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Paradoxes of Defence, 1599 - George Silver, Gentleman and Fencing Enthusiast

In Silver's work, he champions the English short sword over the foreign longsword and rapier. He suggests length does not equal defence, and to adopt the short sword back into society.

Thoughts on length = defence?

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I've spoken about Mair before.

In looking back at his #collection, you can observe that one can defend themselves against almost any #weapon with almost any weapon, as long as you were skilled enough.

Very interesting is the double pages used to depict the length of some weapons and bouts.

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Gregor Erhart - c.1468-1540
#German #Sculptor and #Illustrator

There are no records of Erhart participating in a #fencing guild, but he would illustrate his own Fechtbuch in 1533, showing works from Wilhalm, Lecküchner, Liechtenauer, and more. The book passed to Sollinger, then Mair.

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Lecküchner, Master of #Messer #fencing

He discusses the importance of knowing your #art, "... if you know the art ... (But) you do not know when, (how, or against whom) you should perform ... (the art), your art is of no use for you." Understanding all elements of the art is critical.

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Translation by Kevin Maurer on Wikitenauer.com

"... today the weapons in the brawling are not equal, ... it is now the custom in several Lands, ... where one has ... a short barreled weapon and rappier ... your grace, instead of the Dagger, take a short barreled weapon, and there it will be well revealed, what is the best thing to do, or not..."

Michael Hundt, 1600s #German #fencing master.

Hundt authored a 1611 Rapier treatise "A New Illustrated Fencing Manual on Rapier" which influenced two other fencing masters.

Interestingly, Hundt's final play and #illustration may be the earliest recorded "don't bring a knife to a gun fight."

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I did post last week but the automoderator labelled it as "adult content" do to the prominent jockstraps and butts, so check that out!

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Lienhart Sollinger - 1500s German knife smith

Sollinger was an avid collector of fencing manuals, potentially even a dealer, and was married to a woman who also fenced. He lived a parallel life to other masters, Mair noting him at events, donating a sword as a prize for a tournament in 1559.

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Hahaha The prominent jackstraps and cheeks got the automoderator to flag the post

Bauman Fechtbuch (Cod.I.6.4º.2, c.1400-1500)

A German #fencing #book that Mair collected, it is broken into 3 parts.

The first two date to 1420s, while the third is 1470s. It does not follow the Liechtenauer tradition, and its author is unknown.

It resides in Augsburg University #Library.

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Augsburg Group is a series of #German #manuscripts dating c.1400-1500 from Augsburg, Germany.

Its only known confirmed author is Antonius Rast, who had left a partially completed fencing manual upon his death in 1549, which was picked up by Mair and influenced his writings.

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Paulus Hector Mair was a German fencer, aristocrat, public servant, and thief.

His collecting and contribution to fencing is a little controversial, embezzling funds from city coffers to make ends meet from living a lavish lifestyle, but he brought us some absolutely meme worthy scripts.

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The style of Hungarian shield that is copied here

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For those wondering:

My MAC Armoury #Hungarian #Shield came in!

Absolutely beautiful to wield the with Messer. That spike at the end really makes for some fun punch thrusts that weren't there before!

Some more historical examples of Hungarian Shields can be found on my profile.

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Das Buch von Füßringen (The Book of Grappling on Foot) is a German #wrestling manual by an unknown author.

Created late 1400s, it first appears in the late 1490s in Landshuter Ringerbuch, printed by Hans Wurm.

As a Messer fan, wrestling has become important to study for good grapples.

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There is so many for them that I wish I could've added, but BlueSky only allows 4 photos.

Fighting the devil, hashtag just HEMA things.

Another contender is the "you seeing this?" face on the right person

Jörg Wilhalm (cgm3711, c.1523)

Wilhalm was a German Fencing Master and Hatter, and published works following the tradition of Liechtenauer.

More interesting to me is this particular work is fully illustrated and show a wide variety of garments people fenced in.

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Held almost* like a targe. Instead of it being strapped to your forearm, it is strapped to your lower bicep/tricep, immobilizing the elbow.

I am sure there are variations of it as well somewhere.

Opera Nova(28r, 1536) written by Italian fencing master Achille Marozzo.

Marozzo lived between 1484-1553 and primarily taught at a school in Bologna, Italy and studied under master Guido Antonio di Luca.

Below is Marozzo and his sword and imbraciatura play, a large shield held like a targe.

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I have been informed by another fencer that the swords are not Dussacks but seem to be Talwars, which align with my theory that the shields are Hungarian Shields.

Schermkunst (MS Fol.U.423.792)

Created 1595, this Dutch fencing manual has no author. It is currently in Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, US.

There are two Dussack and Shield illustrations, but I believe these are specifically "Hungarian Shields" by the shape and fencers' wear.

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Meister Peter Falkner's Kunste Zu Ritterlicher Were (MS KK5012)

Suspected created c.1495, this manuscript had two scribes. The Longsword and Messer section share handwriting and follows the tradition of Liechtenauer and Lecküchner, it also has Falkner's own original ideas on other weapons.

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The Ancient Fencer's Foundational Art, a German fencing manual printed in 1531 by Christian Egenolff.

Only known as a book publisher, Egenolff has sections in his book that follow traditions of Hans Lebkommer (Lecküchner), Liechtenauer, and Lignitzer.

Below is a slicing play with messer.

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Gladiatoria (MS.Germ.Quart.16) Folio 55r.

Assumed created c.1440s, this MS is part of a larger group of German MS of the same name.

The core of the MS follows armoured fencing pieces following traditional judicial duels.

The play below is Messer and Hungarian Shield.

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German Fencing Master Jakob Sutor von Baden (the center person below)

An initiate of the tradition of Liechtenauer from the 1600s, he authored fencing manuals that clearly have relations with Meyer's manual (c.1570) and Hundt's 1611 treatise.

The illustrations are on woodblocks

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Albrecht Dürers Fechtbuch (Sloane MS5229), ca.1512

A messer manuscript of Dürer's, it appears to be connected to his visit ca.1512 with Emperor Maximilian I.

Historians believe it is a unique fencing manuscript, but does seem to follow the tradition of Lecküchner.

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I'm all for the longsword to messer pipeline I have accidentally created at my school 🔥 Two weapon systems that compliment each other so well 💞

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Glasgow Fechtbuch:MS E.1939.65.341(1508)

A German origin fencing manual, it holds several different weapon systems and masters who stood in the tradition of Liechtenauer.

Significantly, Ringeck's "Recital" and other teachings like those in Bauman, MS3227a, and Syber can be found in here.

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