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  • ...will reach him, when he shall not reach them. These men speak like such as talk of Robin Hood, that never shot with his bow, for to strike or thrust just t ...a thrust? Surely, I think a down right fellow, that never came in school, using such skill as nature yielded out of his courage, strength, and agility, wit
    466 KB (91,155 words) - 18:10, 3 December 2023
  • ...the first title page, 3 had only the second title page, 16 had both title pages, and 1 had neither (instead, a second copy of page 151 was glued into the b ...out of line all the more quickly. His defence will be very simple without using any force, because if he pushes the sword in the direction in which it is n
    532 KB (94,342 words) - 13:53, 5 April 2024
  • ...steel lance<ref>Notice that although these are “sporting events” they were using real spears.</ref> against the valiant German knight Baldassarro,<ref>Balda ...bro'' (“book”), but I’ve changed it to “system”.</ref> easier to learn, by using the same principles of the guards, the Master, the Remedy and the Counter t
    469 KB (84,022 words) - 18:07, 5 June 2024
  • ...iero's treatise is notable for his use of geometry in relation to fencing, using concentric circles centered on where the fencer has placed most of their we ...lops. Ghisliero uses seven rather than four as Aristotle does, or at least using the same method of explanation. [Henry Fox]</ref>
    299 KB (50,043 words) - 00:45, 29 March 2024
  • ...is, he illustrates his techniques with depictions of fencers in courtyards using training weapons such as two-handed foils, wooden dusacks, and rapiers with ...nd Liechtenauer glossators [[Sigmund ain Ringeck]] and [[Lew]], as well as using terminology otherwise unique to the brief [[Recital]] of [[Martin Syber]].
    824 KB (143,557 words) - 18:04, 16 June 2024

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