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• Fühlen
  ...'Fulen, Feeling'') To judge or sense the opponent’s intent by the strength or weakness of his weapon’s contact in the bind. .
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• Unarmored fencing
  ...and forearms are a frequent target of some cuts and slices in a defensive or offensive maneuver, serving both to disable an opponent and align the sword
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• Bastarda
  ...that was appropriate for the copying of books or documents of minor value or importance.
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• Eisenport
  Eisenport, or "Iron Gate", is a variant on (or another name for) Alber.
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• Property:Foaf:name
  * [[Has property description::A name for some thing or agent.@en]]
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• Cinquedea
  The '''cinquedea''' is a civilian short [[sword]] (or long [[dagger]]). It was developed in northern [[Italy]] and enjoyed a peri ...anywhere in size from 10" to 28". It was often carried in place of a knife or larger sword.
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• Gassenhau
  ''Gassenhau'' (or ''-hauer'', lit. "alley-strike(r)") is a type of strike described in [[CGM Both descriptions seem to describe a flurry of blows intended to intimidate or push back the opponent.
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Thomas Stoeppler Su 2006
  ...ng that these only are about staying in constant motion and not hesitating or pausing so that the adversary does not come to strikes, and also that it is ...hschlag'', be it the second, third or fourth or fifth strike, be it strike or thrust so that he stays in constant motion, doing one after the other witho
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• Rondel (dagger)
  ...worn at the waist and might be used as a utility tool, or worn into battle or a jousting tournament as a side-arm. ...ame from its round (or similarly shaped, e.g. octagon hand guard and round or spherical pommel (knob on the end of the grip).
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• Acta Periodica Duellatorum
  ...rt history, history of science and technology, archaeology, sport sciences or martial arts studies.
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Thomas Stoeppler Da 2006
  <section begin="2"/>If the dagger, or the short knife that is used in duelling, is turned against you, wind it fr ...towards himself or push it against him again and cut through his arm, hand or thumb whatever he can get with the pulling and instantly he will be free to
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• Sala d'Arme Achilles Marozzo
  Therefore we banned all forms of contamination with modern or eastern martial disciplines and artistic creativity on the part of our inst Our mission is not to create a new style of fighting, more or less freely inspired to the old Italian school; our mission is to lead the
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• Drey Wunder
  ...'stich'' or "thrust, stab" (impact with the point) and (3) the ''schnitt'' or "cut" (putting pressure on and performing a cutting movement with the edge)
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• Giovanni dall'Agocchie/French
  ! Sword & dagger, or cloak
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• Nachreisen
  ...opponent’s preparation, or a counterattack after the opponent has missed, or an attack that crowds into an opening that the opponent has created.
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• Concept:16th century
  [[century::16th century]] OR
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• Concept:14th century
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• Concept:15th century
  [[century::15th century]] OR
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• Concept:17th century
  [[century::17th century]] OR
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• Concept:18th century
  [[century::18th century]] OR
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• Concept:19th century
  [[century::19th century]] OR
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Michael Chidester Su 2022
  ...comprehension. If the rhymes and explanations written earlier were unclear or hard to understand, here it will be recapped with short and simple advice.< ...earlier, as they only signify this: to always be in motion and not to rest or idle, so that your opponent cannot come to blows.
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Christian Trosclair Su 2022
  ...ag. That is, the second, the third, the fourth or fifth strikes, be it cut or thrust in such a way that they are always in motion and conduct one after a ...one is on the sword with their opponent, and feels whether they are strong or weak. Thereafter they then execute according to the often written lessons.<
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Michael Chidester SB 2022
  {{red|b=1|W}}Hoever wants to learn to fence with the shield or with the buckler must first know…<ref>Text cuts off here, and the rest of
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• Short edge
  ...owards the swordsman when held normally. On a one-edged sword, it is blunt or has an edge that does not run the entire length of the blade.
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• Journal of Western Martial Art
  ...ndset, in that the Occidental instructor is not concerned with deep ritual or ceremony that are often, an integral part of the Oriental martial arts. Occ ...s. Although, in different times and places, some degree of ritual, secrecy or ritual has been attached to the martial arts, the underlying pragmatism tha
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Thomas Stoeppler Me 2006
  Also, there should be no part or limb of the man be idle and passive when it happens that the art demands to ...and these steps are done by crossing one leg over the other in a slinging or slanting motion.<section end="5"/>
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• Andre Lignitzer/Slovenian
  ...ctText" id="softredirect">[http://scholapugnatoria.si/?page_id=664 Dagger] or [http://scholapugnatoria.si/?page_id=915 Grappling]</span><br /><span style
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• Vier Leger
  ...sitions" taken immediately before engagement. The term of ''hut'' "guard", or equivalently Latin ''custodia'' in [[I.33]], expresses a stance of "protect ...efore taking action (MHG ''lëger'' "camp", hence also "siege", lit. "place or state, of ''lying'' (in wait, preparation etc.)"; thence Modern German ''La
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• Neo-Creco/Roman martial arts
  ...this time included poetry mentioning Crecian gods and figures like Bachus or Apollo and the Musen, Hercules, Atlas and so forth. Every sign and shop win ...inatly wrestling arts and existed in forms that were meant for combat with or without the use of a weapon and there were styles that were meant for compe
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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/Jörg Bellinghausen SS 1999
  ...r the shoulders, in the palms of the hands or from the rear in the gloves, or in the hollows of the knee, between his legs and to all the members there, ...from below to his face, before he does it. If he thrusts at the same time or deflects your thrust, then drive high in the high guard. Thus his point wil
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• Vier Versetzen
  ...placements") are four of the [[Meisterhau]] ("Master Strikes") which break or defeat the [[Vier Leger]] ("Four Guards"). They are:
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• Masters
  ...cations from national or international authorities like the fencing guilds or government offices, but for many masters we have no indication of a higher
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/David Lindholm In 2005
  ...st. This must be done with speed and rather with one strike than with four or six which will again leave you hanging and giving the opponent a chance to ...ommel. When you pull the pommel in the strike you will not come as perfect or as strongly. For the sword is like a scale, if a sword is large and heavy t
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• Andreas
  ...out this fencing master, and he could even conceivably be [[Andres Juden]] or [[Andre Lignitzer]], both of whom were apparently German fencing masters an | <p>[3] Item. The two guards or stances break the '''arc strike''' and you shall find how to do so in the r
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• Ott Jud/Jay Acutt 2016
  the Javelin or heavy stones,<br/> Observe whether your opponent moves high or low,<br/>
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• How can I help?
  ...ce manual stored or linked to in the wiki. If you are unsure of the master or author, simply place the content on the manual page. [[:Category:Transcript Use Browse Categories to the left to begin browsing, or jump straight to one of the traditions beneath it.
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• Ott Jud/Alex and Almirena 2002
  ...with the right hand between the legs and seize him behind by the gambeson or elbows. And lift him high and punch him away from you with the left hand, t Or drive him with the right hand at the throat and press him over backwards.<s
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• Thomas Stoeppler
  ...e problems when working with the source. Since I have not updated (you may or may not forgive me..) the text, should you find any critical issues feel fr
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• Wechsel
  ''Wechsel'' or ''wechseln'' may also be used synonymously with [[durchwechseln]], a maneuv
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• Dresden Gloss Fragment
  ...blank folia, perhaps indicating that it was left incomplete by the author or scribe. Its teachings are compatible with those of other 15th century gloss ...e, then from that moment make one more or a inverted winding with a thrust or strike upon that.</p>
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• Oberhau
  ...tinguishes between ''hau'' (strike, impact with the edge), ''stich'' (stab or thrust, impact with the point) and ''schnitt'' (cut, cutting movement with ...erb ''to hew'' is archaic, and carries misleading connotations of "to chop or hack away at", while the [[Early New High German]] noun ''hau'' was just th
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Thomas Stoeppler Wr 2006
  ...e first technique is good for finding an opportunity how he can be trapped or thrown. Listen what I teach: When he comes running at you so see to it that ...techniques by putting one leg in front or not. And if your hands are quick or slow, do it as you wish, it is all the same.
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• Recto and verso
  ...ide of a leaf of paper in a bound item such as a [[book]], [[broadsheet]], or [[pamphlet]]. Thus in languages written from left to right (like English), ...on of text in the original manuscript, or manuscripts, in the style '42r.' or '673vº'.
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• Hans von Speyer
  ...n of the typeface for Johannes Gutenburg's ''42-Line Bible'', but this may or may not be the same scribe.
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• Black Wolf Historical Fencing Club
  ...her than the MS I.33, or The Tower Fechtbuch, or the Walpurgis Manuscript, or whatever else you call it. Whatever it's called that's what we use!
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• Döbringer
  * [[Hans Döbringer|Hans "Hanko" Döbringer]], a late 14th or early 15th century priest and [[fencing master]] who was an early part of t
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Christian Trosclair In 2022
  ...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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• Niccolò Menozzi
  Any report or question can be sent to ''niccolo.m.menozzi@gmail.com'' or to his Facebook account [https://www.facebook.com/niccolo.menozzi]
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Dagger/7th master
  ...ur right elbow with my left hand. And I can strike you quickly in the head or in the shoulder…</p> ...e way you go to the lower bind,<br/>The other way you go to the upper bind or the middle bind.</em></p>
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Thomas Stoeppler In 2006
  ...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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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Michael Chidester In 2021
  ...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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• Balthasaro Cramonio Pomerano
  ...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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• Marxbrüder
  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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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Dagger/6th master
  ...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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• Zulaufenden ringen
  ...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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• Jens P. Kleinau
  ...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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• Bondì di Mazo
  ...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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• Ott Jud/Gregor Medvešek 2010
  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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• Case Study:Schaydelhaw
  ...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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• Duplieren
  ..., [[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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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/David Rawlings SS 2003
  ...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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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Michael Chidester In 2022
  ...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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• Asociación Galega de Esgrima Antiga
  ...''' ("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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• Álvaro Guerra de la Vega
  ...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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• Steel Ring Academy
  ...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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• Hans Seydenfaden von Erfurt
  ...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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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Dagger/8th master
  ...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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• Jaime Pons de Perpiñan
  ...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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• Prellhauw
  ...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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• Kurtze Anleitung des Jägerstocks oder Halbe Pique (Johann Georg Pascha)
  ...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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• Deutliche Beschreibung Unterschiedener Fahnen-Lectionen (Johann Georg Pascha)
  ...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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• Tableau de l'académie d'armes (Cod.I.6.2º.6)
  ...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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• AGEA Editora
  .../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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• Grondige Beschryvinge van de Edele ende Ridderlijcke Scherm- ofte Wapen-Konste (Johannes Georgius Bruchius)
  ...= [[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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• Pol Hausbuch (MS 3227a)/67v
  ...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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• Pedro Monte
  ...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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• Lew/Per Magnus Haaland MF 2019
  <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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• Vechtboek (MS BPL.3281)
  ...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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• Oakeshott Typology
  ...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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• Lições de Marte (MS 49.III.6)
  ...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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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Mike Rasmusson 2004 SS
  | 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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• Peter von Danzig zum Ingolstadt
  ...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
  '''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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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Dagger/9th master
  ...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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• Cartilla y luz en la verdadera destreza
  ...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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• La Scientia della Spada (MS KB.73.J.38)
  ...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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• Rosen
  ...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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• Albrant
  {{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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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Dagger/5th master
  ...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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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/Stephen Cheney 2020
  ...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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• Scola, overo teatro (Nicoletto Giganti)
  | subtitle = [[title::School, or Theater]] '''''Scola, overo teatro''''' ("School, or Theater") is an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing manual]] written by [[Ni
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• Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (M.A.M. Kal MS)
  ...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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• Fechtbuch eines ungenannten Studenten (Cod.Guelf.264.23.Extrav.)
