Fiore his master and his students
One of the rare Masters giving a named reference to his masters is Fiore dei Liberi who learned his art in …
Category Archives: History and Easter Eggs
1438 The combats of Sir John Astley of Nailstone, Leicestershire
Young Francis L’Estrange Astley was born on 27 February 1810 and since the death of his father, Sir Jacob Henry Astley, …
1711 A bloody London Bear Garden fight
The following is a direct translation of a travelling report made in 1709-1711 by Zacharias Conrad von Offenbach in London, England. Zacharias …
1533 A Fencing-Master troubling the University of Leipzig
The following incidents on Whit-sun 1533 in Leipzig were reported in a letter from Arnold Wüstenfeld. His letter was transcribed by Friedrich …
1444 Two fencing masters in Rothenburg
In the year 1444 a duel took place between two fencing-masters. One from the south coming from Vienna the other …
Fullcontact – the Tournament in 1596
Nach gethonem umbzug fieng der durnier an. Eß zugen alwegen zwen gegen einander mit beschloßenem helmlin, drugen durnierspieß. Die waren …
1358 A German fencingmaster stealing a meat pie in Venice
The Signori di Notte al Criminal (criminal Masters of the Night) in Venice are monitoring crimes during the night. They gathered …
1582 a bloody Fechtschule in Brieg, Brzeg
On page 24 in 1870s Wassmannsdorf “Sechs Fechtschulen” {1} he is largely citing a book of 1861 titled “Reisen und …
Chronicle of the Fencing Guilds in Augsburg
Augsburg was a center of fencing activity like Nürnberg and Frankfurt. It’s early fencing show (Fechtschule) tradition starts at the …
1606 Regulation of the fencing in Breslau, Wrocław
It is reported that the Fechtschul (fencing school) was a big amusement, with high intense of emotions often ending in …
