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enough, and with a well-matched pair of maîtres d’escrime well-nigh impossible... The invention is the work of Mr. Little, the well-known amateur swordsman, and is designed to do away with this uncertainty and useless expenditure of energy. It is hardly necessary to say that the inventor has called electricity to his aid. Briefly, the invention consists of an automatic electric recorder. The instrument is fastened to the wall and connected with the collar of the combatant, from whence the current is conveyed down the sleeve into the handle of the foil. The blade of the foil pressing into the handle completes the connection; the current is conveyed to a bell in the instrument, and thus each hit is recorded. At the exhibition the invention proved an unalloyed success, and ought to be a boon both to competitors and judges—to the former on account of its certainty, and to the latter because it not only lightens their labours, but also frees them from any suspicion of partiality."
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defense and offense. With this approach, the swordsman had an idea of one thing, what now we calling like "center of percussion". It was suggested some divisions of a sword. The blade was divided into four parts, the first two parts from Ephesus should be used for protection; the third one near the center of the blow was used for striking; and the fourth part at the tip was used for pricking.
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the action, and then polled the judges. If the judges differed, or abstained, the director could overrule. The Director (also referred to head referee) always has the final say. What he says goes. The only way for a call to be changed is for one of the competitors to ask for a review (protest). If the Director acknowledged his own error, he may change the call.
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Neapolitan fencing is a style of fencing that originated in the city of Naples at the beginning of the 15th century. Neapolitan Fencing School is considered to be one of the most powerful fencing schools in Italy. This school produced many renowned fencing masters and contributed significantly to the
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The first document of the German heritage, which describes the methods of fencing, is considered to be the Manuscript I.33 which was written around 1300, which provides detailed instructions on the use of the sword and buckler, laying the groundwork for subsequent fencing manuals and the development
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An almost exclusively thrusting style first became popular in France during the 17th century. The French were enthusiastic adopters of the smallsword, which was light and short, and, therefore, well suited to fast, intricate handwork. Light, smaller training weapons were developed on the basis of an
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The Venetians were masters of the art, and shared with their colleagues of Bologna the sound principles of fencing known as Bolognese or Venetian. For the first time Venetian fencing was detailed in some directions, it was described the properties of different parts of the blade, which were used in
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On Tuesday night, a 10 Warwick Street, Regent Street, the Salle d’Armes of the veteran fencing-master M. Bertrand, an exhibition was given of an exceedingly clever invention. Every one who has watched a bout with the foils knows that the task of judging the hits is with a pair of amateurs difficult
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In the early years of competition fencing, four judges determined whether a touch had been made. Two side judges stood behind and beside each fencer, watching for hits made by that fencer. A director observed from several metres away. At the end of each action, the director called "Halt," described
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group, sometime about 1487 A.D. the group having formed some form of Fencing Guild. Francisco Román published in 1532 the Tratado de la esgrima con figuras. It meant a change in the approach to fencing, with a more mathematical approach, and started a new tradition in Spanish fencing. The Spanish
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The German school of fencing is a historical combat system, a style of fencing that was widespread in the Holy Roman Empire and existed in the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Modern times (from the end of XIV to XVII century). This system is characterized by its use of longswords and the
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Women's foil was first competed at the Olympics in 1924 in Paris. The (so called) 'advanced weapons', Épée and Sabre deemed unsuitable or inappropriate for women, were not included in the Olympic program until late in the 20th century. Women's Épée events were first introduced in 1996 (Atlanta)
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backgrounds (although fencing masters such as Hope suggest that many people considered themselves trained from taking only one or two lessons), all but disappeared, along with the classes themselves. Fencing continued as a sport, with tournaments and championships. However, the need to actually
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in 1667 – the contestants were tradesmen rather than fencing masters; both fights ended after one of the contestants was unable to continue because of wrist injuries. On the whole, the English public opinion of fencing during this period was rather low; it was viewed in much the same light as
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Tratado delos rieptos [et] desafios que entre los caualleros [et] hijos dalgo se acostu[m]bran hazer segun las costu[m]bres de España, Francia [et] Ynglaterra: enel qual se contiene quales y quantos son los casos de traycion [et] de menos valer
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Sword fighting schools can be found in European historical records dating back to the 12th century. In later times sword fighting teachers were paid by rich patrons to produce books about their fighting systems, called treatises. Sword fighting schools were forbidden in some European cities
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in Germany, is practiced only within academic fraternities. Mensur is unique in its focus on ritualized dueling, where participants engage in controlled bouts designed to test their courage, endurance, and skill without the intent to harm.
