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! [[Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (MSS Dresd.C.93/C.94)|Dresden Version I]] (1550s)
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! [[Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.10825/10826)|Vienna Version I]] (1550s) [German]
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by [[Dieter Bachmann]]
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! [[Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.10825/10826)|Vienna Version I]] (1550s) [Latin]
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! [[Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica (Cod.icon. 393)|Munich Version I]] (1550s)
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'''[1] The First Two Upper Bindings from the Right Side'''
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It happens that you are closing with the staff. Step towards him with your right foot on the inside and wind from above from your right shoulder with the right hand outside of his staff. In the winding feel for whether he is soft or hard in the bind. If he is hard against you and holds against your strong, follow with your left leg after and at the same time change through from his left upon his right side and stab him to his face.
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If he stabs like this to your face and you also stand against him in the bind with your right foot forward, your right hand forward midway on your staff, then set this aside with our foremost point on your right side. Step with your left leg inside and wind your rearmost point to his face. If he sets this aside, then follow after with your right leg and strike him wickedly with your upper point out of the bind to his head.
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If he strikes similarly from above to your head, set your left leg back and displace this with your foremost point. At the same time, thrust him to his chest. If he displaces this, pull back your thrust against him and stab him in his right arm. Then wind backwards away from him.
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'''[2] The First Two Lower Bindings from the Left Side'''
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It happens that you have closed and stand with your left foot forward holding your staff at your left shoulder with your left hand forward. You stand this way against him and he the same in the lower bind. Step inside with your right leg and stab him from the inside to the outside over his left arm to the chest. If he displaces this, then follow after again with your left leg and wind your rearmost point to his face.
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If he stabs to your face like this and you stand with your left foot forward, set aside his stab and step inside with your right foot and at the same time thrust your foremost point to his face. If he sets this aside, then change through immediately and thrust to his left side. If he sets this aside, then follow after with your left foot and at the same time wind nimbly double with your foremost point and rearmost point to his face.
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If he winds double like this to your face, set this aside with your own winding from both sides. Then immediately follow after with your right leg and stab him to his face. If he displaces this, yank your right leg back and strike him with your staff with an inverted hand to his head and then immediately grab with your left hand once again your staff and cover your face with a good stance.
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'''[3] The Next Two Upper Bindings from the Left Side'''
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It happens that you close to the upper bind from your left side. He stands against you likewise in the bind from his left side. Step in with your left leg and at the same time feel whether he is hard or soft in the bind. If he is soft, step outward with your right leg and thrust to his face. If he does a take off, then immediately wind through from your right upon his right side.
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If he winds like this to your right side and you likewise stand against him in the bind with your left foot placed forward, displace this and at the same time step outward with your right leg and thrust to his face inside over his right arm. If he displaces this, wind through with your point at his right side and thrust with your point to his right side. If he sets this aside, follow outward with your left leg and wind through with your rearmost point between his arms to his face.
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If he winds like this to your face, set your right leg back and set this aside with your foremost point. Then immediately wind your rearmost point likewise to his face. Follow outward again with your right leg and strike him with the half-staff with both hands to his head. With that withdraw into a good guard.
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'''[4] The Next Two Lower Bindings from the Right Side'''
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It happens that you close to the lower bind with your right foot set forward and your right hand extended in front near the point. Immediately wind your right hand to the hip and stab him to his face.
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If he stabs you like this to your face and you also stand against him in the bind with your right foot placed forward, set it aside with your foremost point and make as if you will stab to his right leg.  hen immediately step with your left foot outward and wind your rearmost point to his face or chest.
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If he winds like this to your face, step back with your right foot and set this aside with your rearmost point. Then immediately step in once more with your right foot and stab with your foremost point to his face. If he displaces this, change through with your point and follow outward with your left leg and with that stab at his right side.
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If he stabs towards you like this, set it aside and at the same time follow outward with your right leg and wind both points double to his face. If he sets this aside, yank your right foot back and strike to his head. Then wind back into a good stance.
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'''[5] An Absetzen against a Doubled Mittelhau'''
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It happens that when closing in the Absetzen you step in with your left leg, your staff pointed at the ground and your right hand stretched above your head. Immediately wind your right hand to your hip and thrust to his face. 
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If he thrusts to your face like this and you stand against him in the doubled Mittelhau with your right foot forward, then set aside his thrust with your foremost point and at the same time step after with your left leg and thrust with your lower point to his face. If he displaces this, change through from below and strike his right arm. If he displaces this, step in with your right leg and thrust with your long point to his face. If he perceives the thrust and displaces it, yank your right leg back and thrust to his left leg. 
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'''[6] A Right and a Left Position'''
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It happens that you stand in this position from the right side with your right foot forward and hold your staff at your right side in the strong. He then stands against you from his left side also in the strong with his left foot placed forward and you both have each other in the bind. Make as if you will stab to his face, then immediately change through from his right to his left side, follow outward with your left leg and stab him to the chest. If he displaces this, follow outward with your right leg and wind your rearmost point inside between his arms to his face.
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If he winds like this to your face, step in with your right foot and set this aside with your rearmost point. Then immediately change through with your point and stab to his face. If he sets this aside, go over and strike to his head.
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If he strikes like this to your head, set your staff at the ground on your left side and oppose him with your staff to block him between your hands. Then immediately thrust to his face and yank yourself back into a good stance.
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'''[7] A Face Thrust against a Lower Abnemen'''
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It happens that in the closing to the Face Thrust you hold your staff at your right side with your left hand at the half-staff, your right hand behind near your right leg and your foremost point opposite his face. He then stands against you in the Abnemen with his left foot placed forward, his staff at the ground and the right hand extended behind near the point. Follow outward with your right leg and thrust to his face.
