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| <section begin="dagger 1"/><p>I do this counter to you,<br/>Turning you with the grip on your arm.</p><section end="dagger 1"/>
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| <p>'''[1]''' <section begin="dagger 1"/>I do this counter to you,<br/>Turning you with the grip on your arm.<section end="dagger 1"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 2"/><p>With the hand that you have on my shoulder,<br/>You’ll go to the ground in a bad hour.</p><section end="dagger 2"/>
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| <p>'''[2]''' <section begin="dagger 2"/>With the hand that you have on my shoulder,<br/>You’ll go to the ground in a bad hour.<section end="dagger 2"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 3"/><p>I can take the dagger and strike you<br/>With this grip, and I cannot fail.</p><section end="dagger 3"/>
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| <p>'''[3]''' <section begin="dagger 3"/>I can take the dagger and strike you<br/>With this grip, and I cannot fail.<section end="dagger 3"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 4"/><p>With the dagger on the ground I’ll make you fall<br/>With the turn that I do, and with my knowledge.</p><section end="dagger 4"/>
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| <p>'''[4]''' <section begin="dagger 4"/>With the dagger on the ground I’ll make you fall<br/>With the turn that I do, and with my knowledge.<section end="dagger 4"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 5"/><p>This thrust is done immediately<br/>I make your dagger fall very fast.</p><section end="dagger 5"/>
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| <p>'''[5]''' <section begin="dagger 5"/>This thrust is done immediately<br/>I make your dagger fall very fast.<section end="dagger 5"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 6"/><p>This thrust that I have placed in your hand,<br/>Quickly you will drop your dagger.</p><section end="dagger 6"/>
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| <p>'''[6]''' <section begin="dagger 6"/>This thrust that I have placed in your hand,<br/>Quickly you will drop your dagger.<section end="dagger 6"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 7"/><p>This cover I make very quickly,<br/>So you will be placed in the lock.</p><section end="dagger 7"/>
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| <p>'''[7]''' <section begin="dagger 7"/>This cover I make very quickly,<br/>So you will be placed in the lock.<section end="dagger 7"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 8"/><p>I will leap to a play using this cover,<br/>And with my dagger I’ll open the way.</p><section end="dagger 8"/>
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| <p>'''[8]''' <section begin="dagger 8"/>I will leap to a play using this cover,<br/>And with my dagger I’ll open the way.<section end="dagger 8"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 9"/><p>With this cover that you want to do,<br/>I’ll make you go into the lower lock.</p><section end="dagger 9"/>
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| <p>'''[9]''' <section begin="dagger 9"/>With this cover that you want to do,<br/>I’ll make you go into the lower lock.<section end="dagger 9"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 10"/><p>I can take the dagger or strike,<br/>If I don’t want to completely fail the art.</p><section end="dagger 10"/>
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| <p>'''[10]''' <section begin="dagger 10"/>I can take the dagger or strike,<br/>If I don’t want to completely fail the art.<section end="dagger 10"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 11"/><p>If I push the dagger towards the ground,<br/>You will make no more war with it to me.</p><section end="dagger 11"/>
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| <p>'''[11]''' <section begin="dagger 11"/>If I push the dagger towards the ground,<br/>You will make no more war with it to me.<section end="dagger 11"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 12"/><p>Here I look for your hand to strike it<br/>I’ll make you come under the lock.</p><section end="dagger 12"/>
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| <p>'''[12]''' <section begin="dagger 12"/>Here I look for your hand to strike it<br/>I’ll make you come under the lock.<section end="dagger 12"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 13"/><p>This crossing that I make against you<br/>I’ll place you in the lock without difficulty.</p><section end="dagger 13"/>
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| <p>'''[13]''' <section begin="dagger 13"/>This crossing that I make against you<br/>I’ll place you in the lock without difficulty.<section end="dagger 13"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 14"/><p>This strike I make with the fist,<br/>I’ll stick your dagger into your body.</p><section end="dagger 14"/>
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| <p>'''[14]''' <section begin="dagger 14"/>This strike I make with the fist,<br/>I’ll stick your dagger into your body.<section end="dagger 14"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 15"/><p>I make the cover of one hand,<br/>I make your dagger go to the ground.</p><section end="dagger 15"/>
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| <p>'''[15]''' <section begin="dagger 15"/>I make the cover of one hand,<br/>I make your dagger go to the ground.<section end="dagger 15"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 16"/><p>From the way I have grabbed you I do not doubt<br/>That you’ll go to the ground, I say immediately!</p><section end="dagger 16"/>
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| <p>'''[16]''' <section begin="dagger 16"/>From the way I have grabbed you I do not doubt<br/>That you’ll go to the ground, I say immediately!<section end="dagger 16"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 17"/><p>By the way that I have got you<br/>I’ll break the arm and the dagger very quickly.</p><section end="dagger 17"/>
