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  • ...d to an opening of the adversary – who should be the target for the strike or thrust – resulting in taking the shortest way to the nearest target as po ...irectly and straight, without any hesitation and pause, just like a string or like everything would be exactly measured and calculated.
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  • ...that very point or edge to the opponent's opening, then you would have cut or thrust according to the nearest and shortest and most decisive of all, as y ...And they conceive of wide, indirect fencing and parrying, often doing two or three cuts in place of a single cut, just because they wish renown. They wi
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  • ...is known about his life is recorded in the 1579 treatise of his associate (or possibly student) [[Heinrich von Gunterrodt]]. From this source, we know th ...side titled ''Austeilunge oder Ordnunge des Zirckelfechtens'' ("Exposition or Ordering of the Circle-fencing"). It is written in German with scattered La
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  • The '''Marxbrüder''' ('''Marx brothers''' or '''Brotherhood of Saint Mark''') was the name of the most important organiz ...exactly it was founded. [[Hans Talhoffer]] may have been an early member, or even one of the founders (the lion of St Mark appears in his coat of arms i
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  • ...man who knows more about dagger versus dagger than I.<br/>Whether in armor or without, I will gravely injure you,<br/>And when fighting at the barrier I ...gger Remedy] Master and I tell you that this cover is good either in armor or without armor. And with this cover I can cover attacks from all directions
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  • ...fter is described the techniques generally used for charging into wrestle, or in the second, accordingly follows the Zettel.}}</p> ...of strangers and their names) whatever the text of this Zettel can allege or allow.</p>
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  • ...s in constant exchange with other experts (mostly using his initials “JPK” or a nom de plume matching this acronym like “Johann Paulus Kal”). ...can do. Just contact him on [https://www.facebook.com/PaulusKal Facebook] or via [mailto:hans.thalhoffer@googlemail.com email]. Here are some of the wor
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  • ...e stock is < Mazo > may belong to the family <Maggi> , also called <Mazzi> or <dei Mazi> . In zibaldoni dell'Ughi is in fact the memory of a family or <Bondì> <Buondì> , of Mantua, where he was born that <Vincenzo Bondì> ,
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  • Or thrust his left elbow straight up with your right arm and turn him away fro ...the arm, pay attention: if he is strengthening his right arm with his left or if he wants to grab your elbow with it, move your right arm to his right si
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  • ...Kehr'' has two etymologies: one is "to turn", the other is "to sweep away" or to "carry off"; the gloss supports the first derivation.</ref><br/>&emsp;Th ...ith the long edge, down from your<ref>D. ''der lange'': "long, high, tall, or lofty".</ref> part to his head, and with the hew remain high with the arms
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  • ..., [[Joachim Meÿer]], and others. It is a response to a cut being displaced or parried. The swordsman immediately cuts to the other side (eg. right v. lef
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  • ...o in the armpits, in the palms of the hands, or in from behind the gloves, or in the knee pits, between the legs and on all the limbs, where the coat of ...neath at his face, before he does it [to you]. If he jabs at the same time or sets aside, then drive up in the high guard. So that his point remains on y
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  • ...stood and practiced this art completely and correctly; he did not discover or invent it himself (as has been written previously),<ref>Here the author see ...is is all you should want to do, because proper fencing doesn't have broad or elaborate parries, nor the wide fencing around by which people procrastinat
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  • ...''' ("Galician Association for Historical Fencing", in Galician language), or '''AGEA''', is the Galician HEMA federation, encompassing most of the activ ...ps from outside the Iberian peninsula, and often take part as participants or instructors in foreign events.
