Radaellian Scholar

A recurring topic on this blog has been the internal and external pressures placed on the Military Fencing Master's School in both the R...

After a full week of excitement and controversy, the 1881 Naples Gymnastics Congress came to an end on 2 October. To a once again crowded ha...

The first bouts for the fencing portion of the Naples Gymnastics Congress began in the morning of 26 September 1881, the second day of the c...

In the Radaellian tradition, no other fencing master boasts quite the same level of name recognition as Luigi Barbasetti. As a result of his...