The Art & Practice of 16th-Century German Fencing
A guide to the use of Joachim Meyer's RappierAuthor(s): Robert Rutherfoord
Joachim
Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571) is without doubt one of the most influential
fencing masters of the Renaissance. A prolific writer of fencing
manuals, his monumental “A Thorough Description of the Free, Chivalric,
and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected
and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings” was reprinted,
adapted and outright plagiarized for over a century after his death. As a
martial artist, he was both the last great master of the medieval
Liechtenauer fencing tradition and a young innovator, who combined his
native, German traditions with those of the Italian and Spanish fencing
masters to create a wholly unique systems of fighting with a vast number
of weapons. The centerpiece of his work, however, was the
cut-and-thrust “sidesword” or “early rapier” which was rapidly eclipsing
the knightly two-handed longsword in popularity. Meyer’s synthesis not
only adapted his native art to this Mediterranean weapon, but in some
cases, his innovations prefigured the developments of rapier fencing
that Italian masters would promote in the next quarter century after his
untimely death.
In
this first-of-its kind training guide, Robert Rutherfoord unpacks the
complex and elegant art of Meyer’s rapier in word and image, including
over 200 easy to follow “first person perspective” illustrations and 3D
renderings to bring the art to life!
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