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  • ...r," and author of Comprensión de la Destreza ("Comprehension of Destreza", or "Understanding Destreza") was born in 1645 in Ibio, near Santander in what ...ncement since at least the 1400's, being granted a "Mayorazgo" or (Estate, or Lordship), in the mid 1500's. He was the son of Capitán D. Fernando Guerra
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  • ...rom the war schools of Medieval Europe and before. From these masterworks, or Fechtbuchs, we pass the knowledge and techniques on to our students. We are
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  • ...that [[Hans Medel]] possessed a treatise by Seydenfaden that is now lost, or even that he was a direct student of Seydenfaden himself. ...ly to "Master Hans", which might equally be references to Hans Seydenfaden or Hans Medel, but given their unclear authorship they are not included here.
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  • ...dy] Master and I cross with my dagger. And this cover is good both armored or unarmored. And some of my plays are shown before me, and some are shown aft ...cover because from it you can quickly put your opponent into a lower lock or “strong key.” This is what is depicted by the sixth play [54] of the Th
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  • ...n. There does not appear to be a clear separation of instruction by weapon or combination based on the references. Two postures are taught, one high and
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  • ...he blade is presented which then bounces of the opponents blade to another or the same opening. This strike is one of a number of [[Joachim Meÿer]]'s na
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  • ...title = [[title::Short Instructions for the Hunting Stick or Half-Pike]] ...gerstocks oder Halbe Pique''''' ("Short Instructions for the Hunting Stick or Half-Pike") is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] by [[Johann Geo
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  • ...Plays / In Addition the Play of the Pike, the Partisan, and the Half-Pike or Jägerstock]] ...Plays / In Addition the Play of the Pike, the Partisan, and the Half-Pike or Jägerstock") is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] by [[Johann G
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  • ...l of fencing (Domenico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo)|L'école des armes, ... or The school of fencing]]''. Given that the title is a French translation of
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  • .../product-category/glossa/ Glossa]: historical sources annotated, commented or translated. ...[[Eric Myers]], [[Laksmy Irigoyen]], [[Tim Rivera]], [[Alberto Bomprezzi]] or [[Rob Runacres]].
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  • ...= [[title::Thorough Description of the Noble and Knightly Fencing- or Weapon-Art]] ...apen-Konste''''' ("Thorough Description of the Noble and Knightly Fencing- or Weapon-Art") is a [[nationality::Dutch]] [[fencing manual]] written by [[Jo
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  • ...rry the gall of a roe deer with you in order to win the favor of the lord, or put it into the drink of a beautiful lady.</p>
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  • ...d his lost fencing book.'' Antiquaries Journal LXIX, 1989. p 261-78.</ref> or [[nationality::Italian]]<ref name="Fontaine">Fontaine, Marie-Madeleine. ''L ...25)|MS alfa.T.7.25]], but their relationship to the Latin texts (as drafts or later translations) is unclear. Unfortunately, despite his prestige and the
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  • <section begin="4"/>Thrust with the point above quickly, change through or parry the opponent's thrust.<section end="4"/> ...="5"/>Strike, move the sword over the opponent's arm and parry his thrusts or strikes.<section end="5"/>
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  • ...left, and step in once more and in this way throw him against the ground, or thrust your hand through deep to over his elbow and thrust his head between ...d take his dagger, or strike him in the neck and twist around strongly one or two turns.</p>
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  • ...grip has the same average length as the earlier Viking swords (some 9.5 cm or 3.7 inches). The [[Tang (weaponry)|tang]], usually very flat and broad, tap ...ded use. The cross-guards are usually straight, and the pommels Brazil-nut or disk-shaped (Oakeshott pommel types D, E and I).
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  • ...metric elements to steps and footwork, to techniques such as the ''atajo'' or the 'movement of conclusion'. This approach makes this one of the best opti ...ined with their counters. Some of them are unique, like the ''parafusada'' or the ''ferida'' of the Duke of Alba.