  ...tudent of either [[Hans Wilhelm Schöffer von Dietz|Hans Wilhelm Schöffer]] or [[Hans Wilhelm Eller]].
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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Stephen Cheney 2018 MF
  ...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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• Heinrich von und zum Velde
  ..., 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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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Stephen Cheney 2018 SS
  ...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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• Books
  ...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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• Manuscripts
  ...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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• Brill
  ...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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• Francesco di Sandro Altoni
  ...atise on fencing entitled ''Monomachia ovvero Arte di Scherma'' ("Dueling, or the Art of Defense") and dedicated it to Cosimo. The treatise survives in t ...Italy [that] force such men either to abandon the art, or to not teach it; or they die, as will happen to me in time. [Therefore I write] so that my effo
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Spear vs. Other Weapons
  ...an invitation with lances,<br/>I would await them in this match with spear or with staff;<br/>I will beat their lances and I will strike their heads<br/> ...rd. The defense I make against the spear I could also make against a sword or a staff. My plays are shown next.</p>
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• Der Kůnstliche Fechter (Theodori Verolini)
  ...apier]] that seem to be derived from the earlier work of [[Joachim Meÿer]] or [[Jakob Sutor von Baden|Jakob Sutor]], as well as a complete repetition of ...ion of the transcription or translation of an existing historical document or manuscript. It is provided in a Portable Document Format (PDF) for the purp
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• Martin Syber/Open
  &emsp;Holland, Brabant,<ref>Or possibly Provence</ref> and Swabia. <br/> Strike or thrust quickly<br/>
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Spear
  ...s I step I will never fail to strike you. When you are using a short spear or sword, all guards that are made with the point offline are sufficient for y ...e cover step and thrust the point, while the guards of the left side cover or beat and then strike with blows, but cannot thrust very well with the point
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword in One Hand
  ...ill.<ref>“Tristo” can mean “sad”, but it can also mean “crafty”, “clever”, or “skillful”</ref></p> | <p>[2] ''Whether throwing the sword or striking cuts and thrusts,<br/>Nothing will trouble me because of the guard
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• New York Historical Fencing Association
  The 'New York Historical Fencing Association', or '''NYHFA''', is a Historical European Martial Arts school founded in 2005 w
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• Die Blume des Kampfes/Fiore comparison
  ...this guard with the dagger, and the guard is called Boar's Tusk. Come cuts or thrusts, I know how to guard myself from these: I will withdraw my right fo ...Here, since I am at close range I can strike you effectively, and like it or not, you will have to endure it.
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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/Jörg Bellinghausen-David Rawlings LS 2001-2003
  ...rt of fencing is based upon it. "Before" means, preempting him with a blow or a thrust against an opening before he can hit you, so he must defend/displa ...notice "simultaneously" (''Indes'') how you can "work" against the strong or the weak of his sword.
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• Wechselhauw
  ...less clear. The essence of the technique is that it follows either a faint or full cut. Either way, the second attack should target a different opening t
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• Jobs von der Nyssen
  '''Jobs von der Nyssen''' (Josts von der nyssen) was a 14th or [[century::15th century]] [[nationality::German]] [[fencing master]]. He is
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• Glasgow Gloss Fragment
  ...''Dresden Gloss Fragment''' is an anonymous [[century::15th century|15th]] or 16th century [[nationality::German]] commentary on a few lines of [[Johanne ...with the left arm, set your point under his left armpit into the opening, or otherwise wherever you may, and force him from you with it.</p>
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword vs. Spear
  ...sword at the Master like a spear. The second aims to strike him with a cut or a thrust. The third intends to throw two spears he has made ready, as you s ...could also wait in other guards, for example, left side Guard of the Lady or left side Window Guard, and with any of these I would be able to defend jus
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• Verzeichnis etlicher Stücke des Fechtens im Rapier (MS Germ.Fol.1476)
  ...o the breast with the turned hand. Though you should note to which you cut or thrust, you must always turn your head to the other side.</p> ...th your left foot straight to him, and cut him on the outside to the head. Or do thus, cut him on the inside strongly on his blade, and then act as if yo
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• Arte do Combate
  ...highlighted. When an interpretation calls for interpolation, extrapolation or interpretation, an effort is made to point that out. ...ced progressively to build structure and close-range resources. [[Messer]] or one-handed sword sessions are interspaced in this practice to study how pri
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• Joachim Meyer/Jordan Elliot Finch 2023 MAF
  ...r served as a conjunction between two related sentences (i.e. as "further" or "likewise"). ...hat he can devise what he knows is in his service, be it with rare weapons or together with nimble advantage. Therefore, the one who is offered the fight
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• Hans Folz
  ...ke him manly in the head, so jerk through as in the first piece and strike or stab him also in the chest.</p> ...s from below with a forestep and as he lifts his arm and moves to displace or throw aside your strike with the hilt. So grab with your left hand under hi
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• Nicklass Preußen
  '''Nicklass Preußen''' (Niclas prewßen, Nicklass prewsñ) was a 14th or [[century::15th century]] [[nationality::German]] [[fencing master]]. His n
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• Jörg Breu the Younger
  ...miniaturist, and draftsman. He was born in Augsburg, Germany, some time in or after 1510 to the noted artist Jörg Breu the Elder. He is assumed to have
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• Phrases ex variis autoribus quam studiosissimi collectae (MS Chart.B.2117)
  | <p>5. Either make a feint in the ''quart'', or a feint below in the ''tertie'', and pass in with the ''tertie'' over the a ...u on the inside, then take [it] away with the hand, and thrust long after, or pass thereon.</p>
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• Gloss
  ...uld typically be written in between the lines of text (if they were short) or in the margins of manuscripts (if they were longer). The process of writing ...rdinaria'' discussed above: they include commentary on the entirety of one or more sections of the Recital. The major glosses are associated with two mem
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• Other Masters (14th Century)
  ...ter]]s who stood in the tradition of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]] in the 14th or [[century::15th century]]. None of these men is mentioned by [[Paulus Kal]] ...ery / <br/>&emsp;but a great stupidity<br/>Who wants to stand against four or six / <br/>&emsp;will just realize that they will get him<br/>Just like if
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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Mike Rasmusson 2004 LS
  | head, or body, <br/>allow no attack. ...to his head, and to his body, and always keep your point ahead at his face or chest, Thus he can't change through past the point. If he displaces strongl
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• Poem of the Pel
  It to the best, or me tamende it wise ; And take it erst ; also to serche or sture,
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• Andres Juden
  '''Andres Juden''' was a 14th or [[century::15th century]] [[nationality::German]] [[fencing master]]. His n
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• Early New High German
  ...some authors will also extend the duration of Middle High German to 1400, or to 1450. As always with this type of classification, drawing an exact line
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• Martin Syber/Christian Trosclair
  ...see the window standing open, <br/>&emsp;Enter them from there<br/>Strike or thrust swiftly<br/>&emsp;So you may fail hard<ref>alt: the hard</ref><br/>I .../>Allow the blind-hews to bounce<br/>&emsp;So you may roll<ref>G & R: fail or fall</ref> against well. <br/>Hang against<ref>G: down</ref>, immediately<r
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• Ablauffen
  Ablauffen (Ablaufen, Running-Off or Flowing-Off) means to withdraw from or evade the opponent’s weapon by rotating the blade downwards around the hi
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• Traité ou instruction pour tirer des armes (Girolamo Cavalcabo)
  | subtitle = [[title::Treatise or Instruction on Fighting with Weapons]] '''''Traité ou instruction pour tirer des armes''''' ("Treatise or Instruction on Fighting with Weapons") is an [[nationality::Italian]] [[fen
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• Von dem herten
  | <p>[4] Files—one shall harden those in urine or in linseed oil or in buck's blood/ram's blood.</p> | <p>[5] The Hammers—wherewith one smites the files or all weaponry from billets and wherewith one smites scrap into steel billets
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword vs. Dagger
  ...this guard with the dagger, and the guard is called Boar's Tusk. Come cuts or thrusts, I know how to guard myself from these: I will withdraw my right fo ...Here, since I am at close range I can strike you effectively, and like it or not, you will have to endure it.
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/David Lindholm LS 2005
  | Strike threefold and hard in there,<br/>&emsp;rush in regardless if you hit or miss, | In earnest or in play<br/>&emsp;have good heart with measure.
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• Fechtbuchleinn (Cod.Guelf.1074.Novi)
  It goes to a lunge on the arm, then the First or Side-leap. ...o the ???????. Raise your forward foot, let the left foot stay put and put or set the sword near to the foot.
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• Joseph Schirmer von Würzburg
  ...may be done, nevertheless they can not be judged by anyone else except us or our deputed officer. This Jew also promised he would not teach fencing to a
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• Ewart Oakeshott
  ...file taper, fullering, whether blades were stiff and pointed for thrusting or broad and flexible for cutting and etc. This was a breakthrough. Oakeshot
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword in Two Hands/Wide Play
  ...Fiore uses is “languire” to make someone collapse, without either strength or spirit.</ref> I am of royal blood. I dispense justice, advance the cause of ...because Fiore’s “sword in one hand” (shown elsewhere) is not a single hand or arming sword. It is the Italian “longsword” being wielded in one hand.
