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The largest part is dedicated to the combat of sword and buckler as in the treatise of the contemporary Achille Marozzo, since this discipline remains the cornerstone of the teaching of ancient fencing, at least until the mid-sixteenth century, especially of Bolognese fencing.
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Impression with hand-colouring. Albrecht Dürer considered printmaking to be one of the most important art forms, possibly even equal to the art of painting. [3] His technical skill is well demonstrated in St. Michael Fighting the Dragon.
The first page of the Codex Wallerstein shows the typical arms of 15th-century individual combat, including the longsword, rondel dagger, messer, sword-and-buckler, voulge, pollaxe, spear, and staff. Historical European martial arts ( HEMA ) are martial arts of European origin, particularly using arts formerly practised, but having since died ...
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.
"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.