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  • The '''cinquedea''' is a civilian short [[sword]] (or long [[dagger]]). It was developed in northern [[Italy]] and enjoyed ...n size from 10" to 28". It was often carried in place of a knife or larger sword.
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  • Jasper started practising HEMA in January of 2015, along with a small group of fellow students of archaeology at Leiden University as the HEMA cl == Creating an experimental HEMA system for Early Medieval Sword and Shield ==
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  • With regard to the earliest ages the existing material is (currently) too small and obscure for a historically plausible recovery, but research is continui ...the two-handed sword, from polearms as the spear and the bill, to the side sword (alone or accompanied by various types of shield, dagger or cloak etc.) a f
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  • ...been required for a Master of Arms in Florence, which may suggest he had a small circle of private clients. [[Category:Side Sword]]
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  • ...same manner that […] ahead. And after testing [''tentando''] the opposing sword on the inside […] it will remain, give him a thrust to the eyes and if he ...lace mine nails-down, if he will enter to me on the inside I will place my sword nails-up, always aiming a thrust to the best place on him, always defending
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  • | [http://www.draupnirpress.com/CC/creativecommons.html Restored sword figures] (1570) ...t that [[Johannes Liechtenauer]] taught 150 years earlier. It treats the [[sword]], [[Dussack]], [[rapier]] (both single and with secondary weapons), [[dagg
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  • <section begin="1"/>Here begins Master Liechtenauer’s Art of fencing with the sword on foot and mounted as well as with Armour and without. At first, you should note and know that there is only one art of the sword, and this art may have been developed some hundred years ago. And this art
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  • | title = Sword ...m no other guard. And note when an opponent comes before you who holds his sword extended before him in the Longpoint, or else in Straight Parrying, then se
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  • ...an may quickly <br/>come to the true knowledge of their <br/>weapons, with small pains and little <br/>practice. ...k are rapier and dagger, sword and dagger, backsword, single rapier, short sword, and staff.
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  • ...ld strike with the point, another the edge, and another wants to throw his sword against the aforesaid Master, so that it will be a great feat indeed if thi
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  • <p>This is the Art of the long Sword</p> ...mall>[1r]</small> {{red|b=1|Hansen endters hots gmacht.}}<ref>Beneath is a small coat of arms with a duck swimming.</ref></p>
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  • ...ore 51). Doyle wrote the book under the latest fashion of the french small sword tradition - at least he said so in his pretext where it is written "Das ist
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  • ...abinet d'escrime de l'espee et poingnardt'' ("Showcase of Fencing with the Sword and Dagger").<ref>[[Matt Galas]] estimates that it was written in the 1580s | <p>'''Practice of Fencing with the Sword and dagger. Once composed by Monsieur Péloquin Captain and one of the four
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  • ...ns chosen for the weapons are deliberate - especially take note of "combat sword" vs. "dagger". ...r and a sabre<ref name="sebell">orig. ''sebell''</ref> belted around and a sword.<section end="5"/>
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  • | image = File:Carlo Giuseppe Colombani-small.png ..., with the rules that should be followed by one who finds himself with his sword drawn, in order to defend and protect himself.</p>
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  • | title = Sword and buckler based on MS Ⅰ.33 and Hans Talhoffer ...r. And the noble clerics and those who fought with the messer or the short sword have used them for parrying.</p>
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  • ...ng with [[spear]]s and small [[shield]]s called ''ecranches'', moving to [[sword]]s, then employing [[dagger]]s on foot and [[wrestling|on the ground]]. (Tr | [[Sword]] in armor from ''[[Gladiatoria]]''
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  • ...rip and move to the Narrow Game. I can be used to take away the opponent’s sword, or move to grapple. My skill lies in breaking and binding. I am also skill | <p>[27] <em>By crossing with you at the tip of the sword<br/>I have settled my point in your chest from the other side.</em></p>
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  • ...n which one can parry and riposte (and disarm), and where to target with a sword. In the author’s system, training with the cane was a safe means to perfe ==='''The Band of the Sword''' (''band al-sayf'') ===
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  • ...he common teaching, he particularly denounces the practice of pushing your sword forward, putting it in the power of the enemy; then the passing attack; or <small>OF ALFONSO FALLOPPIA OF LUCCA, Ensign in the Fortress of Bergamo.</small>
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  • ...op as the [[Gladiatoria (MS U860.F46 1450)|New Haven version]] (<small>GN</small>). ...ng with [[spear]]s and small [[shield]]s called ''ecranches'', moving to [[sword]]s, then employing [[dagger]]s on foot and [[wrestling|on the ground]]. (Tr
