Ridolfo Capoferro

Italy

Also known as

Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli · Rodulphus Capoferrus

Description

Fencing master from Cagli living in Siena, perhaps master to the German students of its university, whose rapier treatise Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma (1610) uses Bolognese terms and techniques, suggesting he was trained in the old Bolognese school.

Sources

“Technically, Capoferro seems to have been trained in the old Bolognese school, because he periodically used Bolognese terminology and techniques in his book.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info
“Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli (Ridolfo Capoferro, Rodulphus Capoferrus) was a 17th century Italian fencing master.”
— Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli - Wiktenauer. Wiktenauerlink history info

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