Johannes Liechtenauer

Germany

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.

Member of (1)

  • corporate_fareSociety of Liechtenauer Probable
    Probable
    Kal's list only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Kal's list only.
    “Paulus Kal, the presumptive author of the list, includes the following as members of the fellowship: hanns liechtenawer”
    — Fellowship of Liechtenauer - Wiktenauer. Wiktenauer link history info

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.”
— Johannes Liechtenauer - Wiktenauer. Wiktenauer link history info
Johannes Liechtenauer - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

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.
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@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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