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If he thrusts like this to your face, step in with your right leg and go with the staff in front of his face to set his thrust aside. Then immediately wind your rearmost point inside between his arms to his throat.
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If he winds like this to your throat, set your right leg back, set this aside with your foremost point and strike him at the bind to his head. Then with that yank yourself back into a good stance and take heed that you are not followed after to the face.
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'''[8] Two Absetzen from Both Sides'''
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It happens at the closing that you stand in these Absetzen with your right foot forward, your staff directed at the ground with extended arms, your left hand at the middle of the staff and the right above in front of your face. He also stands like this against you from his left side. Then step inward with your left leg and wind your upper point between his arms to his face. If he displaces this, follow outward with your right foot and strike him out of the Absetzen with your rearmost point to his right arm.
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If he strikes like this to your right arm and you stand with your left foot forward, take this aside with your rearmost point in the right hand. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and thrust your rearmost point to his chest. If he displaces this, step inward with your left leg and wind him double with your points to his face.
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'''[9] A Face Thrust against an Absetzen'''
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It happens that you stand at the closing with the Face Thrust with your left foot forward, your staff in your right hand at your right hip and the point directed towards his face. He then stands opposed to you in the Absetzen, his right foot set forward, his staff in the middle with both of his hands extended in front of his face. Then step inward with your right foot and wind your rearmost point into his face on his right side. If he sets this aside, wind your other point to his chest. Then immediately set your right leg to the rear and strike him with your staff to his right side.
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If he strikes you like this to your right side, step inward with your left leg and set this aside between your hands at your left side. Then immediately thrust your foremost point into his face. If he displaces this, follow outward with your right foot and thrust with your rearmost point to his groin.
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'''[10] Two Einprechen from which a Throw Proceeds'''
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When you come to the opponent at the closing, step inward with your left leg and thrust with your staff to his face from your right side. If he displaces this, set your right leg to the rear and let your staff shoot through your hand and strike inward with the long point to his head.
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If he strikes like this to your head, displace this with the portion of your staff between your hands. Then immediately step inward with your right leg and thrust your foremost point into his face. If he sets this aside, change through at his staff, follow outward with your left foot and thrust your rearmost point to his right side.
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If he thrusts to your face like this, displace it, step inward with your right leg towards him and drop into the Absetzen with your foremost point at his neck and your right foot behind his left (as shown in the illustration), then press over away from you into his cheek and yank from below towards you so that he falls to the rear.
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'''[11] Two Thrusts to the Upper Openings'''
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When you come to the closing with the opponent step inward with your left leg and hold your arms extended with the staff, your right hand above your head and the point directed towards his chest. He then stands likewise against you in the high thrust position to your upper opening with his left foot set forward. Then follow outward with your right leg, wind with your right arm to your right side and in the winding thrust your long point into his face. Should he perceive the thrust and displace it, change through from his left to his right side and thrust to his chest.
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If he thrusts towards you like this, set it aside and follow outward with your right leg and at the same time wind your rearmost point to his face into the Einwinden (in-winding).  Then step with your right foot to the rear and thrust to his chest with your long point. If he displaces this, step inward with your right foot once again and strike with the long point from above to his head.
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'''[12] A Long Point against a Bind'''
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When you go to close with the opponent, strike in freely from the Sturzhau (plunging strike) double towards him so that you come before the opponent standing with your left foot forward, your right hand at your hip and your staff’s point opposite his face. Then immediately follow outward with your right leg and thrust your long point to his throat.
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If the thrusts to your throat like this and you stand with your left foot forward in the bind against him, take it away with your foremost point and immediately follow outward with your right foot and strike to his head, and in doing so, wind your staff around in front of his neck. Then step with your left foot in front of his right, press over and away from you and strike him from above so you can take advantage of his weak position.
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If he intends to weaken you like this, follow outward with your left foot, take away his point with your staff and immediately wind your foremost point to his face. If he displaces this, change through and thrust him once again to the face from the previously described stance.
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'''[13] An Inverted Strike against an Abnemen'''
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It happens that at the closing you strike towards him with a doubled Prusthau (chest strike) as you come to him. Then step in with your right foot towards him and at the same time release the staff to quickly pass over and strike his head with an inverted hand. Then once again grip the staff with your left and wind your foremost point into his face.
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If you then stand like this against him with your left foot forward and with your staff extended and the point directed at the ground, take aside his strike with the portion of the staff between your hands (as shown in the illustration), step in with your right leg and wind your short point in your right hand to his face. If he displaces this, step to the rear again with your right foot and thrust your long point to his face.
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'''[14] A Gewicht Stab against a Groin Stab'''
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If he winds like this to your face, set it aside with your foremost point. Then hold your staff directly in front of your face and immediately step in with your right foot towards him and strike his staff out of his foremost hand with your rearmost point and thrust with your foremost point to his face. If he sets this aside, yank your right leg back and shoot your long point to his chest. With that step back in to a good stance. 
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'''[15] A position in the Wag against a Gewalt Stoss'''
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It happens at the closing that you stand in this position with the feet equally together, your staff pointed at the ground, the left hand mid-way on the staff, the right hand at your right side and present yourself with your body in the Wag (balanced stance or position). Then immediately step in with your left leg and thrust your long point to his chest.
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'''[16] A Long Point with an Abnemen against a Crossed Wechsel'''
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When you come to the closing with the opponent step in with your right foot and hold your staff forward pointed at the ground with your right hand mid-way and the left near your point back at your left hip. He then stands opposed to you in the Crossed Wechsel (changer) with his right foot set forward. Go forward with your long point and at the same time follow outward with your left leg and thrust to his face. If he sets this aside, follow outward with your right foot and wind your rearmost point to his face or chest.
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Paulus Hector Mair

