Highlights

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08 November 2021

Istituzione di arte ginnastica by Niccolò Abbondati

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The Neapolitan fencing lineage is one of the most well-documented and longest-lasting in Europe, arguably rivalling the Liechtenauer, Kreuss...
24 October 2021

Fechtlehrbuch für Florett und leichten Säbel by Stefan von Kerec

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As a graduate of the fencing and gymnastics course at the Wiener-Neustadt school in Austria, Stefan von Kerec (a Germanised version of his C...
24 September 2021

Beppe Nadi and his method

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The following is a translation of an article by Giuseppe 'Beppe' Nadi entitled 'How I teach fencing', published in the Novem...
10 September 2021

Now Available: Giordano Rossi's "Sword and Sabre Fencing"

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After several years of on-and-off work, I am very excited to announce that my translation of Giordano Rossi's 1885 treatise  Theoretical...
08 August 2021

Changed in translation: modifications to the Parise sabre method

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The controversial yet highly influential treatise by Masaniello Parise entitled  Trattato teorico-pratico della scherma di spada e sciabola ...
23 July 2021

Das Stossfechten italienischer Schule by Rudolf Brosch

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As an early student of Luigi Barbasetti after his move to Vienna in 1894, Rudolf Brosch quickly established himself as one of Barbasetti...
09 June 2021

'Causerie' by Enrico Casella

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Towards the end of the 1880s, the new developments in Italian sabre fencing were beginning to gain notoriety outside of Italy, in part due t...