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• Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)
  ...nded to have printed illustrations but couldn't afford to commission them, or if the scheme was intentional and buyers paid extra for each illustration a
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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Cory Winslow 2016
  | Hew therein, and swift there. <br/>&emsp;Rush in, hit or let drive. <section begin="5"/>{{red|b=1|Or}}, if you stand with your right foot before and hew from the left side, and
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• Die Blume des Kampfes/Armored spear, sword, and shield
  ...m and fall in under him to penetrate in with both hands and arms onto his, or by the arse, and pull him strongly toward you. ...nd also someone cannot be sure whether you will shoot. Thus take the spear or the sword in hand and turn the point (spike, ''spitz'') towards him, and sh
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• Additional MS 23223
  | Date = [[year::1600|Late 1500s or early 1600s]]
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• Opera Nova (Achille Marozzo)
  ...the most extensive treatise on the [[Filippo di Bartolomeo Dardi|Dardi]] (or "Bolognese") school of Italian swordsmanship, as well as one of the most in ...sh by [[W. Jherek Swanger]] and self-published under the title ''The Duel, or the Flower of Arms for Single Combat, Both Offensive and Defensive, by Achi
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• Oplodidaskalia sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (Cod.1246)
  ...sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri''''' ("Weapon Training, or Albrecht Dürer's Meditation on the Handling of Weapons", Codex 1246) is [[ ...y mistakes are probably due to a lack of clarity in either his description or the translation from German to English.
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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/Keith Farrell 2010
  | Cut fiercely!<br/>&emsp;Storm forwards: Hit or miss; ...ng comes. Mark also: "Before" means that you shall always perform a strike or thrust against his openings, before he does the same to you. Then he must d
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• Theodori Verolini
  Or the well-practiced and famous Fencing Master of Old ...The middle, the working-amongst, or handiwork, when you remain in the bind or longer in your work against the opponent, and harass him with all swiftness
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• Lew/Cory Winslow LS 2016
  <section begin="3"/> Or, if you stand with the right foot fore and hew from the left side, if you t ...s weak and may not hold against when you bind strongly on him; but<ref>A. "or"</ref> if you hew from the right side, then you may well strongly hold agai
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• Johannes Hartlieb
  ...y and advantage will be his. He should be careful not to mistaken the day, or miss it.</p> ...ay, Thursday, and Saturday, and on the same day he should send the message or answer it.</p>
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Thomas Stoeppler LS 2006
  | Strike quick and hurry at him,<br/>&emsp;rush in, not caring for hit or miss. | Be it in earnest or in play,<br/>&emsp;have a light heart but don’t get overconfident.
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• Tratt‍ato della sch‍erma (MS M.383)
  | Illuminated by = [[artist::Altichiero da Zevio]] (or follower) ...ypically referred to as the '''Morgan''' (or sometimes the Pierpont Morgan or PML); it is the only copy of the works of Fiore that doesn't contain some v
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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Christian Trosclair 2022
  | Attack suddenly and charge in,<br/>Flow onwards, engage or let pass. <section begin="5"/>Or if you stand with your right foot forwards and cut from the left side, if y
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• Peloquin
  ...nd Dagger").<ref>[[Matt Galas]] estimates that it was written in the 1580s or 1590s based on internal evidence.</ref> The only extant copy, current [[Cab ...e guards and points of both the sword and of the dagger, towards your left or towards your right to shut out the sword of your enemy.</p>
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• Hans Döbringer
  '''Hans 'Pfaffen' Döbringer''' (Hanko Döbringer) was a 14th or [[century::15th century]] [[nationality::German]] [[fencing master]]. ''Pfa
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• The Tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer
  ...he is named only as "Master Liechtenawer". His surname signifies that he (or his family) originated in a place called Liechtenau, but there are many [ht ...ffers us the only independent record of who Liechtenauer's direct students or associates might have been. Including Liechtenauer himself, the members of
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• Zucken
  ['''''Zucken''''' (''Czucken''; "Pulling" or "Withdrawing") is one of the twelve to seventeen ''[[Haupstucke]]'' ("chief
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• Michael Rasmusson
  ...tarted to translate some of them. I stuck with the training and R&D effort or two years before branching off to study other swords and continue work on t
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• Netherlands
  '''Dutch or Netherlands'''
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• Göteborgs Historiska Fäktskola
  '''Göteborgs Historiska Fäktskola''' (Gothenburg Historical Fencing School), or '''GHFS''', is a Historical European Martial Arts club founded in 2003 in G GHFS is a member of the [[Svenska HEMA-förbundet]] (or SvHEMAF, the Swedish HEMA Federation). Through Anders Linnard, Andreas Engs
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Christian Trosclair LS 2022
  | Attack suddenly and storm in,<br/>&emsp;keep moving fluidly, engage or let pass. | In earnest or in play,<br/>&emsp;have a joyous spirit with moderation
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword in Armor
  ...br/>Whatever master of arms will acquire these, <br/>He will surpass sword or dagger and then two-edged ax.<br/><br/><br/><br/>''</p> ...as I make my step, and my thrust will strike you without fail. Neither you or the other guards concern me, because I am so well versed in the art of arme
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Michael Chidester LS 2021
  | Attack suddenly and storm in,<br/>&emsp;keep moving fluidly, engage or let pass. | In earnest or in play,<br/>&emsp;have a joyous spirit with moderation
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• Liber Quodlibetarius (MS B.200)
  | Format = Double-sided; one or two illustrations per <br/>side, with captions The '''MS B.200''' is a [[nationality::German]] commonplace book created in or around 1524; it seems to have been scribed by one [[Benedictus Rughalm]], t
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• Libro del exercicio de las armas (MS a.IV.23)
  ...Artis Militaris Collectanea]]'' ("Collected Martial Arts and Exercises"), or possibly the autograph that was translated to produce that book.
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• Lew/Christian Trosclair LS 2022
  | {{red|Attack suddenly and engage<br/>&emsp;Let it hang or let it go.}} <section begin="3"/>Or if you stand with the right foot forwards and cut from the left side, if yo
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• Hans Lebkommer
  ...above in his messer, Immediately let your point shoot forward to his face or chest, Immediately wind your messer against his, so that the long edge stan ...sideways out of the strike, and work to his next opening, with the strike. Or in the Taking Off stab him in the face.</p>
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword in Two Hands/Narrow Play
  ...dies and the counters needed for each situation, whether you are attacking or defending.</p> ...d there will be remedies and counters of every category that should offend or defend.</p>
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• Martial Culture in Medieval Town
  ...esearch project, (b) scientific contributions, (c) reviews of recent books or scientific events, (d) and debate on methodological and historiographical i
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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/Christian Trosclair 2022
  | Attack suddenly and storm in,<br/>&emsp;Keep rolling, engage or let pass. ...e this: The before, this is so that you shall always come forth with a cut or with a thrust to the opponent's opening the moment before they do the same
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• Filippo Dardi
  ...Union City, CA: [[Chivalry Bookshelf]], 2002.</ref> The son of Bartolomeo (or Dardo) Dardi, he was probably Bolognese by birth (though records exist of a
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• Monomachia ovvero Arte di Scherma (MS L.V.23)
  '''''Monomachia ovvero Arte di Scherma''''' ("Dueling, or the Art of Defense", MS Ⅼ.Ⅴ.23) is a 16th century [[nationality::Italia
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• Michael Hundt
  ...ity, <br/>and either want to take lives with the steel, or dishonour, <br/>or steal our belongings,<br/>then the steel is for our help. With steel you pi ...otect your life, and move nimbly, <br/>both if you want to fight for sport or in dire ernest, <br/>then you shall always be more experienced by this book
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• Codex Amberger
  ...you and not to much against you. Notice when he wants to try to throw you or tilt, so kick with the right foot to him and hit him with the foot on the t ...ab him his Gokker (could mean something like Gucker/looker, maybe his eye? Or Gurgel/his throat). Stab him where you will.
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• Monomachia ovvero Arte di Scherma (MS II.iii.315)
  '''''Monomachia ovvero Arte di Scherma''''' ("Dueling, or the Art of Defense", MS Ⅱ.ⅲ.315) is a 16th century [[nationality::Itali
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Durchgehen
  ...rd. Whether you stand close or far, you can use it with the point, strokes or cuts. ...ht side at the head. Or, cut firmly at his arm, or work with the doubling, or “simultaneously” strike at the lower peaks.
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• Stuck im aufstreichen
  ...with the two-handed sword, primarily from a low guard called [[iron gate]] or [[side guard]], and it both mentions the Recital and shows familiarity with ...ll fence with the long sword from the guard which is called the iron-gate [or] side-guard,<ref>D. ''nebenhůtten'': "side-guard"; G. '' Eysenen pfort'',
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Absetzen
  ...and set it off. Aim your point at his face or body and thrust at his chest or face. ...e Stier. Then, step with your [right] foot forwards and thrust at his face or chest. You can perform these elements on both sides from the four guards.
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• Talhoffer Fechtbuch (Cod.Guelf.125.16.Extrav.)
  ...uch (2º Col.MS.Philos.61)|2º Col. MS philos. 61]] (either an earlier draft or a later copy),<ref>[[Hans-Peter Hils|Hils, Hans-Peter]]. ''Meister Johann L ...ough quite illegible. The text that accompanies the one with the bald head—or the instructor—says "Sacerdos", the one accompanying the other person say
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• Historical European Martial Arts Alliance
  ...t member dues will serve the full membership and not select individuals or clubs. The HEMAA is an all-volunteer organization, and if with future grow
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• Zettel
  ....44.A.8)|Cod 44A8]] (1452), the so-called(?) [[Pseudo-Peter von Danzig]] or "Rome version" of the text (fol. 9v):
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• Knyghthode and Bataile (Cotton MS Titus A XXIII)
  ...ticularly interesting for its detailed description of training with a pole or pile (commonly referred to as the [[Poem of the Pel]]).
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• Le Jeu de la Hache (MS Français 1996)
  ...Axe-play is honorable and profitable for the preservation of a body noble or non noble. For the above-said reasons, I have employed my slight understand ...of battle, whether to the death or otherwise, whether you may be appellant or defendant, above all you must feel in your conscience that you have good an
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• Knyghthode and Bataile (MS.243)
  ...ticularly interesting for its detailed description of training with a pole or pile (commonly referred to as the [[Poem of the Pel]]).