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  • ...kerk, North Holland, halfway between Alkmaar and Haarlem. His father was a small farmer, Jacob Willemsz. van Veen (whose portrait he painted). According to [[Category:Side Sword]]
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  • ...of the [[Fior di Battaglia (MS Ludwig XV 13)|Getty version]] (<small>FLG</small>). Finally, in terms of content it contains plays otherwise unique to each ...olen, teaching the form of fencing actions in the duel, cursive lettering, small format, illustrated in many ways on many different pages with letters above
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  • ...ened with great dread.<br/>And if in the beginning I make my due,<br/>Axe, sword, and dagger will I upset.</em></p> ...ne it can give death. And if in the first blow it makes its due, then axe, sword, and dagger will all be upset.<ref>Note that in the Morgan, this octave is
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  • ...ies of prints illustrating militia drill with the pike and shield, and the sword and shield. They were published in 1618 in the Hague, Netherlands, by [[Aer ...tinual exercise of arms. For what could (said the aforementioned Author) a small troop and a handful of Romans do against the multitude of Gauls? What can t
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  • ...//paleo.eskirmology.co.uk/best-7020-fechtbuch/ "The Fight-Lore of the Long Sword From the Kölner Fechtbuch (MS Best.7020)".] ''Paleoeskirmology Historical | title = Anonymous long sword pieces
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  • ...ng with [[spear]]s and small [[shield]]s called ''ecranches'', moving to [[sword]]s, then employing [[dagger]]s on foot and [[wrestling|on the ground]]. (Du ...t all. Comparison to the [[Gladiatoria (MS KK5013)|MS KK5012]] (<small>GW</small>), the manuscript whose contents are most similar, makes it clear that seve
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  • ...he group sometimes describe other kinds of fighting as well, such as the [[sword and buckler]] of the [[Wolfenbüttel Picture Book (Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º)| ...Close in, grip your sword with both hands and keep him from getting to his sword, and see if you can part him from his spear.</p>
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  • ...he previous Plate to strike at his face from the outside of the opponent’s sword stepping forward to the letter L, because the raised guard prevents the blo ..., holding his arm straight. Alexander comes to the encounter, throwing his sword out with a moderately extended arm beneath his opponent’s, and parallel t
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  • ...‘Bolognese’ guard of coda lunga e stretta.</ref> The quarte, bringing the sword hand to the inside of the knee. These are here the principal guards, and fr ...rry and to attack, because they will have such ease in the handling of the sword, they will do everything by industry and nothing by adventure, even as they
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  • ...gogical method of masters who employ a chestplate, or a cane in place of a sword. Similarly, he leaves space for conventional discussion points of the perio ...t to this exercise, in my view, comes from neglecting to struggle with the sword in hand, in practising assaults, I will deal with this first, explaining th
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  • ...ent manners and methods of parrying and wounding with the single sword and sword and dagger are represented; ''Where every scholar will be able to exercise ...ous protection, to that I offer and consecrate with humble dedication this small, I will certainly not say fruit, but work of my labours. Therefore, it only
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  • ...seems to have completed some version of a gloss on fencing with the [[long sword]], apparently based on the anonymous [[pseudo-Peter von Danzig]] gloss of L ...tandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna II]], Ringeck's short sword gloss). Branch A is sometimes called the '''[[Lew]]''' gloss, based on a po
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  • ...matters, styles and skills through hard work, such as how to play with the sword, lance, dagger and pollax.</p> ...ne so that it will not perish from my negligence, because from it comes no small help in battles, wars, riots and other warlike tumults: instead it gives al
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  • | title = Long Sword ...ne" | '''This is Jobst von Wirtenberg’s recital instructions with the long sword'''
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  • ...of which advertisement a man may reap this profit, that seeing the enemies sword far off, aloft and ready to strike, he may first strike the enemy, before h | <p>Fourthly, a man may more easily withstand a small than a great force.</p>
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  • | <p>[9] One must always keep one’s eyes on the sword hand of the enemy more than on his face, because there is to be seen all th | <p>[10] The genteel warding of a blow is of no little profit nor small beauty, rather it is of equal or perhaps greater loveliness than to make a
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  • ...amous Recital. Each page contains a single play of the long sword or short sword, carefully laid out with the relevant glosses of Sigmund ain Ringeck, Peter ...baton, dagger, sword vs. dagger, and sword in one hand in volume I, and of sword, axe, spear, or mounted fencing in volume II—carefully laid out with the
