Radaellian Scholar

In parts one and two of this series we looked at the political background of Masaniello Parise's sabre method in the army and how ther...

Left to right: Italo Santelli, Agesilao Greco, Masaniello Parise, Vincenzo Drosi, and Angelo Torricelli. In 1892, at the invitation of the B...

With yet another book from my own collection, this month we are taking a look at Primo Tiboldi's treatise La scherma di fioretto ('F...

The most recent addition to my antique book collection is one that, despite being written by a student of Radaelli, is perhaps one of the le...

It is with great pleasure that I can share with you today the 1870 treatise by Vittorio Lambertini, its full title being  Trattato di scherm...

Despite losing its official status in the Italian army, the Radaellian method had no shortage of public supporters even at the end of the 19...

When consulting historical fencing sources, one should give extra scrutiny to any broad claims made regarding fencing outside the author...