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• Hans Pegnitzer
  ...at he came from Pegnitz, a group of villages in Upper Franconia (Bavaria), or possibly another location along the Pegnitz river. Though no treatise expli
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• Hugold Behr's Fechtbuch (MS Var.83)
  | <p>Or threaten him below with a half thrust, and attack above with a full thrust. ...ht foot from 2 to 6.</ref> a thrust is delivered at you below your dagger, or between your two weapons, to your right breast, you must take this out with
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• Knyghthode and Bataile (Ashmole MS 45 II)
  ...ticularly interesting for its detailed description of training with a pole or pile (commonly referred to as the [[Poem of the Pel]]).
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Vier leger
  It is to be known that the master has stated and explained the six strokes or chapters. Now he speaks here about the seventh chapter and main element. An Saend<ref>Sa alt. von sar = gleich darauf, alsbald sodann ( either alone or compounded by words of similar expressions ) ( Lexer, S205 ) end = ehe, bev
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• Sigmund ain Ringeck/Christian Trosclair 2015
  | Hew therein, charge there;<br/>&emsp;Rush onwards, hit or let drive. ...thusly: The before, this is so that you shall always come forth with a hew or with a thrust to his opening before the moment he comes with his [strike] t
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• Kunstlicher stuck Kämpffens Ringens und Werffens
  ...your back with their head, then seize both of his shoulders in the Indes, or else however you can grab him there on his jacket, and step forward with a ...ift over yourself. Thus he falls on his back. Or throw him over your head, or run away from there with him.
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• Flos Duellatorum (Pisani Dossi MS)
  | Illuminated by = [[artist::Michelino Molinari da Besozzo]] (or follower) ...is manuscript is often referred to as the '''Novati''' (for the facsimile) or '''Pisani Dossi''' (for the original).
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• Konrad Kyeser
  ...water and across all ditches. It should be built from a tall chamber,<ref>Or “space/interior”.</ref> and the bridge should hang thereon, so that one ...pper part of the “rocker” should be fortified with decoys,<ref name="bait">Or “bait”.</ref> with manure and with green hides, so that hot water for e
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer/Michael Chidester LS 2022
  | Cut in and close fast,<br/>&emsp;Advance to meet, or let it past. | In earnest or in play,<br/>&emsp;Have a joyous spirit, but in moderation
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• Della Scherma (MS 381)
  ...d on [[Salvator Fabris]] and the side and foot notes are done by a student or a different master and should give hints how the text should be understood. ...t corner title: "Fechtkunst in Italien...." (black ink maybe from the 19th or 20th century)
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• Pieter Bailly
  ...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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• Fechtbuch zu Ross und zu Fuss (MS Var.82)
  It's unclear whether this manuscript was created for Joachim Meyer or whether he purchased it with 6r-110r already filled in; its history before ...over his arm or hand, and wind the sword away from him, and set upon him, or work with the pommel.</p>
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• Medieval European Martial Arts Guild
  The '''Medieval European Martial Arts Guild''', or '''MEMAG''', is a Historical European Martial Arts school founded in 2006,
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• Federfechter
  The '''''Freifechter''''' or '''''Federfechter''''' (''Freifechter von der Feder zum Greifenfels'') were ...plausible that it derives from the custom of pinning feathers to one's hat or lance, but the coat of arms accorded to the brotherhood by Rudolf II displa
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• Pedro de Heredia
  ...eft arm is raised near the face like a semi-circle, the right leg extended or a bit bent, the two heels face-to-face to one another showing only the flan ...Droit can mean "right" or "correct" (as in not incorrect) or "true".</ref> or false edge.'''</p>
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• Academy of Historical Arts
  ...Glasgow Fechtbuch]] and [[Johannes_Leck%C3%BCchner#Treatise| Lecküchner]]) or with [[Sword_and_Buckler|sword and buckler]] (using [[Walpurgis_Fechtbuch_(
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• Kölner Fechtregeln (MS Best.7020 (W*)150)
  ...<ref>schylt: 1)shield. 2) to push off with an oar. a rudder pole. 3)shaved or peeled</ref> and back through in the opposite direction into the plunge and ...into the right, so that you see what the opponent wishes to drive upon you or if they thrust, you can break them.</p>
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• Hans Medel
  ...icolaüs]]. The gloss specifically describes a teaching of Hans Seydenfaden or Hans Medel in a few places, but in several more it merely attributes the te | ''Hew therein and hurry,<br/>&emsp;rush onwards. Hit or let drive''
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• Gladiatoria (MS U860.F46 1450)
  ...eral centimeters are missing from the leaves; in some places even the arms or legs of the figures have been cut off, and other parts of the drawings are ...enstein]] in Gotha, Germany, and listed as "MS Memb II 109" (looted during or after World War II).
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• Carlo Giuseppe Colombani
  | deathdate = 1735 or 1736 ...f the sword; what you must do when attacked by someone wielding a spontoon or halberd, how to defend yourself with the sword and overcome him.''</p>
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• Anonimo Bolognese (MSS Ravenna M-345/M-346)
  ...at the haft of your axe with the heel of his, and then to wound your chest or face with the said heel, you will in that tempo [moment of time] lift your * Guardia alta would seem equivalent to the guard of the queue, or vom tag. See Talhoffer 1459 131v. Also Manciolino's guard for the bill "in
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• Academie de l'Espée (Gérard Thibault d'Anvers)
  ...se of intricate geometrical figures (especially the ''cercle mysterieux'', or "mysterious circle").
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• Lienhart Sollinger
  Sollinger was an avid collector (or possibly dealer) of fencing manuals, and at least four extant manuscripts p ...0. This currently forms part B of the Cod. Ⅰ.6.2º.2. Finally, some time in or before 1588 he created [[Künnst zu fechten vonn dem Lienhartt Sollinger (C
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• De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine (Paride del Pozzo)
  '''''De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine''''' ("On the Duel, or On Military Matters in Single Combat") is an [[nationality::Italian]] treat ...'s unclear at this time whether they represent copies of the first edition or Pozzo's own drafts.
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• Glasgow Fechtbuch (MS E.1939.65.341)
  ...jump with your right foot to him at his left side and hit him to the head or any place where you can reach him, he is at your mercy.</p> ...place him. Then jump outside to his right side in the triangle and hit him or stab him where you like. And when you will jump, then lift the other foot a
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• Scheitelhaw
  The '''''Scheitelhaw''''' (''Schaitelhaw''; "Parting-" or "Scalp-Hew"), also called the '''''Scheitler''''', is one of the several [[
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• Man yt Wol (MS Harley 3542)
  ...the play between 2 bucklers . make first a sign to them<ref>or each other, or him, hë</ref> with a large hauke down to the ground . with . 3 rolling str | <p>The 2nd lesson is a chase . or an hauke with a quarter borne in with a cock step and an hauke borne in wit
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• Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (MS KK5126)
  ...strikes from above, then parry with the lower part of the axe held above, or let fly at him with a sweep and hook the axe inside the right knee to pull ...h at his neck from above and set him back over your left leg on the right, or over the right leg to the left, and throw him. The play works from both sid
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• Martin Syber/Jeffrey Hull
  ...ugh the window, stand open,<br/>&emsp;see through it, go to it,<br/>strike or stab swiftly,<br/>&emsp;so may you be hard-felled.<br/>In the work tread ro
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Sword in Two Hands
  ...r backwards and can switch sides to play on the other side from a forwards or backwards position. A full turn is when you circle one foot around the othe ...ressere” means literally “to decrease”. The noun form would be “discresso” or “discressimento”. As I interpret it this refers to a shuffle step in an
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• Discorso sopra l'arte della scherma (MS 14.10)
  ...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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• Jörg Wilhalm/Image comparison
  ...r and a break of the previous play, and is an outer winding that goes: hew or stab, find slices well.</p> ...n crooked and search to and on and test his techniques, whether he is soft or hard in his technique. Gloss note.</p>
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• Treatises/Manuscript purgatory
  Manuscript Purgatory is for works that we have not yet indexed for one reason or another. ...existed at one time, but for which we currently have no solid information or leads.
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• Alfonso Falloppia
  ...rd forward, putting it in the power of the enemy; then the passing attack; or repeating another assault and stopping, because he says this is completely ...benefit of all gallant men, and to confound those fencers who do not know, or who wish to teach naught but certain things that nature teaches by itself,
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• Antonius Rast
  ...t Rast was drawing on an earlier, unknown source for the mounted material, or even for all three of these sections. ..., into the opening, and lead him away as such, so you will be able to stab or strike him in the face with your sword, as is pictured there.</p>
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• Memorial Da Prattica do Montante (MS 49.III.20.nº.21)
  ...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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• Martin Syber/Jens P. Kleinau
  ...If you see a window open, <br/>&emsp;Look inside, leave it <br/>And strike or thrust fast. <br/>&emsp;So you may toughly fall {on him}.<br/>In the workin
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Mounted Fencing
  ...these as it is least specific to whether the lance in question is winning or losing the fight, which is unclear from the rest of the verse.</ref></p> | <p>[5] <em>To waste you or your horse, I make this throw:<br/>And I will come to you to attack with my
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• Scienza d’Arme (Salvator Fabris)
  ...Schermo, overo Scienza d’Arme''''' ("On Defense, or the Science of Arms") or '''''Sienza e Pratica d’Arme''''' ("Science and Practice of Arms") is an ...ost influential rapier manuals in history, reprinted many times and copied or expanded by numerous other authors for over a century after his death.
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• Peter Falkner
  ...king with counters and grappling. This is painted according to the Record, or according to the Running Through [rather than] the Record." (''Hie hebendt Crooked Hew<ref>Or Curved</ref><br/>
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Winden
  Test the soft or the hard</poem> ...de, and strike at his head to his right side, or set the point on his face or the chest.
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• Cort Bevvijs' Van t'Rapier alleen (MS KB.72.F.37)
  ...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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• Cotton MS Titus A XXV
  ...nd Sworde,’” 22. However, the French ''rabatir'', used to describe a parry or block, appears in a description of axe combat by Olivier de la Marche in hi
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• Fellowship of Liechtenauer
  ...encing manual]]. It is unclear whether this was ever a formal organization or what its nature might have been. However, in the early 1400s fighting men o
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• Girolamo Cavalcabo
  ...ani's book in 1588.</ref> he seems to have traveled to London in the 1580s or 1590s and set up a school.{{cn}} During this period he also wrote a treatis
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• Sebastian Heußler
  ...apparently well-received, and was reprinted at least seven times (in whole or in part) over the subsequent fifty years. ...determined at this time whether this is a reference to the fencing master or not.