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was invented in France as a training weapon in the middle of the 18th century to practice fast and elegant thrust fencing. Fencers blunted the point by wrapping a foil around the blade or fastening a knob on the point ("blossom", French
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officers and soldiers. Each bout was fought for five hits and the foils were pointed with black to aid the judges. In the United States, the Amateur Fencers League of America drew up a rulebook for fencing in 1891, in Britain the
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Rapier gave rise to the first recognisable ancestor of modern foil: a training weapon with a narrow triangular blade and a flat "nail head" point. Such a weapon (with a swept hilt and a rapier length blade) is on display at the
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at "Hanging Sword Lane". Italian fencing masters were particularly popular and set up schools in many foreign cities. The Italians brought concepts of science to the art, appealing to the Renaissance mindset.
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The need to train swordsmen for combat in a nonlethal manner led fencing and swordsmanship to include a sport aspect from its beginnings, from before the medieval tournament right up to the modern age.
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In 1582 was finally published Jerónimo Carranza's seminal treatise De la Filosofía de las Armas y de su Destreza y la Aggression y Defensa Cristiana, one of the main works of the Spanish tradition on
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evolution of fencing techniques and pedagogy. Its influence extended beyond Italy, impacting fencing practices across Europe and shaping the art of swordsmanship during the Renaissance.
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writer, described practicing against a post and fencing with other soldiers. Vegetius describes how the Romans preferred the thrust over the cut, because puncture wounds enter the
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Antonio Manciolino, in the beginning of his 1531 manual, gives point values for the various body parts. Masaniello Parise supplemented his 1884 fencing manual with a small work,
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in 1988. The scoring box reduced the bias in judging, and permitted more accurate scoring of faster actions, lighter touches, and more touches to the back and flank than before.
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There also were problems with bias: well–known fencers were often given the benefit of mistakes (so–called "reputation touches"), and in some cases there was outright cheating.
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published a treatise on fencing in 1471 (in spite of the title, the book of Diego de Valera was mainly focused on heraldry). Fencing practice went through a revival, with the
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methods were still much different from current practice. Although he intended to prepare his students for real combat, he was the first fencing master yet to emphasize the
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Fencing was a popular form of staged entertainment in 16th- and 17th-century England. It was also a fashionable (although somewhat controversial) martial art. In 1540
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in 1933, side judges were replaced by the Laurent-Pagan electrical scoring apparatus, with an audible tone and a red or green light indicating when a touch landed.
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were introduced to the academic environment, as well. Students wore special clothes, developed special kinds of festivities, sang student songs, and fought duels.
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existing template: narrow rectangular blade with a "nail head" at the end. The first documented competition with rules resembling contemporary foil took place in
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La reinvenzione di Venezia: tradizioni cittadine negli anni ruggenti, Filippo Mariani, Francesco Stocco, Giorgio Crovato, Il poligrafo, 2007 – Всего страниц: 194
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of Bologna, was employed by the French Court to tutor the future Louis XIII in fencing, and his influence may be seen in later French treatises, such as that by
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The Venetian school of fencing is a style of fencing that occurred in Venice in the early 12th century, and prevailed until the beginning of the 19th century.
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teachings of famous fencing masters like Johannes Liechtenauer, whose techniques and principles greatly influenced the martial traditions of the period.
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Vincentiio Saviolo, his Practice, in two bookes, the first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger, the second of Honor and honorable quarrels
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Around the same time, a number of significant fencing manuals were written in or translated into English. Prizefights were bloody but rarely lethal.
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From 1400 onward, an increasing number of sword fighting treatises survived from across Europe, with the majority from the 15th century coming from
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Venice: its individual growth from the earliest beginnings to the fall of the republic, Том 6, Pompeo Molmenti, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1908
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includes some of the earliest descriptions of combat with shield, sword and spear, usually between two heroes who pick one another for a
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became usual, apparently derived from the military sabre. It was then a heavy weapon with a curved blade and a hilt similar to the
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remained. While the fencing taught in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was intended to serve both for competition and the
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This was followed by a number of treatises, primarily from Germany and Italy, with the oldest surviving Italian treatise being
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in which he gave the reader some general advice for the duel as well as covering which techniques most appropriate to use.
