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| Firstly, see if your opponent comes at you high or low. If he is high, you need not worry about him, and do whatever devices you may have in mind. However, if he comes at you low, then beware.
 
| Firstly, see if your opponent comes at you high or low. If he is high, you need not worry about him, and do whatever devices you may have in mind. However, if he comes at you low, then beware.
| Erstlich so siht auff, ob der Man hoch oder nidrig zu dir gehet, Gehet er hoch, so darff in dich nichts besorgen, und magst die stucke, so du im sinn hast, frey nemen, Gehet er aber nidrig, so habe dein inn guter acht.
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| Erstlich so sihe auff, ob der Man hoch oder nidrig zu dir gehet, Gehet er hoch, so darffstu dich nichts besorgen, und magst die stucke, so du im sinn hast, frey nemen, Gehet er aber nidrig, so habe dein inn guter acht.
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| Erstlich so siehe auf, ob der Man hoch oder niedrig zue dir gehet, Gehet er hoch, so darffstu in dich nichts besorgen, und machst die stucke, so du im sin hast, frey nehmen. Gehet er aber niedrig, so habe dein in guter achtt.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:23, 5 August 2016

Fabian von Auerswald
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Born 1462
Died ca. 1537
Occupation Wrestling master
Patron John Frederick zu Saxony
Genres Wrestling manual
Language Early New High German
Notable work(s) Ringer Kunst (1539)
Manuscript(s) 2° Codex MS Philos. 62
(ca. 1539)
Concordance by Michael Chidester

Fabian von Auerswald (1462 - after 1537) was a 16th century German wrestling master. He served as wrestling master to Elector John Frederick of Saxony, and mentions in his introduction that he instructed the children of the Elector and of members of the court in wrestling. In 1537, he completed an extensive treatise on grappling, which was later illustrated by Lucas Cranach and published posthumously in 1539 under the title Ringer kunst: funf und Achtzig Stücke ("The Art of Wrestling: Eighty-Five Devices"). This treatise saw wide circulation and was the foundation for Paulus Hector Mair's treatment of the subject in his own fencing manuals of the 1540s.

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