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16 March 2021

A modern kardvívás by László Gerentsér

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As a change from the usual Italian treatises that are shared here, today I wish to share my own copy of the Hungarian master László Gerentsé...
18 February 2021

1884 Regulations for the Italian Military Fencing Masters School

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After a government commission organised by the Italian Ministry of War declared that Masaniello Parise's fencing treatise would become ...
23 January 2021

The Parise-Pecoraro Method (Part 3)

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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...
20 December 2020

Italian Fencing Visits London

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Left to right: Italo Santelli, Agesilao Greco, Masaniello Parise, Vincenzo Drosi, and Angelo Torricelli. In 1892, at the invitation of the B...
23 November 2020

La scherma di fioretto by Primo Tiboldi

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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...
21 October 2020

Risorgimento della vera scherma di sciabola italiana by Nicolò Bruno

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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...
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15 September 2020

Trattato di scherma teorico-pratico illustrato by Vittorio Lambertini

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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...
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