Highlights

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06 December 2021

Austro-Hungarian fencing sabres in the 1890s

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The comparative lightness of Italian fencing sabres was something that foreign commentators took particular note of in the 1890s as Italian ...
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...