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| <p>'''[17]''' <section begin="dagger 17"/>By the way that I have got you<br/>I’ll break the arm and the dagger very quickly.<section end="dagger 17"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 18"/><p>You see well the way that I have you,<br/>So you and your dagger will be my pawn.</p><section end="dagger 18"/>
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| <p>'''[18]''' <section begin="dagger 18"/>You see well the way that I have you,<br/>So you and your dagger will be my pawn.<section end="dagger 18"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 19"/><p>I see that this play will not fail me.<br/>As I break you arm over my shoulder.</p><section end="dagger 19"/>
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| <p>'''[19]''' <section begin="dagger 19"/>I see that this play will not fail me.<br/>As I break your arm over my shoulder.<section end="dagger 19"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 20"/><p>Because of this way that the arm is grabbed,<br/>I will lock you with this dagger.</p><section end="dagger 20"/>
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| <p>'''[20]''' <section begin="dagger 20"/>Because of this way that the arm is grabbed,<br/>I will lock you with this dagger.<section end="dagger 20"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 21"/><p>I saw that you are bound and going to the ground,<br/>I break the arm and you’ll lose the dagger.</p><section end="dagger 21"/>
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| <p>'''[21]''' <section begin="dagger 21"/>I saw that you are bound and going to the ground,<br/>I break the arm and you’ll lose the dagger.<section end="dagger 21"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 22"/><p>In this way I have you,and I make a burden,<br/>And I can then follow the close and wide.</p><section end="dagger 22"/>
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| <p>'''[22]''' <section begin="dagger 22"/>In this way I have you, and I make a burden,<br/>And I can then follow the close and wide.<section end="dagger 22"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 23"/><p>I come at you with crossed arms,<br/>And I can do all the previous plays.</p><section end="dagger 23"/>
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| <p>'''[23]''' <section begin="dagger 23"/>I come at you with crossed arms,<br/>And I can do all the previous plays.<section end="dagger 23"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 24"/><p>You’ll go to the ground by the backhand,<br/>By this play your life is lost.</p><section end="dagger 24"/>
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| <p>'''[24]''' <section begin="dagger 24"/>You’ll go to the ground by the backhand,<br/>By this play your life is lost.<section end="dagger 24"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 25"/><p>I say you are badly taught in this art;<br/>You will find yourself suddenly on the ground.</p><section end="dagger 25"/>
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| <p>'''[25]''' <section begin="dagger 25"/>I say you are badly taught in this art;<br/>You will find yourself suddenly on the ground.<section end="dagger 25"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 26"/><p>By this grip I say I have you,<br/>I am certain you will go into the lock.</p><section end="dagger 26"/>
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| <section begin="dagger 27"/><p>I make a lock to this, your elbow;<br/>I’ll break your arm for you without doubt.</p><section end="dagger 27"/>
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| <p>'''[27]''' <section begin="dagger 27"/>I make a lock to this, your elbow;<br/>I’ll break your arm for you without doubt.<section end="dagger 27"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 28"/><p>This is a very strong destruction of the arm,<br/>The pain that you’ll have will ruin your composure.</p><section end="dagger 28"/>
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| <section begin="dagger 29"/><p>I have put you in the lock, to your despite,<br/>Because you are not perfect in the Art.</p><section end="dagger 29"/>
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| <p>'''[29]''' <section begin="dagger 29"/>I have put you in the lock, to your despite,<br/>Because you are not perfect in the Art.<section end="dagger 29"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 30"/><p>With my right hand I have made this move;<br/>I will stick the dagger in your thigh.</p><section end="dagger 30"/>
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| <section begin="dagger 31"/><p>When you’re on the ground you’ll say,<br/>“I didn’t believe it would come to this”.</p><section end="dagger 31"/>
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| <p>'''[31]''' <section begin="dagger 31"/>When you’re on the ground you’ll say,<br/>“I didn’t believe it would come to this”.<section end="dagger 31"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 32"/><p>This is a strong way to throw someone to the ground;<br/>If I wish it, you will die.</p><section end="dagger 32"/>
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| <p>'''[32]''' <section begin="dagger 32"/>This is a strong way to throw someone to the ground;<br/>If I wish it, you will die.<section end="dagger 32"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 33"/><p>I have you, by the way that I parried;<br/>You will go to the ground against your wishes.</p><section end="dagger 33"/>
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| <p>'''[33]''' <section begin="dagger 33"/>I have you, by the way that I parried;<br/>You will go to the ground against your wishes.<section end="dagger 33"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 34"/><p>You must just go to the ground,<br/>And you’ll make no more war with the dagger.</p><section end="dagger 34"/>
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| <section begin="dagger 35"/><p>By the pass that I do under the arm,<br/>You’ll go to the ground with much trouble.</p><section end="dagger 35"/>
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| <p>'''[35]''' <section begin="dagger 35"/>By the pass that I do under the arm,<br/>You’ll go to the ground with much trouble.<section end="dagger 35"/></p>
 
