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Longsword guards (1452 manuscript) Normally, several modes of combat were taught alongside one another, typically unarmed grappling ( Kampfringen or abrazare ), dagger ( Degen or daga , often of the rondel dagger ), long knife ( Messer ), or Dusack , half- or quarterstaff , polearms , longsword ( Langesschwert , spada longa , spadone ), and ...
Some aspects and basics—such as the Huten, the basic four guards of the Liechtenauer traditions, and some terminology (terms such as "Schrankhut" and "Langort" can still be found in rare German stage fencing literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries), as well as the four basic cuts and the thrusts from all guards of medieval German ...
Thibault's primary stance is an upright posture which allows for fluid, graceful motion while remaining profiled to the opponent. He argues that it is a "natural" stance, similar to an ordinary posture while standing or walking. It involves holding the feet several inches apart, at an angle of roughly 45 degrees.
a general introduction to fighting with the long sword (the sword held with both hands on the grip) a division into seventeen parts or techniques (also known as Liechtenauer's "17 chief pieces" or Hauptstücke) of fighting with the long sword. The general introduction is ethical as well as practical and begins as follows:
The Swordsman's Companion: A Modern Training Manual for Medieval Longsword. Union City, Calif.: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 2004. Print. ISBN 1-891448-41-2; Windsor, Guy. The Duellist's Companion: a Training Manual for 17th Century Italian Rapier. Highland Village, TX.: The Chivalry Bookshelf, 2006. Print. ISBN 1-891448-32-3
David Rawlings, Obsesseo: The Art of Sword and Buckler training DVD (London Longsword Academy/Boar's Tooth) A Partial, Possible Interpretation of the I.33 Manuscript by John Jordan; Demonstration of basic attacks includes slow-motion video clips (Higgins Armory Sword Guild) Anonymous Fechtbuch: Manuscript I.33 (The Association for Renaissance ...
Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537–1571) was a self-described Freifechter (literally, Free Fencer) living in the then Free Imperial City of Strasbourg in the 16th century and the author of a fechtbuch Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (in English, Thorough Descriptions of the Art of Fencing) first published in 1570.
Unarmoured longsword fighters (plate 25 of the 1467 manual of Hans Talhoffer). Sword fighting schools can be found in European historical records dating back to the 12th century. In later times sword fighting teachers were paid by rich patrons to produce books about their fighting systems, called treatises.