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• Den Ridderlige og Adelige Fecht-Konstis (G.A)
  ..., the Gentlemans Armorie (G.A.)|Pallas Armata, the Gentlemans Armorie]]'' (or possibly just paraphrase translation), also written by G. A.
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• Pablo de Paredes
  | <p style="font-weight:bold;">Rules or Canons of the Two-Handed Sword:</p> ...:2em;" start="4"><li>Three vueltas<ref>Vuelta could be a turn of the sword or the body, depending on context.</ref> of three talhos entering, and three r
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• Florius de Arte Luctandi (MS Latin 11269)
  | Date = ca. [[year::1410-30|1410s or 20s]] ...ters. This manuscript is generally referred to as either the '''Florius''' or the '''Paris'''.
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Poleaxe
  ...perhaps referring to the three striking surfaces of the weapon’s head (axe or hammer, hook, and spear point).</ref> at any time.''</p> ...even if I can’t strike him in his head I will not fail to strike his arms or hands.</p>
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• Schilhaw
  The '''''Schilhaw''''' (''Schielhaw'', ''Schilthaw''; "Glancing Hew" or "Squinting Hew"), also called the '''''Schiller''''', is one of the several
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• Boydell Press
  ...oks are assigned to one of several imprints in Woodbridge, Cambridge (UK), or Rochester, New York, location of its principal North American office. Impri
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• Burgkmair Turnierbuch
  ...us old and new noble and knightly German forms and Disciplines of jousting or ”tilt”, as they call it nowadays.'''</p> ...of the late Roman Emperor Maximilian, I have here gathered these jousting or tilt games, and put them in order. The late emperor Maximilian himself devo
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• Jobst von Württemberg
  '''Jobst von Württemberg''' was a 15th or [[century::16th century]] German [[fencing master]]. Nothing is currently k ...n the military or to serve without obligation or to submit</ref> certainly or injuriously upon
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• Paulus Kal/Illustrations
  | <p>Raise your spear over the shoulder and turn the horse to him, or set the spear behind the buttocks and meet him.</p> ...strikes from above, then parry with the lower part of the axe held above. Or let fly at him with a sweep and hook the axe inside the right knee to pull
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Ablaufen
  ...lower peaks, and “simultaneously” strike quickly again to the upper peak. Or, strike the point at his chest and strike “simultaneously” skillfully t ...n his left side on his Messer in the hanging point, go with the crosspiece or the hilt to his right side on the blade of his Messer, and push his Messer
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• Gregor Erhart
  ...er left a signature, his work can only be identified by stylistic analysis or researching the original commission. His greatest artistic achievement was
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Nachreisen
  and notice always whether he is “soft” or “hard” in the binding. That is why you should know the “feeling of th ...perform the cuts, or go high with the hilt and lower the point to his face or chest and push him backwards. “Simultaneously” work towards the peaks.
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• Paradoxes of Defence (George Silver)
  ...ent weapons, and the short sword <br/>hath the advantage of the long sword or <br/>long rapier, and the weakness and <br/>imperfection of the rapier figh
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Winkerhaw
  ...that the point remains on the ground and the thumb is above on the Messer, or stand in the Schranckhut, so that the right foot is forwards. If he stands ...ur right shoulder directly from above an upper stroke to him with the long or stretched arm to his left side. Now notice, in the stroke, as the stroke go
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• Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (Joachim Meyer)
  ...he same woodblocks were used but the text was reset (and many small errors or variations were thus introduced). A third edition (based on the 1600) was p ...probably spurious (due perhaps to errors in cataloging the known editions or mistaken references to the works of [[Jakob Sutor]] (1612) and [[Theodori V
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• Opera Nova (Antonio Manciolino)
  ...y have been printed around that time; no copies of the original manuscript or any print editions prior to 1531 are known to exist.<ref name="date"/> In 2
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• Hans Medel Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.2º.5)
  ...ing guilds and a [[fencing manual]] that was probably created by a student or admirer of Master [[Hans Medel]] of Salzburg. At the end are twelve prints Hans Medel's section, probably written in the late 15th or early 16th century, consists of the master's modified presentation of the t
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• Hie lert der Jud Ebreesch
  ...es, yet are poor in temporal goods. And the Sanguine are with a long beard or face, and do not happily attend Mass. However, the Phlegmatics are godly in ...him with his bellicose and hateful manners, and yet they do not know why, or even how it is like this.}}</p>
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• Hugo Wittenwiler
  ...f the Toggenburg branch of the family, living in Toggenburg, Lichtenstein, or Wil. Other than this, little can be determined about his life. ...entury, Wittenwiler wrote a multiweapon fencing treatise that shows little or no connection to the tradition of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]. Though he is o
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• The Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence (Joseph Swetnam)
  | Chap. VI. Diverse reasons or introductions to bring thee the better unto the knowledge of thy weapon.
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• Johan Liechtnawers Fechtbuch geschriebenn (MS Dresd.C.487)
  ...ic in the past, as writers have generally assumed that it was an autograph or archetype prepared for Ain ringeck himself and used assumptions about his l * Created in Swabia or Bavaria using paper made between 1504 and 1519.<ref name="date"/>
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Versetzen
  Here the master speaks about the eighth chapter or element. These are the four displacements that break the four guards. Now y ...before, go high with the stretched point and thrust at his face or throat or chest, as it is depicted below. And with these breakings you break the four
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• Matrakçı Nasûh
  ...''Berat'') signifying him as a “leader of arms-masters” (Per./Tur. ''Silahşor'') in 936/1530. The document describes him (as “Nasûh the weapons-master ...for which Nasûh has become celebrated. Whether or not Nasûh authored them, or whether others with the fairly common name Nasûh penned the works cannot b
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• Walpurgis Fechtbuch (MS I.33)
  ...sometimes called the Walpurgis ''Fechtbuch'', the Lutegerus ''Fechtbuch'', or the Tower ''Fechtbuch'') is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] da ...ored in the Tower of London; known variously as "Tower of London Ms. Ⅰ.33" or "British Museum No. 14 E ⅲ, No. 20, D. ⅵ. Ⅰ".
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• H. Beringer
  ...an older oral tradition in which the exact sequence of verses was not set, or even that Beringer's verse represents just one of the teachings that Liecht | the material<ref>Aristotle’s Res (material, or “thing”). HS3227a, Wolfenbüttel record “Matter” (Dingen), whereas
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• Ein Hausbuch des mittelalterlichen Wissens (BJ Rkp. Przyb. 35/64)
  ...rds, up to the left; pull back, put the left forward; use meanwhile. Press or close in.</p>
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• Jami' al-funun
  ...esting that this work is composite in nature and was most likely a summary or copy of other works both extant and lost. The author does not cite other au ...black ink <ref> Pseudo Ibn Akhī Ḥizām Kitāb al-makhzūn, 3r </ref>. Whether or not this was a higher ranking “Arms-Bearer” of the Sultan cannot be con
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• Gladiatoria group/Illustrations
  ...and throw it at him vigorously. Close in with the throw and use your sword or spear, whatever suits you best.</p> ...e, thus you offer him an opening at your right armpit. If he means to seek or exploit your opening with a strong thrust then strike down with strength wi
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• Marco Docciolini
  There are no records of Marco Docciolini marrying or having legitimate children, though he was survived by two nephews, Bernardo
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• Adam van Breen
  | <p>'''Mars his Feild or The Exercise of Armes'''</p> ...so used in the Dutch transciption and the trascriber typed out "Majesteit" or Majesty.</ref>, of the Most Christian King of France, and also from the Hig
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• Hans Weiditz
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• Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.4º.2)
  ...niversitätsbibliothek Augsburg]] in Augsburg, Germany. It consists of two (or possibly three) distinct treatises, based on the art style and the handwrit ...ral or Northern Bavaria, with part A appended to the end of it immediately or soon thereafter.
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• Das Landshuter Ringerbuch (Hans Wurm)
  ...ppling]] illustrated in Hans Wurm’s wrestling manual is of the same school or tradition as those found in the [[Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)|Go
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• Anonymous sword and buckler images
  ...esence in the Cluny may indicate that they were intended to illustrate one or more prior German fencing treatises (such as that of [[Andre Lignitzer]]).
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• André des Bordes
  ...one can know all sorts of guards. I give to others the journey to Flanders or Italy to satisfy their curiosity about the pleasantries<ref>As in the pictu ...l those who wear a sword by custom or by merit, whether provoked by words, or agitated with anger to come to blows, represent all four. The premiere, hav
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• Joachim Meyers Fäktbok (MS A.4º.2)
  ...an]] [[fencing manual]] created by [[Joachim Meyer]], probably around 1563 or 1568. The original currently rests in the holdings of [[Lunds Universitets ...itten in the 1560s for Otto von Solms; presented in either the early 1560s or when he visited Strasbourg in 1568.
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• Jacopo Monesi
  ...losophy of fencing. He eschews what he sees as unnecessary embellishments, or artefacts of salle fencing, and privileges what he considers practical for ...ional discussion points of the period, such as where to look when fencing, or how to approach combat at night.</p>
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• De Nassavsche Wapen-Handelinge (Adam van Breen)
  An English edition was produced in 1625 under the title ''Mars his Feild or The Exercise of Armes'', printed in London by Roger Daniell. This was an an
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• Talhoffer Fechtbuch (MS Chart.A.558)
  ...Chart.A.558''' is a [[nationality::German]] [[fencing manual]] compiled in or after 1448 and often attributed to [[Hans Talhoffer]].<ref>Dated 1443 on [[ ...all of these elements together are representative of a specific individual or family. Heraldry that shares the same charge and crest but differs in other
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• Neu Kunstlich Fechtbuch (Sebastian Heußler)
  ...7, 1626, 1627, 1630, 1640, and 1665; Lochner was also responsible for some or all of these printings.