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| <section begin="dagger 36"/><p>'''THE MEASURE OF THE DAGGER'''</p>
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<p>The length of the dagger should be just to the elbow, with an edge and two corners. The grip should be the length of the fist, as the shape is shown depicted here below.</p><section end="dagger 36"/>
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<p>The length of the dagger should be just to the elbow, with an edge and two corners. The grip should be the length of the fist, as the shape is shown depicted here below.<section end="dagger 36"/></p>
 
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Revision as of 02:37, 26 July 2014

Philippo di Vadi Pisano
Born 1425
Pisa, Italy
Died 1501
Urbino, Italy (?)
Occupation Fencing master
Nationality Pisa, Italy
Ethnicity Ligurian
Citizenship Pisan
Patron Guidobaldo da Montefeltro
Influences Fiore de'i Liberi
Genres Fencing manual
Language
Notable work(s) De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi
Manuscript(s)
First printed
english edition
Porzio and Mele, 2002
Concordance by Michael Chidester

Philippo di Vadi Pisano was a 15th century Italian fencing master. His name signifies that he was born in Pisa, a city in northern Italy, but little else can be said with certainty about the life of this master. It may be that he was the same Philippo Vadi who was governor of Reggio under the marquisette of Leonello d’Este and later, from 1452 to 1470, counselor to Borso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara.[1] Some time after this, Vadi composed a treatise on fencing entitled De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi ("On the Art of Swordsmanship"); it was dedicated to Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino,[2] and gifted to him between 1482 and 1487,[3] but while this may indicate that he served the duke after leaving Ferrara, there is no record of a Master Vadi being attached to the ducal court.

Vadi was probably an initiate of the tradition of Fiore de’i Liberi, as both his teachings and the format of his treatise closely resemble those of the earlier master. As both Leonello and Borso were sons of Niccolò III d’Este, owner of two copies of Fiore's treatise Fior di Battaglia, Vadi would have had ample opportunity to study his writings.

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References

  1. For an alternative theory as to the identity of Philippo di Vadi, see Greg Mele. "Interesting information on the Vadi family (Philippo Vadi)". HEMA Alliance Forum. 06 June 2012. Retrieved 09 October 2012.
  2. Vadi, Philippo di. De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi [manuscript]. Codex 1324. Rome, Italy: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, 1480s.
  3. Rubboli, Marco and Cesari, Luca. The Knightly Art of Combat of Filippo Vadi. Document circulated online.
  4. Erased.