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  • | strike in&nbsp;/ and hard there&nbsp;/ <br/>Rush him stepping or in driving&nbsp;/ ...r fence with one on horse&nbsp;/ and it appears to you that he will injure or overpower you&nbsp;/ Then dismount onto your feet&nbsp;/ and fight him with
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  • ...not want to throw. If you do not hit the opening correctly with the throw or the thrust, do not plunge with the spear, so you’re not losing your balan ...th him again to the opening with skill, where you can. Work with the point or wrestling techniques, which are described below. If he thrusts, jump off to
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  • '''Camillo Palladini''' was a 16th or [[century::17th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] fencing master. He seems ...conserving some elements of the earlier Bolognese school (for example cuts or beats with the false edge of the sword, and mentions of the older Bolognese
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  • ...p that I have I can do many plays.<br/>Take away the dagger, break, strike or bind.<br/>And the quickest is to take the dagger from your hand,<br/>so as ...m it you can make many good strong plays, as shown below. Whether in armor or unarmored there is no doubt of their effectiveness.
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  • ...Next, comes a series of seven chapters which are composed of short essays, or notes, elaborating on some of the most vital practical elements of the styl ...note addressing what Tamariz felt were the errors of the "vulgar" fencers, or "Añasquinos", as he puts it. The final chapter is a short paragraph of mo
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  • ...liotheek]] in The Hague, Netherlands. It seems to be either an early draft or an abridged copy of [[Salvator Fabris]]' 1606 treatise ''[[Scienza d’Arme ...terial and non-commercially redistribute it to their patrons in electronic or printed form for personal, non-commercial use, provided that the copyright
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  • ...there swing the foible powerfully from outside over his arms at his head. Or when you have thus gone around his blade with the Rose, if he meanwhile sho ...ttack him further as you will, with such techniques as you will find above or below in this treatise. And since the Rose can also fitly be executed in th
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  • {{dablink|This article, or parts of this article, has been translated from the German Wikipedia page [ ...brant''' (sometimes called Albracht, Alebrant, Hildebrant, Hilbrant, Abram or Albertin) was a 13th century [[nationality::German]] writer who authored a
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  • ...spear then by making this strike against it you will either unpin yourself or break off the haft from the spearhead.</p> ...y striking to your wrist or to your elbow,<br/>I will either dislocate it, or you will quickly let go.</em></p>
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  • ...treifen”, to brush, streak, graze, lightly touch.</ref> takes saddle rim / or weapon<section end="3"/> <section begin="4"/>{{red|4.}} Plant high, swing, go through, or break sword<section end="4"/>
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  • | subtitle = [[title::School, or Theater]] '''''Scola, overo teatro''''' ("School, or Theater") is an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing manual]] written by [[Ni
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  • ...probably copied from either the [[Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS 1825)|MS 1825]] or the [[Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS KK5126)|MS KK5126]], the two textless versio
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  • ...tudent of either [[Hans Wilhelm Schöffer von Dietz|Hans Wilhelm Schöffer]] or [[Hans Wilhelm Eller]].
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  • ...who show little regard for their art, so that his art shall not be public or common from the same, from such people who can’t progress to behold the a ...y” in the sense of slowly or not too fast, modern “sittlich” means morally or ethically.</ref> against him, and hold the point to him from the arm agains
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  • ..., and indeed only a short time before was Signor Herman's ''mantenitore'', or, in German: ''Vorfechter'', at his ''salle'', there is no doubt that he com ...Heinrich von und zum Felde, who even with time passing never could praise or mourn the redoubtable Signor Herman enough in his discourses, especially he
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  • ...who show little regard for their art, so that his art shall not be public or common from the same. Such people can’t progress to behold the art, as th | Hew in and hurry there<br/>&emsp;Rush in, hit, or let go
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  • ...nd beautifying the books. Early printed books are called '''incunables''' (or incunabula), which means "cradle". A '''commonplace book''' (or ''Hausbuch'') is essentially a scrapbook, usually made by a wealthy individ
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  • ...nd beautifying the books. Early printed books are called '''incunables''' (or incunabula), which means "cradle". A '''commonplace book''' (or ''Hausbuch'') is essentially a scrapbook, usually made by a wealthy individ
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  • ...each year, "all Brill Open Access articles are subject to external, single or double-blind peer review."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Access for Articles |
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