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  • ...the First Dialogue, and indicates the Universals of the dagger against the sword with the Judgement of all the Arms. ...e measures the knowledge and valor of things with the narrow limits of his small judgement and oath. Neither considering it nor weighing it so they are of h
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  • | rowspan="2" | [[File:Capo Ferro 1629 Coat of Arms small.png|400x400px|center|link=File:Capo Ferro 1629 Coat of Arms.png]] | rowspan="2" | [[File:Capo Ferro 1629 Portrait small.png|400x400px|center|link=File:Capo Ferro 1629 Portrait.png]]
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  • ...two manuscripts of his treatise while in the service of Ludwig IX, a very small [[Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS 1825)|uncaptioned version]] as well as a more el | <p>Take the sword, my lord, you will be protected by the Mother of God and the chivalrous kni
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  • ...s participated in a sword dance (or possibly a dramatic play) with a sharp sword and was to slay Karl during the performance when the audience was distracte ...ptain of our age, to declare that in our youth we could not wield both the sword and the pen. We believe however that we have dealt adequately with what is
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  • ...ote and published a treatise on warfare, including fencing with the [[side sword]], titled ''[[Dell'Arte di Scrima Libri Tre (Giovanni dall'Agocchie)|Dell'A ...rm him. Sixth and last, having an understanding of the straits of the half sword, and of time along with it. </p>
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  • ...suitable weapons, like the axe, light lance, dagger, great sword and small sword, to defend oneself and resist one's corporeal and mortal enemies. And for t
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  • ...lude not only horsemanship but veterinary work and hippology, polo, lance, sword, shield, spear, mace, javelin, archery, wrestling, boxing, hunting, falconr ...his translation, these chapters have been omitted. The weapons covered are sword, spear, bow (and crossbow), shield, and a final chapter of their general us
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  • | <p>{{red|b=1|The Noble Science of the Sword-Players}} ...nd agility can develop in you. In this way, you learn from a master of the sword or from a sworn Freifechter and not from misbegotten fencers, like when one
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  • ...e barriers ''a oltranza'' (to the death) of lance [spear/lance], pollaxe , sword and dagger and of wrestling on foot and on horse, in armour and without arm ...e on horse, and then on foot three strikes of pollaxe and three strikes of sword and three strikes of dagger, in the presence of the very noble Signor the D
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  • ...of the alphabet, to demonstrate all the main blows that are made with the sword, with two hands as with one. What is mandritto tondo, mandritto fendente, m ...the targa, & rotella, & brochiero larga, & single sword, & sword and cape, sword & dagger, & of two swords, & of many other strong weapons that you use, rem
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  • ..., it was not published until 1630).<ref>Thibault, Gérard. ''Academy of the Sword.'' Trans. John Michael Greer. Highland Park, TX: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 20 It also includes explanations of how to measure for the correct sword size for any given person, and some explanation of why this is so, and some
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  • ...a man having the perfect knowledge and practise of this arte, although but small of stature and weake of strength, may with a little removing of his foot, a ...lling, and the honor of Armes) dispute and determine with the point of the sword all points that passe in controversie, especially amongest themselves, who
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  • ...n the art of grappling, but also in the art of the Spear, the Poleaxe, the Sword, and the Dagger. For I am ''Porta di Ferro'', full of danger. Those who opp ...is good against all close range plays of the dagger, the poleaxe, and the sword, whether in armor or unarmored. And once I have pushed his elbow I should q
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  • ...n the art of grappling, but also in the art of the Spear, the Poleaxe, the Sword, and the Dagger. For I am ''Porta di Ferro'', full of danger. Those who opp ...is good against all close range plays of the dagger, the poleaxe, and the sword, whether in armor or unarmored. And once I have pushed his elbow I should q
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  • | '''Capitolo 36. That denotes Sword and Dagger.''' This is a perfect combat for wounding. That is, the sword and Bolognese dagger. Note when teaching someone this art of wounding that
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  • ...:German]] [[Marxbrüder]] and certified [[fencing master|Master of the Long Sword]]. In 1579, he authored a treatise on fencing entitled ''Ehren Tittel und L ...n, and also, by the Freedom granted by his Imperial Majesty, Master of the Sword.</p>
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  • ...tandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)|Vienna II]], Ringeck's short sword gloss). Branch A is sometimes called the '''[[Lew]]''' gloss, based on a po ...on]] (1508), consisting solely of a nearly-complete redaction of the short sword gloss which begins with seven paragraphs of unknown origin, and the [[Johan