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• Hec Sunt Guardiae in Dimicatione Videlicet (MS 01020)
  ...ze and contents suggest that it was a personal reference book for a scribe or other writer, and folio 105r outlines a system of counter-ward pairs simila
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• Maarten van Heemskerck
  ...arlem. Recalled after a time to the paternal homestead and put to the plow or the milking of cows, young Heemskerk took the first opportunity that offere
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• Marcus Graecus
  ...'''' (translated as '''''On the Use of Fire to Conflagrate the Enemy''''', or '''''Book of Fires for the Burning of Enemies''''', and abbreviated as ''''
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• Duarte I de Portugal
  ...', [[Order of the Garter|KG]], (1391 – 1438), called '''the Philosopher''' or '''the Eloquent''', was King of Portugal and the Algarve and second Lord of length (piece or section) to strengthen himself. Later he returns
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• Nicolaüs
  ...rs coupled with a repetition of the grand master's [[Zettel|Recital]]). On or around 2 July 1489,<ref>The date of the Visitation of Mary, the feast day m ...pseudo-Danzig or if they both derive from an even earlier original gloss (or even if Ringeck and pseudo-Danzig are the same author and the "Ringeck" glo
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• Hans Wilhelm Schöffer von Dietz
  ...Proper Description of the Art of Fencing"). More than a simple translation or plagiarism, the treatise represents considerable expansion and interpretati
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Weckerhaw
  ...e, put your left foot forwards and have your Messer on your right shoulder or in the Schrankhut at the right leg and leap with the right foot well to you Hang it or stretch straight</poem>
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• Fabian von Auerswald
  ...hat when any so high or low in station, should my work and labor encounter or acquire, That he would take from me the same gracious friendship and aid, a | <p>[1] 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 y
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• Sobre el arte de la esgrima (MS II/1579(2))
  ...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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• Zornhaw
  ...mit halben [voliern] und schlag in mit der langen schneid nach Dem Rechten Or zu dem Koppf [hinerg] ...et your point properly go forward shooting down (einschiessen) to the face or chest.
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Abschneiden
  ...e to your left side and then he strikes quickly around with the Entrüsthau or else to your right side, leap out of the stroke with the left foot to his r ...e lies to your right side at the ear, and you lie on his Messer from below or from above, as soon as he wants to strike around to the other peak of your
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• Achille Marozzo/Fourth Book
  ...isan and rotella he can make no strokes other than the thrust, either high or low, if he will make any other stroke but the thrust, they will be without ...in the arm of his partisan hand; and for your protection you will draw two or three steps back and set yourself in the same guard as at first.
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• Oxyrhynchus Papyrus (MS P.Oxy.III.466)
  ...d with the instruction ''πλέξον'' ("tangle"), translated as "fight it out" or "mix it up". {{#set: image=file:P.Oxy. III 466 (front).png }}
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Durchwechsel
  ...at you from above or from below to the Messer and wants to strike it away or bind on it, “simultaneously” let the point go down through below, and t ...at you from above or from below to the Messer and wants to strike it away or bind on it, “simultaneously” let the point go down through below, and t
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• Oplodidaskalia sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri (MS 26-232)
  | Format = Generally single-sided; two or three <br/>illustrations per side, with text on the right ...sive Armorvm Tractandorvm Meditatio Alberti Dvreri''''' ("Weapon Training, or Albrecht Dürer's Meditation on the Handling of Weapons", MS 26-232) is a [
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• Case Study:Kampffechten
  ...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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• Ragione di adoprar sicuramente l'Arme (Giacomo di Grassi)
  ...res and perfect Rules the manner and forme how a man without other Teacher or Master may safelie handle all sortes of Weapons as well offensive as defens
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• Paulus Kal
  ...es from Latin or Italian.</ref> and was likely based on either the Bologna or Vienna; another single leaf, roughly coeval with Solothurn, appeared at a r | <p>Raise your spear over the shoulder and turn the horse to him, or set the spear behind the buttocks and meet him.</p>
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Zucken
  ...you want, let the Messer go through and strike at him again with the blunt or the sharp edge at his right side to the upper peak. And what the going thro ...ade towards yourself. Then, thrust on the Messer again quickly at the face or chest. And if you want to twitch, you always have to wind your Messer again
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• Cluny Fechtbuch (Cl. 23842)/Comparisons
  ...order. Other pictures are placed around them based on resemblance to Cluny or their respective places in the gloss. In the case of Kal, Falkner, and Wilh | {{r!|V}}or und nach dy zway ding<br/>{{r!|S}}ind aller kunst ain vrsprinck
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• Das Ander Theil Des Newen Kůnstreichen Fechtbůches (Cod.Guelf.83.4 Aug.8º)
  One may also feint on the inside and smite outside to the head or arm, and if that misses, you strike swiftly athwart to the left ear. One mu ...nd with the third fall forward with a long step, smiting him over the head or arm.
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• Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza
  ...to the reason you have for this. If I were to be idle to be able to think or know to think in friendship that I have been the first that may have been b ...give testimony to the pandemonium of the common without testing the skill or considering the reasons of the effects. And if this is so and there is no m
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• Johann Andreas Schmidt
  ...n the Erzgebirgskreis District, Germany, in ca. 1650. Sometime after 1671 (or perhaps after 1675), Schmidt studied fencing under [[Johann Georg]] and [[J
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• Liber de Arte Dimicatoria
  ...), suggest that it was created by a member of the clergy (perhaps a priest or monk). ...htly class. Repeatedly, the text makes mention of the pupils (''scolaris'' or ''discipulus'') of the priest, as well as youths (''iuvenis'') and clients
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• Ludwig VI von Eyb
  ...f Heilbronn”). He also seems to have written a craft book and a historical or genealogical work, but their contents and location are currently unknown.
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• Nicoletto Giganti
  ...[Scola, overo teatro (Nicoletto Giganti)|Scola, overo teatro]]'' ("School, or Theater"). It is dedicated to Cosimo II de' Medici. This treatise is struct | class="noline" | <p>'''School, or Theatre''' In which different manners and methods of parrying and wounding
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• Das Buch von Füßringen
  ...lein" appears on the first page of Hans Wurm's version, but is not defined or otherwise used in the text.</ref> in which two grapplers fight with certain ...ge’s name commence, {{red|a|b=1}}nd show firstly if the opponent goes High or low, this is the beginning of wrestling.
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• Camillo Agrippa
  ...er]]. It is unclear, however, whether this is due to his direct influence, or if Agrippa was merely among the first to describe a general change in the c
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• Ott Jud/Sortable
  ...ea of the contents of this section in the absence of the actual manuscript or complete transcription. Note that the terminus at paragraph 22 isn't defini <p>Or thrust his left elbow straight up with your right arm and turn him away fro
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• Johannes Liechtenauer
  ...] [[nationality::German]] [[fencing master]]. No direct record of his life or teachings currently exists, and all that we know of both comes from the wri Liechtenauer was described by many later masters as the "high master" or "grand master" of the art, and a long poem called the ''Zettel'' ("Recital"
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• Gladiatoria group
  ...olfenbüttel Picture Book (Cod.Guelf.78.2 Aug.2º)|Cod. Guelf 78.2 Aug. 2º]] or the [[longshield]] of the [[Gladiatoria (MS Germ.Quart.16)|MS Germ. quart. ...and throw it at him vigorously. Close in with the throw and use your sword or spear, whatever suits you best.</p>
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• Antonio Manciolino
  ...is the oldest extant treatise in the [[Filippo di Bartolomeo Dardi|Dardi]] or "Bolognese" school of swordsmanship.<ref>Both Dardi and Luca are thought to ...519 to publish his treatise, but it's unclear if this was the same edition or an even earlier one.<ref>Tassinari, 2021.</ref>
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Zornhaw
  ...him. Then Let “simultaneously” your point shoot forwards towards his face or the chest and “simultaneously” turn your Messer against his, so that th ...g In mit der zwirch vnd mit der lang[e]n schneid[e]n zu seine[n] recht[e]n or[e]n [etc]
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• Gérard Thibault d'Anvers
  Thibault was born in or around 1574 in Antwerp, son of Hendrick Thibaut and Margaretha van Nispen.< ...erdam as early as 1610.<ref name="Verwey, Herman Fontaine 1978 p.289"/> In or around 1611, he presented his system to an assembly of Dutch masters at a c
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Hengen
  Guards, soft or hard</poem> ...nd from which and against which element and against which strokes, thrusts or cuts you should deliver the stroke and the cut, you have been to a good ext
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• Diogo Gomes de Figueyredo
  ..., you can know the qualities of those for the ''montante'', their weakness or their strength, with the single difference that all the deflections, parrie ...the road is wide, in order to take it all, you will give more ''revezes'' or more ''talhos'' in the same manner.</p>
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Geferhaw
  ...e, and remain with your arm high and move your point downwards to his face or chest.
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Zwingerhaw
  What a buffalo strikes or thrusts
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• Georg Lemberger
  ...Leipzig. It is assumed that he died no later than 1545, in either Leipzig or Magdeburg.
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• Achille Marozzo/Fifth Book
  ...iquity & authority of consulting our great law or our most serene Emperors or our other predecessors if they will govern as well as the constitution of a ...I am strong in giving the principles of the first presa against stilletto or dagger. And see, that your enemy having a weapon in an overhand grip, it is
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• Hans Czynner
  ...ttle is known about this master, but he seems to have been an initiate of, or at least familiar with, the tradition of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]. He auth ...leading with your left foot and with your left arm shove in on his breast or on his neck, thus you toss him, as it is illustrated below.</p>
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• Paladin Press
  ...for Paladin's future: it would be first to print books about controversial or suppressed subjects, and it would also be criticized for publishing works t
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• Joachim Meyer/Manuscript Comparison
  ...ulk of its contents from the earlier Munich or Veldenz manuscript of 1561, or rather Meyer clearly used the same rough draft to create both manuscripts. ...on in a few footnotes here and there, which you can distinguish from Kevin or Olivier's notes by my initials ([[user:Michael Chidester|MCC]]) at the end.
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Überlaufen
  ...ikes to you from below, do not displace it but notice, as his lower stroke or half-stroke goes to you, strike to him from your right shoulder from above ...armed hand or “simultaneously” hit him with a “thunderstroke” to his head or go with the “weak” downwards to his lower peaks.
