Also known as
Niccoletto Giganti
Description
Italian soldier and fencing master of Venice, master of arms to the Order of
Santo Stefano in Pisa, whose rapier treatise Scola, overo teatro (1606) teaches
through graded lessons and was the first to set out the lunge fully; it was
reprinted and translated many times.
Sources
“In 1606, Nicoletto Giganti, a Venetian fencing master, published a shorter,
more concise work called Scola overo Teatro (School or Theater [of Arms]).”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
“Nicoletto Giganti (Niccoletto, Nicolat) was an Italian soldier and fencing
master around the turn of the 17th century.”
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