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  • .... I dispense justice, advance the cause of good and destroy evil. To those who learn my crossings I will grant great fame and renown in the art of armed f <p>This Master who is crossed at the point of his sword with this player says: “When I am cr
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  • | He is a brave man<br/>&emsp;who fights his own weaknesses. ...encing will be done, and it is so thought out and discovered that a fencer who like so always strikes or thrusts at the point [of the opponent's weapon] d
    55 KB (9,907 words) - 19:06, 20 October 2022
  • ...sare declares himself a relative (possibly a nephew) of Marcantoio Pagano, who published his treatise in 1553. ...en in a beautifully clear hand and in a mostly not too obtuse Italian. The who thing was quite pricey to scan so I ordered the first 1/3 (which came to ov
    7 KB (990 words) - 21:02, 6 November 2023
  • ...is old and cold, impure, ill-tempered, and greedy. “Thus are my children, who are born under me.”}}</p> ...o beards and white hair, and who wear their clothes untidily. The children who are born under Saturn have a narrow chest and are depressed, and like to li
    32 KB (5,638 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
  • ...d if you wanted, you could throw the sword to his neck as does the Scholar who is after me.</p> <p>As the student who preceded me told you, after doing the previous play I now put the sword-edg
    31 KB (5,840 words) - 21:32, 25 June 2021
  • <p>We are 6 masters who are very knowledgeable in the art of armed fighting, and each one of us is <p>Here begins the sword in armor, and great will be the Master who can make these plays. These Masters are six and each one is in guard; they
    30 KB (5,655 words) - 21:32, 25 June 2021
  • ...it is dedicated to Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, third duke of Sessa,<ref>Who was the son of the duke to whom [[Antonio Manciolino]] dedicated his own wo
    4 KB (434 words) - 20:00, 26 January 2024
  • ...ot the opponent will always have and win the Vorschlag. Because the person who strikes at their opponent is always surer and better prepared by reason tha
    5 KB (787 words) - 03:07, 22 October 2022
  • ...on 21 January 1676 in San Bartolomeo to Francesco and Isabella Colombani, who seem to have been of high social status. In 1693 at the age of 17, he joine ...o-handed spadone, with ease, with the rules that should be followed by one who finds himself with his sword drawn, in order to defend and protect himself.
    32 KB (5,474 words) - 01:37, 19 October 2023
  • ..., at the time of Duarte's death; dedicated to his wife Eleonora d'Aragona, who carried it to Naples.
    4 KB (444 words) - 19:15, 27 October 2023
  • .... He encouraged and financed his famous brother, Henrique "the Navigator", who initiated many expeditions on the west coast of Africa. That of Gil Eanes i ...ill the treaty, yield Ceuta and secure Fernando's release, while Henrique (who had signed the treaty) urged him to renege on it. Caught in indecision, Dua
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  • | He who strikes after <br/>deserves a joyless art. ...against you. Know that all fencers who wait to see the other's strike and who will do nothing but displace the other, deserve indeed less joy in their ar
    61 KB (11,167 words) - 04:50, 3 November 2022
  • ...tates that he became acquainted with the Fabrisian school through a friend who was a student of Velde, and he offers a few of his own expansions on Veldt'
    4 KB (456 words) - 16:10, 29 October 2023
  • ...o.uk/news/obituaries/professor-derek-brewer-scholar-of-medieval-literature-who-led-the-field-of-chaucer-studies-after-the-second-world-war-989663.html |ar
    5 KB (639 words) - 17:45, 25 March 2024
  • ...blade of every weapon, presented in a thorough explanation. However, those who want to learn and fence with the rapier alone must note the following rules | class="noline" | <p>'''They who want to fence and grapple right,<br/>They divide the opponent and the blade
    11 KB (1,526 words) - 18:47, 12 November 2023
  • | 26 And he who would not thrust high at your face, after you have exposed yourself to him, | 32 There he who would lead with his Blade back and above you, when you thrust in on him wit
    64 KB (11,295 words) - 18:56, 29 October 2023
  • | <p>[1] Here are three opponents who all want to kill this Master. The first aims to kill him with a thrust. The ...wardly wretches”. Here Fiore’s Master is talking directly to the three men who seek his death.</ref> and know little of this art. You are all words withou
    15 KB (2,670 words) - 21:32, 25 June 2021
  • ...he also included copies of a number of unillustrated treatises by masters who stood in the tradition of [[Johannes Liechtenauer]]. It later passed to [[L
    5 KB (556 words) - 23:13, 2 November 2023
  • ...lance with caution and modesty, and not to charge in at full speed, for he who rides in with full force cannot perform any good techniques or gain any adv <section begin="119"/>'''How to defend yourself against someone who reaches around your neck with the right arm'''
    38 KB (6,689 words) - 18:47, 5 March 2022
  • ...tly taught from no other guard. And note when an opponent comes before you who holds his sword extended before him in the Longpoint, or else in Straight P ...the reasons are these. The first is according to the intention of the one who delivers it, as happens with the Failing and Knocking Cut, which although t
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