Joachim Meyer · Lineage tree

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Joachim Meÿer

Description

German cutler, Freifechter and fencing master of Strasbourg, the last major master of the Liechtenauer tradition. His 1570 Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens covers longsword, dussack, rapier, dagger, wrestling and staff weapons; for the rapier he adapted what he learned abroad of Italian fencing to the German framework. The book was reprinted in 1600 and copied by Jakob Sutor and Theodori Verolini.

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• menu_bookOpera Novainfo

  Bolognese school

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  “Meyer's system generally flows from, and uses the terminology of, the German school of swordsmanship as set down by Johannes Lichtenauer, though Meyer's civilian system also appears to draw from contemporary Italian swordplay, including Achille Marozzo.”

  — Joachim Meyer - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

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  “He dedicates nearly a third of the book to this weapon, in a fascinating fusion of late Bolognese and German guards, the overhand lunge of Angelo Viggiani, and the special cuts, or Meisterhau, of the old Liechtenauer School.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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  Achille Marozzo

  Bolognese school · Opera Nova

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