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• Anonymous 15th Century Poem
  ...ty years earlier would also suggest that Syber is not the original author (or potentially that his career was much earlier than currently thought). ...shall always remember<br/>Do not fall strongly therein<br/>Lest<ref>lit. ‘or’</ref> he clash loudly, sounding over it.<br/>Whenever one wishes to bind
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• Talhoffer Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.2º.1)
  ...German]] [[fencing manual]] created by [[Paulus Hector Mair]] some time in or before 1561.<ref>Dated on [[:file:Cod.I.6.2º.1 01r.png|folio 1r]].</ref> T
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• Die Blume des Kampfes
  | date = [[year::1420]]s or earlier ..., [[Johane Suveno]] and [[Nicholai de Toblem]]; it is possible that either or both of those masters authored texts which inspired both this tradition as
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• Ambraser Codex (MS KK5342)
  The '''MS KK5342''' (sometimes called Codex Ambras or the Ambraser Codex) was copied between 1480 and 1500 from the [[Talhoffer F
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• Pseudo-Hans Döbringer
  ...osses in our fledgling tradition.</ref> At some point in the 15th century (or possibly the last decade of the 14th), he dictated a [[gloss]] on and expan ...ed the initial paragraph of each of the other weapon sections in the first or second phase. In the third phase, the author went back and began revising t
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• Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijke Worstel-Konst (Nicolaes Petter)
  ...p://www.truefork.org/KampaiBudokai/Huttonjujutsu.pdf Examples of Ju Jitsu, or Japanese Wrestling. For Schoolboys. ]'', but this was likely just an approx
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• Federico Ghisliero/Introduction
  ...f willingly, to obey, to explain them. And I did this not to credit myself or to know perfectly the profession of
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Benehmen
  ...e hanging point as before, you can also twitch through, and change through or cut. ...ith the hanging point to his face and do not let him come from your Messer or twitch through.
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• Giacomo di Grassi
  ...not follow the original Italian text with exactness. We intend to replace or expand this with a translation of the Italian, when such becomes available. ...fensive as defensive: With a Treatise Of Deceit or Falsing: And with a way or Means by private Industry to obtain Strength, Judgement, and Activity</p>
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Bogen
  ...wind “simultaneously” your Messer against his one, and thrust at his face. Or, if he strikes at you, turn your Messer with the short edge on his Messer,
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• Jörg Wilhalm
  ...cial combat. However, it is unclear if Wilhalm authored all of these works or, like [[Lienhart Sollinger]] and [[Paulus Hector Mair]] after him, merely c ...ly unclear whether Wilhalm was involved in the creation of this manuscript or not, but it appears to be a presentation copy of the collected works and in
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• Andre Paurenfeyndt
  ...lity can develop in you. In this way, you learn from a master of the sword or from a sworn Freifechter and not from misbegotten fencers, like when one bl <p>Recognize soft or hard.<br/>Pursuing is your application.</p>
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• Martin Syber
  ...ariety of masters from across Europe, including men from Bohemia, Brabant (or possibly Provence), England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ita
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• Abu-I-Hassan Ali ibn Abd-ar-Rahman al-Farazi al-Andalus
  ...e worked for some of the Nasird Sultans as ''diwan al-insha'' (chancellery or official secretariat) of the ''Alhambre''. With the rank of ''faqih'', he a ...amily, it seems his early work did not come to the attention of Muhammad V or VI (who he dedicated his work to), possibly owing to the situation the Emir
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• Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli
  ...Siena, either holding a position analogous to dean of all German students, or perhaps merely the fencing master who taught the German students. ...It has never been resolved whether his demise was a result of drunkenness or treachery. At any rate, con''tempo''rary accounts indicate that when the Bi
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• Johannes Lecküchner/No Munich
  ...place. So work “simultaneously” skillfully with the Messer in front of you or with other elements and do not let him come to any work afterwards. This wa ...you have to displace it, work “simultaneously” skillfully with the Messer or otherwise with the elements. This way, you take the “before” from him w
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• Giovanni dall'Agocchie
  ...f place. While on the contrary, whoever faces his enemy’s fury without art or mastery, always ending up rashly overcome, finds himself not defended, but ...f my spirit, since at times we’ve seen inexpert people, without experience or any understanding of fencing, to have overcome and defeated those who have.
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• Martin Huntsfeld
  ...ude the entire mounted fencing treatise, but it was either never completed or, since the poem falls at the end of a quire, that the final quire containin ...g point to the right ear, and stab at his face, and attack him in the face or anywhere else, if he wards then disengage, and go through with the stab, an
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Entrüsthaw
  ...ement, so that you cannot come to these elements, work with the crosspiece or with the “guarding nail” and push his Messer with it aside, and strike ...schlag[e]n zu seyn[er] linck[e]n seyt[e]n yndes schlag In zu dem recht[e]n or[e]n mit dem entrüsthaw [etc]
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• De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi (MS Vitt.Em.1324)
  ...i]]''. It seems almost certain that Vadi stood in the tradition of Liberi, or at the very least possessed a copy of his fencing manual. However, this man
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• Federico Ghisliero/Theorems
  ...tempered and equal. From whence it happens that we are all inclined to one or another passion, in accordance with the complexion which rules in us.
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• Vincentio Saviolo
  ...nfesse, is farre unworthie your Lordships view, in regard eyther of method or substance: and being much unperfecter than it shoulde have beene, if I had ...oble spirites, desirous to imploie either their studies in the profession, or their lives in the practise of the arte militarie) to bestowe my paines in
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• Philippo di Vadi
  ...in earnest against your enemies”, as opposed to fencing for fun, exercise or display.</ref>''' to the illustrious Prince Guido di Montefeltro Duke of Ur | <p>Nobody should think that there is anything false or any kind of error in my book, because I have omitted and carved out anythin
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• Johann Daniel Lange
  ...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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• H. Beringer/Sandbox
  <td width="116" valign="top"><p>All other accounts include “lere”, or “kere” (3227a).</p></td>
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• Fior di Battaglia (MS Ludwig XV 13)
  | Illuminated by = [[artist::Michelino Molinari da Besozzo]] (or follower)
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• Heinrich von Gunterrodt
  ...s unclear if he ever earned a degree. He also studied fencing, either with or under [[Balthasaro Cramonio Pomerano]], who was a student of [[Johannes Her
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• Paulus Hector Mair/Image comparison
  ...let your point properly go forward shooting in (Einschiessen) to the face or chest. If he perceives this thrust, then drive with the sword well up over ...d (as in illustration) and wind your point from your left side to his face or chest.
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• Francesco Fernando Alfieri
  ...dedicated to the students at the Accademia Delia in general). The Vidman (or Widmann) family were an extremely wealthy merchant family, originally from ...common experience, there is nothing in my judgement either more honourable or more necessary to a person of noble birth, than keeping their youth engaged
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Preface
  ...place. So work “simultaneously” skillfully with the Messer in front of you or with other elements and do not let him come to any work afterwards. This wa ...you have to displace it, work “simultaneously” skillfully with the Messer or otherwise with the elements. This way, you take the “before” from him w
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• Andre Lignitzer
  '''Andre Lignitzer''' (Andres Liegniczer) was a late 14th or early [[century::15th century]] [[nationality::German]] fencing master. His ...grasp the middle of the blade, and go strongly to the man, so he must stab or strike. Indeed come before to quickly engage forcefully and stay close.</p>
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• Achille Marozzo/Second Book
  ...e this art of wounding that it is more natural. That is mandritti, roversi or stoccate. But I will say more of other attacks. Now note that I have a good ...di testa. Then if your enemy throws a mandritto or a roverso at the head, or even a stoccata, I want you to make a rising strike with the false edge of
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• Albrecht Dürer
  ...cutters. Dürer either drew his design directly onto the woodblock itself, or glued a paper drawing to the block. Either way, his drawings were destroyed ...] (usually combined), including a number of still lifes of meadow sections or animals, including his ''Young Hare'' (1502) and the ''Great Piece of Turf'
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• Achille Marozzo/First Book
  ...return back. I want you to practice the things that you have taught, four, or five days with your student so they know the attacks (feriri) that you have ...h proper practice. Remember that one can perform all the wrestling (prese) or blows when they are plainly tried, but if a student faces another from the
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• Marc'Antonio Pagano
  ...opean countries, and this could be evidence of the mobility of the author (or, at least, of the exchange of knowledge between Naples and the rest of Euro ...spikes. At the end of the staff there is a metal point, called “pedicone” or “calcio”. So, ''coltello inastato'' could be considered as a weapon sim
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• Lulu booklist
  ...nauer's famous Recital. Each page contains a single play of the long sword or short sword, carefully laid out with the relevant glosses of Sigmund ain Ri ...d vs. dagger, and sword in one hand in volume I, and of sword, axe, spear, or mounted fencing in volume II—carefully laid out with the relevant transla
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• Pol Hausbuch (MS 3227a)
  ...the Nuremberg Hausbuch) is a [[nationality::German]] [[commonplace book]] (or ''Hausbuch'' in German) thought to have been created some time between 1389 ...place books means that the calendar could easily have been an old calendar or even a future one. As the date of the Pol Hausbuch is also used to estimate
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Durchlaufen
  ...left side. “Simultaneously” drop your Messer and grab with your right hand or arm on the outside at his right knee-bending and lift him up and throw him ...bit. Then, catch him on your left hip and throw him forwards on his face. Or, let him fall on your Messer, as you certainly know.
