Also known as
Hans Liechtenauer · Hans Lichtenauer · Lichtnawer
Description
Fourteenth-century German fencing master, the grand master of the German
school (Kunst des Fechtens). The Pol Hausbuch says he travelled through many
lands to learn the art, which he did not invent; he settled to teach in the
later 1300s and bound his students to secrecy. His teaching survives in rhyming
verses (the Zettel), glossed by later masters; Paulus Kal listed him first in
the Society of Liechtenauer. Almost nothing else is known of his life.
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“Paulus Kal, the presumptive author of the list, includes the following as
members of the fellowship: hanns liechtenawer”
Sources
“There are virtually no biographical details of Liechtenauer, save a few left by
his students and their descendants.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
“He traveled through the Holy Roman Empire (comprising modern Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, and northern Italy) and Eastern Europe for a number of years,
training with local masters and synthesizing their teachings into a new method.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
“Johannes Liechtenauer (Hans Lichtenauer, Lichtnawer) was a late-14th century
German fencing master.”
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX024QXCGWZYKC82GA3W
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Johannes Liechtenauer. In Martialis:
Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX024QXCGWZYKC82GA3W - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JRHX024QXCGWZYKC82GA3W, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Johannes Liechtenauer}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX024QXCGWZYKC82GA3W}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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