Radaellian Scholar

Within the wealth of sporting magazines and newspaper articles which commented on fencing in late 19th century Italy, there are several jour...

Despite the geographical and linguistic proximities between Italy and Spain, there was relatively interaction between the fencing scenes of ...

A recurring topic on this blog has been the internal and external pressures placed on the Military Fencing Master's School in both the R...

After a full week of excitement and controversy, the 1881 Naples Gymnastics Congress came to an end on 2 October. To a once again crowded ha...

The first bouts for the fencing portion of the Naples Gymnastics Congress began in the morning of 26 September 1881, the second day of the c...