"Mair", Cod.icon. 312b f 64r
Born 1517
Augsburg, Germany
Died 10 Dec 1579 (age 62)
Augsburg, Germany
Occupation
  • Civil servant
  • Historian
Nationality German
Movement
Influences
Genres
Language
Notable work(s) Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica
Manuscript(s)
First printed
english edition
Knight and Hunt, 2008
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations Traduction française
Signature Paulus Hector Mair Sig.png

Paulus Hector Mair (1517 – 1579) was a 16th century German civil servant and fencing enthusiast. He was born in Augsburg in 1517 to a wealthy and influential family in the German middle class (Bürger). In his youth, he likely received training in fencing and grappling from the masters of Augsburg fencing guild, and early on developed a deep fascination with fencing manuals. He began his civil service as a secretary to the Augsburg City Council; by 1541, Mair was the Augsburg City Treasurer, and in 1545 he also took on the duty of Master of Rations.

Mair lead a lavish lifestyle and maintained his political influence with expensive parties and other entertainments for the burghers and city officials of Augsburg. Despite his personal wealth and ample income, Mair spent decades living far beyond his means and taking money from the Augsburg city coffers to cover his expenses. This embezzlement was not discovered until 1579, when a disgruntled assistant reported him to the Augsburg City Council and provoked an audit of his books. Mair was arrested and tried for his crimes, and hanged as a thief at the age of 62.

