Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens

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A Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing
fechtbuch
wrestling manual
PublisherThiebolt Berger
Publication date
1570
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages379
Preceded byMS A.4°.2 manuscript 

Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens or, in English: A Foundational Description of the Art of Fencing: A Thorough Description of the Free, Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings is a

Johann Casimir. This fechtbuch builds on his earlier work, a manuscript written in 1560 - the MS A.4°.2, and presents a complex, multi-weapon treatise. Meyer's complete system often marks the end of and the compilation of the German fencing system in the Johannes Liechtenauer tradition. It is the only fechtbuch in the Liechtenauer tradition that was written for both laymen and beginners of the art.[1]

Publication History

The first edition of Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens was published in 1570 in the city of

Augsburg, Germany
.

According to some sources, the book may have been republished in 1610 and again in 1660, but so far only the 1570 and 1600 editions have been recovered.

Contents

The treatise contains three books in five parts within its 379 pages.

Book 1, Part 1 - Longsword
Book 2, Part 2 - Dusack
Book 2, Part 3 - Side sword or rapier
Book 3, Part 4 - Dagger
Book 3, Part 5 - Staff and polearms

References

  1. ^ https://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/bitstream/11682/5275/1/Fechtbuch.pdf Das Fechtbuch - Universität Stuttgart
  • Meyer, Joachim. The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise from 1570, trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
  • Jeffrey L. Forgeng, The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570 (2006)

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