Talhoffer Dagger – Part 1 – Treiben zu den Blößen
The first plate of the Talhoffer dagger plays in the Munich manuscript, 1467 Cod. icon 394a, contains the main guards or …
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Talhoffer Dagger – Part 2 – Versetzen und Auswinden
The first plate of the Talhoffer dagger plays in the Munich manuscript, 1467 Cod. icon 394a, contains the first play of …
Andre Paurnfeind – a Freifechter, fencing master, and personal guard
Little is told by the current state of research about the author of of the first known printed book explaining Liechtenauer’s …
The danger of the attack – a translater’s problem
The sources we use to reconstruct the historical martial arts are written in a language that is not fully understandable …
What to do if you are called for the judicial duel with mace and shield
The Folios 128r-129v of the KK5126, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, do contain some recommendations for a participant of a mace – …
Lecküchner’s Messerfechten: The Krieg (folios 9v-14r)
This post is part of a series. It is reflecting all the plays of Hans Lecküchner, a late medieval fencing …
Lecküchner’s Messerfechten: The Zornhau (folios 3r-9r)
This post is part of a series. It is reflecting all the plays of Hans Lecküchner, a late medieval fencing …
Lecküchner’s Messerfechten: The Preface (folios 1r-2v)
This post is part of a series. It is reflecting all the plays of Hans Lecküchner, a late medieval fencing …
Lecküchner’s Messerfechten: The Durchlaufen (folios 72v-82r)
This post is part of a series. It is reflecting all the plays of Hans Lecküchner, a late medieval fencing …
Lecküchner’s Messerfechten: The Notstück (folios 136r + 136v)
This post is part of a series. It is reflecting all the plays of Hans Lecküchner, a late medieval fencing …