While Mair is not known to have ever certified as a fencing master, he was an avid collector of fencing manuals and other literature on military history, and some portion of his embezzlement was used to fund this hobby. Perhaps most significant of all of his acquisitions was the partially-completed manual of Antonius Rast, a Master of the Longsword and one-time captain of the Marxbrüder fencing guild. The venerable master died in 1549 without completing it, and Mair ultimately was able to produce the Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82 based on his notes. In sum, he purchased over a dozen fencing manuscripts over the course of his life, many of them from fellow collector David Lienhart Sollinger (a Freifechter who lived in Augsburg for many years). After Mair's death, this collection was sold at auction as part of an attempt to recoup some of the funds Mair had appropriated.

Already in Mair's lifetime some of his people's Medieval martial arts were being forgotten; this was tragic to Mair, who viewed the arts of fencing as a civilizing and character-building influence on men. In order to preserve as much of the art as possible, Mair commissioned a massive fencing compendium titled Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica ("The Greatest Work on the Athletic Arts"), and in it he compiled all of the fencing lore that he could access. He retained famed Augsburg painter Jörg Breu the Younger to create the art for the text, and according to Hils Mair also hired two fencing masters to pose for the illustrations.[citation needed] This project was extraordinarily expensive and took at least four years to complete. Ultimately, three copies of the massive fencing manual—six volumes in all—were produced, the first entirely in Early New High German, another entirely in New Latin, and a third including both languages.

Whether viewed as a noble scholar who made the ultimate sacrifice for his art or an ignoble thief who robbed the city that trusted him, Mair remains one of the most influential figures in the history of Kunst des Fechtens. By completing the fencing manual of Antonius Rast, Mair gave us valuable insight into the Nuremberg fencing tradition, and his extensive commentary on the uncaptioned treatises in his collection serves to make useful training aids out of what would otherwise be mere curiosities. Finally, while his collection of manuscripts was dispersed after his death, most been preserved to this day instead of disappearing as did so many others, significantly expanding the corpus of historical European martial arts literature.

Mair's Collection

The following are the fencing manuals that Mair is known to have owned during his life:

Manuscripts

Books

Treatise

Additional Resources

  • Hunt, Brian. "Paulus Hector Mair: Peasant Staff and Flail." Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts. Ed. Jeffrey Hull. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-668-3
  • Knight, David James, and Hunt, Brian. The Polearms of Paulus Hector Mair. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-644-7

References

  1. Literally: put
  2. Literally: pull back the left foot
  3. German: his
  4. German: grab with your left hand from below outside over his right arm
  5. A variant on the o-goshi in judo.
  6. Which is what?
  7. Note: Change of grip required, or the illustration does not match.
  8. Dagger transfer necessary at this point.
  9. Note: person on left side starts with the dagger in the left hand according to the illustration.
  10. Note: push down, not out
  11. Arbait - technical term: work, force, struggle
  12. Vienna and Munich MS Latin: right.
  13. read: locitur
  14. Latin: snatch up.
  15. Note: the illustration shows ice-pick grip.
  16. "You will lick it!" Not pleasant if the dagger is lying on it. Especially in cold weather.
  17. May not represent the changing though described.
  18. Note illustration shows ice-pick grip.
  19. Note: left is corrected from a right. Left is correct.
  20. This seems to imply both parallel action and simultaneity.
  21. Reib - strong twisting, bending, rotating motion.
  22. Image shows left.
  23. From the inner side.
  24. From the Latin text
  25. Correct from underich.
  26. Could also mean immediately
  27. Only in the Latin.
  28. Inn - unclear whether directional or locational.
  29. The one in the left hand?
  30. Only in the Latin.
  31. Possible abbreviation of gegen – geg.
  32. Odd squiggle in the middle—f from previous line?
  33. Scribal error for pungito?
  34. Strange squiggle above the c.
  35. Squiggle – looks like the Munich MS symbol for us?
  36. Error for interim?
  37. Written as “in Clinando”
  38. NB, likely scribal error for “laevam”
  39. Second u has three dots almost like ǜ.
  40. Error for dextrum?