Venetian Rapier (eBook)

Nicoletto Giganti's 1606 Rapier Fencing Curriculum

Tom Leoni (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2010
58 Seiten
Freelance Academy Press (Verlag)
978-1-937439-45-3 (ISBN)

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Perhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and how it was taught? This book takes you to the fencing School, or Salle of celebrated renaissance rapier Master Nicoletto Giganti of Venice, one among the period teachers leaving instructions on the use of this weapon. More uniquely, his 1606 text The School, or Salle is a veritable training curriculum, with its stepwise lessons and easy-to-follow explanations on the use of the rapier alone and rapier and dagger. This faithful translation of Giganti's The School, or Salle by internationally-known rapier teacher Tom Leoni includes the complete text, original illustrations, and an introduction on rapier fencing that will make Giganti's text easy to follow. If you are a martial artist, a fencer, or have an interest in European martial culture, this book belongs on your shelf.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.1.2010
• Verlagsort: Wheaton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: European Martial Arts • Renaissance Italian Fencing • Renaissance studies • Sport, Hobbies, Collecting
• ISBN-10: 1-937439-45-3 / 1937439453
• ISBN-13: 978-1-937439-45-3 / 9781937439453