[Mr. 16 gauge]

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any 'manuals' or books on how to use the knife and hawk as weapons.....after watching 'The Patriot' and 'Last of the Mohicans', I gotta wonder where folks learned the skill of hand to hand combat with these weapons, or if it was just 'made up' as it went along. I'm not so much interested in learning how to throw these items, but how they are used in hand to hand combat.
Thanks in advance.