Art & Practice of 16th-Century German Fencing: A Guide to the Use of Joachim Meyer's Rappier

by Robert G. Rutherfoord

Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571) is without doubt one of the most influential fencing masters of the Renaissance. A prolific writer of fencing manuals, his monumental "A Thorough Description of the Free, Chivalric, and Noble Art of Fencing, Showing Various Customary Defenses, Affected and Put Forth with Many Handsome and Useful Drawings" was reprinted, adapted and outright plagiarized for over a century after his death. As a martial artist, he was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937439380
• ISBN13: 9781937439385
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Freelance Academy Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"