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• Twerhaw
  ...', ''Twirhaw'', ''Twirchhaw'', ''Zwerhaw'', ''Zwerchhaw''; "Thwarting Hew" or "Crosswise Hew") is one of the several [[hidden strike]]s mentioned in [[Jo ...mit halben [voliern] und schlag in mit der langen schneid nach Dem Rechten Or zu dem Koppf [hinerg]
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Images2
  ...beat me with your skill, I believe<br/>That with my power I will hurt you, or worse.''</p> | <p>[6] ''With this move I will either force you to the ground<br/>Or else your left arm will be dislocated.''</p>
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/Images
  ...beat me with your skill, I believe<br/>That with my power I will hurt you, or worse.''</p> | <p>[6] ''With this move I will either force you to the ground<br/>Or else your left arm will be dislocated.''</p>
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• Nuremberg Turnierbuch (MS 22.229)
  The '''''Nuremberg Turnierbuch''''' (or ''Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg''; MS 22.229) is a [[nation
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• Salvator Fabris
  ...y]] [[nationality::Italian]] knight and [[fencing master]]. He was born in or around Padua, Italy in 1544, and although little is known about his early y ...edish crown. According to the story, Fabris participated in a sword dance (or possibly a dramatic play) with a sharp sword and was to slay Karl during th
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• Fiore de'i Liberi/alternate order
  ...o da Mantova]. Well he said that without books no one can be a good master or student in this art. And I, Fiore, confirm that this art is so long that th ...beat which he wants to strike with the lance he could also do with a staff or with a sword (except that if he throws his lance into the chest of my horse
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• Achille Marozzo/Third Book
  ...''falso'' to the outside to disconcert and be able to give a ''mandritto'' or another attack. You will then in this thrust throw a ''falso'' to the sword ...e. In this manner for fear of the thrust he will parry striking it outside or above. In this strike you will throw a ''roverso ridoppio'' to his arms wit
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• Cluny Fechtbuch (Cl. 23842)
  ...king with counters and grappling. This is painted according to the Record, or according to the Running Through [found in] the Record." on [[Page:CL23842
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• Paulus Kal Fechtbuch (Cgm 1507)
  | Material = Paper, with a 16th or 17th century <br/>leather binding
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• Ledall Roll (Additional MS 39564)
  ...and, between 1513 and 1518 and awarded Freedom of the City of York in 1529 or 1530. The only son of a glover, Ledall was himself a merchant and seems to
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• Angelo Viggiani dal Montone
  ...sciences; then in the second is reasoned which came first, either offense or defense; and in the third and last is chosen a single ''schermo'' composed ...rnatural things; and by which are moved all those lettered men, discussing or writing, that say things rare and excellent; and by which we others accordi
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• Kunst des Messerfechtens (Cod.Pal.Germ.430)
  <p>A fighting book or fencing book</p>
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• Goliath Fechtbuch (MS Germ.Quart.2020)
  | Place of origin = Augsburg or Landshut ...ind cuts, stabs, and slices. You shall also do so with testing, cut, stab, or slice in all meetings if you want to fool the masters. </p>
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• Jakob Sutor von Baden
  ...'' a man can well (learn) the sword divisions and from these the positions or guards. ...d Hengetort (hanging point). The strikes with the sword are the Priniciple or Haupthaw (primary strikes), Beyhaw (secondary strikes),and Meisterhaw (mast
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• Codex Lew (Cod.I.6.4º.3)
  ...Daniel; [[Bartłomiej Walczak|Walczak, Bartłomiej]]. "Liegnitzer, Hundsfeld or Lew? The question of authorship of popular Medieval fighting teachings". ''
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• Johannes Liechtenauer/Expanded
  ...take the art as trivial, so that such masters will not make his art common or open with people who do not hold the art in respect as is its due.</p> | Strike in and hasten forth;<br/>&emsp;rush to, let it hit, or go by.
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• Federico Ghisliero
  ...tes that he intended to have printing plates made but was unable to do so, or that his plan from the start was to have the books vary based on how much a <p>'''F'''or ''two reasons, my Most Illustrious Sir, it has pleased me to direct to Your
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• Sigmund ain Ringeck
  ...ficer charged with overseeing the wagons and horse-drawn artillery pieces, or potentially ''Schirmmeister'', a title used by lower-class itinerant fencin ...ng the three substantial versions of the long sword are accompanied by one or both of these other glosses.
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• Johann Georg Pascha
  Or Half-Pike, or Springing-Stick,
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• Johannes Lecküchner/Messernehmen
  ...ously” go with your hilt on his hilt, so that your crosspiece comes behind or in front of his one, and wind with it to his right side, and push with the ...pull “simultaneously” to your left side, in that way you take his Messer. Or, pull downwards with your Messer, as you have heard before.
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• Christoff Rösener
  Armored on horseback, in the field, or in the barriers<br/> Wounded or killed outright<br/>
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• Gladiatoria (MS Germ.Quart.16)
  ...e twirch(?) and look evenly upon what he will drive unto you, be it strike or thrust, and see that you foil it. Now note the counter against this: when h
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• Johannes Lecküchner/No illustrations
  ...place. So work “simultaneously” skillfully with the Messer in front of you or with other elements and do not let him come to any work afterwards. This wa ...you have to displace it, work “simultaneously” skillfully with the Messer or otherwise with the elements. This way, you take the “before” from him w
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• Johannes Lecküchner
  ...1504 (and possibly longer), but his writings demonstrate no connection to or awareness of those of Lecküchner.</ref> ...buted to a certain Master [[Hans Lebkommer]]. This is either a misspelling or alternate rendering of "Lecküchner"; the text appears to be a brief summar
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• Hans Talhoffer
  ...s. It is possible that he purchased the manuscript after it was completed (or partially completed), and used it as a basis for his later teachings.<ref>T ...26]] (1480s).</ref> While some have speculated that this indicates rivalry or ill-will between the two contemporaries, it is more likely that Talhoffer s
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• Ott Jud
  ...ed. Furthermore, there are a number of copies that are limited to one half or the other, including Vienna and the prose Wassmannsdorff for the first part ...ither some later versions were created by combining multiple earlier ones, or there are many missing links in this chain. Furthermore, certain plays have
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• George Silver
  ...] English nobleman and fencing enthusiast. He was likely born in the 1550s or early 1560s, the eldest of four brothers; apparently at least one of them, ...ive in 1622, when he was visited (a kind of audit of people claiming noble or gentlemanly status) by Cooke, Clarenceux King-of-Arms. <ref>J.D. Aylward, T
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• Krumphaw
  The '''''Krumphaw''''' (''Chrumphaw'', ''Krumbhaw'', ''Krumhaw''; "Crooked-" or "Arc-Hew") is one of the several [[hidden strike]]s mentioned in [[Johannes ...left side, strike with the long edge and crossed hands against his strike, or between his pommel and blade, diagonally over his hands, and fully overshoo
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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig
  ...ew]], a name associated with one of the branches of the gloss (see below), or [[Sigmund ain Ringeck]], whose gloss shows strong similarities to the work. ...pseudo-Danzig or if they both derive from an even earlier original gloss (or even if Ringeck and pseudo-Danzig are the same author and the "Ringeck" glo
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• Lew
  '''Lew''' or '''Lewe''' is the presumed name of a [[century::15th century]] [[nationalit ...man called Lew".</ref> has lead people to fabricate names like ''Jud Lew'' or ''Jude Lew'' (meaning "Lew the Jew"), even though such a name doesn't appea
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• Ott Jud/Old
  ...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 ...loosley, reach with your left hand over his right arm and grab his fingers or anything else. Lift his arm above you on your left side and break his balan
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• Hans Talhoffer/Complete
  *The fifth is betrayal in strife or otherwise. *The seventh is using either a maiden or lady.</span>
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• Henry de Sainct Didier
  ...nd. SIRE, this here will contain this little work, which is like a summary or collection of the first book that I still have beside me. If your Majesty a ...hing fencing: being able to defend and attack at the same time some strike or strikes that one can throw, and thus if they do not know how can they teach
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• Fiore de'i Liberi
  ...knightly class which formed the lower tier of nobility in the Middle Ages, or possibly of the rising class of Imperial Free Knights.<ref>He is never give ...all of these encounters were friendly: Fiore wrote of meeting many “false” or unworthy masters in his travels, most of whom lacked even the limited skill
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• Philibert de la Touche
  work which may be beautiful or outstanding fades in the lights of or for the conservation of their life ; which should be the only goal of a tru
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• Joachim Meyer
  ...y, Joachim Meyer died. The cause of his death is unknown, possibly disease or pneumonia.<ref name="Van Slambrouck"/> ...imes he is mentioned. It is believed that Appolonia and either her husband or her brother were involved with the second printing of his book in 1600. Acc
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• Nicolaes Petter
  ...t executé par un Ouvrier aussi illustre est parfait en toutes ses parties. Or pour faire comprendre clairement toutes ces choses il a ajouté ici une cla ...is usual, and mainly amongst the Dutch, where there is any sort of quarrel or discord between people that has risen so high that a physical fight follows
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• Augsburg Group
  ...such as the [[Berlin Picture Book (Libr.Pict.A.83)|Berlin Picture Book]], or only versions of the text with no illustrations, such as the manuscript of ...en seek, thwart or open, arm-breaks, combat-techniques, mortal-techniques, or other techniques, they may he then not well defend otherwise than fleeing-f
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• Fechtkunst Glossary (Jeffrey Forgeng)
  | To withdraw from or evade the opponent’s weapon by rotating the blade downwards around the hi ...ng from one technique to another, e.g. changing from one guard to another, or from one attack to another. change from? Meyer 1570 2.6v
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• Gérard Thibault d'Anvers/Plates 12-22
  ...ourself often enough in similar situations such as these by chance one way or another. Therefore, be prepared for everything. For in the practice of Arms ...eceeding action. Alexander momentarily raises his left foot, making little or no forward motion. He leans on it, moves his left side forward, at the same
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• Paulus Hector Mair
  ...ugsburg city coffers. This embezzlement was not discovered for many years (or perhaps was overlooked due to the political favor his parties garnered), un Whether viewed as an unwise scholar who paid the ultimate price for his art or an ignoble thief who violated his city's trust, Mair remains one of the mos
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• Gérard Thibault d'Anvers/Plates 23-33
  ...one carefully contemplates these instructions, one will not not be misled or decieved by the similarity in postures adopted by one’s adversary, for, p
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• Johannes Georgius Bruchius
  ...Wapen-Konste]]'' ("Thorough Description of the Noble and Knightly Fencing- or Weapon-Art"). It was published in Leiden by Abraham Verhoef, and treated th
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• Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Combined
  Rush in, hit or let drive. <br /> | [5] <span style="color:#cc0000;">Or</span> if you stand with the right foot before and hew from the left side,
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• Gérard Thibault d'Anvers/Plates 1-11
  ...urally act as a small shield, held out in front, either open and extended, or firmly closed. This is why the Jewish author Philo is very right to say tha ...tions, and in postures inconsistent with the ordinary way in which we walk or stand: such that, instead of evoking through these contortions some sort of
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• Eyb Kriegsbuch (MS B.26)
  ...y::German]] manuscript created by [[Ludwig VI von Eyb]] zum Hartenstein in or around 1500.<ref>The dedication on [[:Page:MS B.26 00Ar.png|folio Ar]] is d
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• Paride del Pozzo
  '''Paride del Pozzo''' (Latin: ''Paridis'' or ''Paris de Puteo'') (1410-1493) was [[century::15th century]] Italian juris ...o)|De duello, vel De re militari in singulari certamine]]'' ("On the Duel, or On Military Matters in Single Combat"). This treatise is particularly impor
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