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The shift towards fencing as a sport rather than as military training happened from the mid-18th century, and was led by
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salle is intended only to train the student to compete in the most effective manner within the rules of the sport.
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to learn, and also set up a riding school in the former rear garden of the house. He was fencing instructor to the
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Since fencing on thrust with a sharp point is quite dangerous, many students died from their lungs being pierced (
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rapier was apparently introduced to England during a time circa to 1540 (according to listings of the armoury of
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and armoured fighting mounted and on foot. Some treatises cover weapons available to the common classes, such as
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Fencing has a long history with universities and schools for at least 500 years. At least one style of fencing,
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Though it was universally used, this method had serious limitations, as described by the London newspaper, the
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dates back to the 14th century, although historical references date fencing schools back to the 12th century.
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Patton, George S. Jr. "Diary of the Instructor in Swordsmanship." Silver Spring, MD: Dale Street Books, 2016.
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and sporting benefits of fencing more than its use as a killing art, particularly in his influential book
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article described a new invention, the electrical scoring machine, that would revolutionize fencing.
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derives most directly from the 19th- and early 20th-century national fencing schools, especially in
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By the Sword: Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai Warriors, Swashbucklers and Olympians (Chapter 2 :11)
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Brawling and fighting were regular occupations of students in the German-speaking areas during the
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Camillo Agrippa "The Treatise on the Science of Weapons with Philosophical Reflections" (1553);
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The first historical evidence from archaeology of a fencing contest was found on the wall of a
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Rules used by the Amateur Fencers’ League of America, 1891: the Museum of American Fencing,
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Giacomo di Grassi "The Reasons of Victorious Weapon Handling for Attack and Defense" (1570);
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An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World
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Until the first half of the 19th century all types of academic fencing can be seen as
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Patton, George S. Jr. "Saber Exercise." Silver Spring, MD: Dale Street Books, 2016.
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The basics of the Venetian fencing are expounded in the following five treatises:
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As fencing progressed, the combat aspect slowly faded until only the rules of the
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prepare for a duel with "sharps" vanished, changing both training and technique.
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and the nobility – hence most treatises deal with knightly weapons such as the
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the fashionable art of swordsmanship which they had previously had to go the
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are also considered classical. Masters and legendary fencing figures such as
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wrote treatises which established Italy as the originator of modern fencing.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary – Monday, May 27th 1667 and Monday, September 9th, 1667
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outside of Italy shaped a new European mainstream of fencing. One master,
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tradition. In this period German fencing developed sportive tendencies.
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Francesco Alfieri “The Art of Excellent Handling of the Sword” (1653);
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emerged as a stylised way for German students to defend their honour.
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The first regularized fencing competition was held at the inaugural
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Potter and Mattingly, 226; Paestum was colonized by Rome in 273 BC.
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in June. The Tournament featured a series of competitions between
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was invented in east German universities for cut fencing as well.
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granted a monopoly on the running of fencing schools in London to
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The earliest surviving treatise on sword fighting, stored at the
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engaged in dual combat in a sport-like setting, evolving out of
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became the only weapon for academic thrust fencing in Germany.
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often fenced with a stick whose point was covered with a ball.
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describes visiting at least two prizefights held in London's
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The origins of armed combat are prehistoric, beginning with
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Prior to advances in modern weaponry post World War I, the
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techniques were produced, some of them printed; notably by
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The Parish of St. Anne, Soho (north of Shaftesbury Avenue)
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Salvator Fabris "Fencing or the science of weapons" (1606)
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Maxwell R. Garret, Emmanuil G. Kaidanov, Gil A. Pezza –
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By the 16th century, with the widespread adoption of the
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drew up an official set of fencing regulations in 1896.
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Corporate student of the "Agronomia" in Bonn 1928/1929.
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Olympics and Women's Sabre events in 2000 (Sydney).
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is recorded to have taken place in Würzburg in 1860.
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Modern fencing
Italian school of fencing
Renaissance
French school
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fencing
OED
rapier
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defence
Latin
Middle English
William Shakespeare
Merry Wives of Windsor
Much Ado About Nothing
fight
Old English
club
spear
axe
knife
shield
sword
Bronze Age
khopesh
Middle Bronze Age
proper sword
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