User:Michael Chidester

From Wiktenauer

Michael Chidester has been studying the Historical European Martial Arts since 2001. He was a member of the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts until 2006, where he achieved the rank of general Free Scholar and acted as the ARMA Provo Study Group Leader. Michael co-founded the True Edge Academy of Swordsmanship in 2009, and until 2011 was a senior instructor and senior researcher at its Provo, Utah branch. He is a Lifetime Member of the Historical European Martial Arts Alliance, and in February 2010 he taught at the inaugural Fechtschule America event co-sponsored by the Historical European Martial Arts Alliance and the Western Martial Arts Coalition.

In 2010, Michael received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Brigham Young University, with a minor degree in Military Science. He has additional coursework in Italian and Spanish, and developed a degree of fluency in the latter while living abroad in Mexico between 2002 and 2004.

Contents 1 Research 1.1 Composites 1.2 Transcription 1.3 Translation 2 Contact

Research

Composites

While he designed much of the infrastructure of Wiktenauer, Michael's primary area of research is mapping out the connections between the various books and manuscripts in the corpus of historical European martial arts literature. Based on this research, he has put together a number of composite documents that lay out the versions of each treatise side-by-side, both for ease of reference and as the first step toward creating critical editions of these treatises. Michael's composites can be found on the following pages:

• Mirolaüs von Augsburg
• Ludwig VI von Eyb
• Martin Huntfeltz
• Jörg Wilhalm Hutter
• Paulus Kal
• Johannes Lecküchner
• Jud Lew
• Fiore de'i Liberi
• Johannes Liechtenauer
• Andre Liegniczer
• Clerus Lutegerus
• Paulus Hector Mair
• Ott Jud
• Nicolaes Petter
• Sigmund Schining ein Ringeck
• Martin Syber
• Hans Talhoffer
• Jobst von Württemberg
• The Four Masters of the MS 3227a
• The Gladiatoria Group
• The Nuremberg Group
• Das Buch von Füßringen
• Kunstlicher stuck Kämpffens Ringens und Werffens

Transcription

Michael has also begun participating in the work of transcribing fencing manuals. He has transcribed the following works:

• Hans Czynner's Über die Fechtkunst und den Ringkampf (fragment)
• Andre Paurñfeyndt's Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey
• The anonymous Das Buch von Füßringen

Translation

Michael's translation work can be found in the following articles:

• Peter von Danzig zum Ingolstadt
• Fiore de'i Liberi
• Paulus Kal
• Andre Paurñfeyndt
• Martin Syber
• The MS 3227a
• The MS German Quarto 16
• The MS Sloane 5229

Contact

For questions about the Wiktenauer or his research, or to inquire about donating content to the wiki, Michael can be contacted either via email or on his talk page