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16th century woodcut of an Italian fencer wielding a Rodela/Rotella. Rodeleros ("shield bearers"), also called espadachines ("swordsmen") and colloquially known as "Sword and Buckler Men", were Spanish troops in the early 16th (and again briefly in the 17th) century, equipped with steel shields known as rodela and swords (usually of the side-sword type).
Buckler front and back Sword and buckler combat, plate from the Tacuinum Sanitatis illustrated in Lombardy, ca. 1390. Irish round shield. A buckler (French bouclier 'shield', from Old French bocle, boucle 'boss') is a small shield, up to 45 cm (up to 18 in) in diameter, [1] gripped in the fist with a central handle behind the boss.
Hosted by Academie Duello, this event has brought instructors, authors and researchers from around the world for workshops, lectures and seminars. Since 2012, the annual event SoCal Sword Fight has been hosted in Southern California. The event includes tournaments and classes in a variety of historical weapons, including some non-european weapons.
The treatise expounds a martial system of defensive and offensive techniques between a master and a pupil, referred to as sacerdos (priest) and scolaris (student), each armed with a sword and a buckler, drawn in ink and watercolour and accompanied with Latin text, interspersed with German fencing terms. On the last two pages, the pupil is ...
"Sword-sword" each fighter has a one-handed sword and no shield "Sword – buckler" fighters use a sword and buckler, first fighter to 5 hits wins. "Longsword" fighters use longswords "Nonstandard" weapons that do not fit the first two categories: halberd, two-handed ax, two-handed swords, etc. are used for fighting.
Here’s everything you need to know about tuning into Game 5 of the 2023 World Series tonight, including game times, channel, the full World Series schedule and more. Date(s): Oct. 27 - Nov. 4 ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a 1-0 World Series lead heading into Game 2 against the New York Yankees tonight at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers needed extra innings to pick up the 6-3 victory in Game 1.
Sword and rotella; Sword and small buckler; Sword and targa; Sword for two hands (also referred to as the spadone by some masters) Two swords; Unarmed against dagger; The most significant group of authors from this time were those from the Bolognese school and it included such masters as Achille Marozzo, Antonio Manciolino, Angelo Viggiani and ...