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22 July 2019

Breve trattato di scherma alla sciabola by Carlo Tambornini

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Despite being all but forgotten about in the decades following its publication, the 1862 Genoan sabre treatise Breve trattato di scherma all...
06 June 2019

The 1891 Bologna Fencing Tournament

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Since the first 'international' Italian fencing tournament in 1881 , the frequency of fencing tournaments in Italy had grown steadil...
08 May 2019

1891 Fencing Exhibition - School of War

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As promised in last month's post , here is my translation of the second of the two pamphlets I received. Once again, I provide the scans...
10 April 2019

1889 Fencing Competition - Artillery and Engineers School of Application

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I recently received two pamphlets detailing fencing tournaments in 1889, both containing a list of the fencers taking part, the jury, and a ...
27 March 2019

Translation - Considerazioni e proposte per l'unificazione dei vari sistemi di scherma in Italia by Giordano Rossi

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As promised in the previous short biographical post about Giordano Rossi , today I bring you a translation of his only other publication asi...
14 March 2019

Who is Giordano Rossi?

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In making a list of the great champions produced by Radaelli, it would be almost unthinkable to omit the name Giordano Rossi. Although he di...
16 February 2019

The Parise-Pecoraro Method (Part 2)

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( Other articles in this series:  Part 1  | Part 3 ) In part 1 of this article we read that Parise had collaborated with Radaellians Salvato...