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  • ...iggiani completed a treatise on warfare, including fencing with the [[side sword]], but died shortly thereafter. His brother Battista preserved the treatise ..., and with servitude, and in supplication that you give regard, not to the small value of two petty change gifts, but to our spirits which are to you devote
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  • ...I do so with the example of the most serene Lord Duke A''<small>LESSANDRO</small>'', your father, which at the same age as Your Highness had spent time on t ...senting. [note from Henry Fox]</ref> for whom understanding how to use the sword, more than any other instrument, will be important to defend his honour, bo
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  • ...o Alfieri)|L'arte di ben maneggiare la spada]]'' ("The Art of Handling the Sword Well"), which not only includes the entirety of the 1640 edition, but also ...an easy and new method, its handling, and its use with the defence of the sword.''</p>
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  • ...d and animals. He made a number of Madonnas, single religious figures, and small scenes with comic peasant figures. Prints are highly portable and these wor ...jects of the Little Passion, published first in 1511, and a set of fifteen small engravings on the same theme in 1512. Indeed, complaining that painting did
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  • ...contemplation will be very useful and very easy for them, considering the small number of precepts to keep in mind on which we can build, and which dominat ...y moment, Zachary turns his right side to the outside, raising his arm and sword to an obtuse angle above the Inscribed Square X-N, holding it with some for
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  • ...l stick or baton]] against unarmed and dagger-wielding opponents; plays of sword vs. dagger; plays of staff and dagger and of two clubs and a dagger; and th ...Getty (“liberi”), Pisani-Dossi (“liberorum”) and Morgan (“liberi”), with a small “l” for “liberi”, I am translating this word not as a family name (
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  • |<p>The true Principles of the Single Sword</p> of the Sword is not unworthy of the same grace. Indeed, SIRE, YOUR MAJESTY has known
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  • ...short ancient weapons and that the short sword has advantage over the long sword or the long rapier. And the weakness and imperfection of the rapier-fights ...hort auncient weapons, and that the ſhort Sword hath aduantage of the long Sword or long Rapier. And the weakeneſſe and imperfection of the Rapier-fights
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  • ...right arm on the outside, “simultaneously” keep your hilt and hand on his sword [sic!] and grab with your left hand from above into his hilt behind his han ...hte seytt[e]n</del> vnd stich Im jn[n]bendigs<sup> gewappe[n] </sup><ref>A small cross between “inbendigs” and “zu” indicates that "gewappe[n] on th
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  • | title = Sword '''Description of Swordfighting in which''' a man can well (learn) the sword divisions and from these the positions or guards.
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  • ...er livre sur l'espée seule]]'' ("Secrets of the Premier Book on the Single Sword") and printed on 4 June 1573, is known to survive; it seems likely that the | '''THE TREATY CONTAINING THE SECRETS OF THE FIRST BOOK ON THE SWORD ALONE, MOTHER OF'''
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  • ...dition including [[Hans Talhoffer]]'s writings and a series of [[anonymous sword and buckler images]]. Because of this, images which don't overlap other wor | title = Messer vs. Sword
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  • | NB : A small one cannot do this lesson with a tall one, because as he puts his hand over | The best guard, when you hold your sword in the Quarte, is also so that the point remains straight in front of you,
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  • ...h of these manuscripts contain a series of lessons on training with [[long sword]], [[dusack]], and [[rapier]]; the 1561 also covers [[dagger]], [[polearms] ...devotes the most space to fundamentals like stance and footwork. His long sword system draws upon the teachings of ''Freifechter'' [[Andre Paurenfeyndt]] (
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  • ...cal Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction. ...nt-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align:top;font-variant: small-caps"
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  • ...he partially-completed treatise of [[Antonius Rast]], a Master of the Long Sword and three-time Captain of the [[Marxbrüder]] fencing guild. The venerable ...rudent actions did order to assemble all valiant and honest masters of the sword, and their associated families and disciples, who in all weapons had learne
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  • | ?A half-sword technique in which a thrust with the point is followed by a blow to the hea ...ord guard in which the hands are in front of the head and the point of the sword up in the air, angling a bit to the right; the combatant sees his opponent
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  • ...lawful for each of them to carry, apart from the appointed weapons, other small arms such as knives and stilettos, with which they might prevail if necessa
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