur villages. This was not only preserved in use into the 20th century, but documented by V. I Elashvili in his book "Parikaoba". We will be posting our translation of his text bit by bit here for common reference, along with modern pictures, commentary, videos and so forth. The goal is for this site to form the nucleus of a community dedicated to Georgian fencing within the larger HEMA and WMA communities.
Edit, 29 January 2020, here's a link to the bulk of Elashvili's text translated into English. http://nwarmizare.com/parikaoba-translation-direct.pdf