Other Definitions
swordsmanship (dict)
|
SwordsmanshipSwordsmanship refers to the skills of a swordsman, a person versed in fencing with a sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to European Medieval warfare. Swordsman translates gladiator, the term for the professional fencers of Ancient Rome. Several modern sports and martial arts have components based upon older principles of swordfighting. Among these are fencing, kendo, iaido, kenjutsu, escrima, aikido and some variants of kung fu. Middle Ages Little is known about early medieval fencing technique but what may be concluded from archaeological evidence and artistic depiction (see Viking Age arms and armour). The earliest known treatises are from 14th century Germany (see I.33, Johannes Liechtenauer, 3227a). The German school of swordsmanship is well attested from the 15th century in fechtbuchs ("fighting manuals"). German masters of the 15th century include Sigmund Ringeck, Hans Talhoffer, Peter von Danzig and Paulus Kal. Renaissance The German school declines during the 16th century. The compendia compiled by Paulus Hector Mair in the 1540s look back to the preceding century and are an attempt to reconstruct and preserve a failing art. Also from the 15th century, a separate Italian style of swordsmanship begins to develop, originally probably dependent on the German school (see Fiore dei Liberi. The Italian, French and Spanish schools developed into systems of rapier fencing. Renaissance Italian masters include Camillo Agrippa (1568), Rocco Bonetti (1570s) and Capo Ferro (1610). Modern fencing 18th century: rapier, smallsword, sabre 19th century: Foil (sword) 20th century: fencing, pe See also External links - http://www.thehaca.com/manuals.htm
- http://www.thehaca.com/medsword2.htm
- http://www.legends.dm.net/swash/rapier.html
- http://mac9.ucc.nau.edu/manuscripts/pcapo/
- Associations
|  | robert, count of clermont
kaitaia
beatrice of burgundy
louis i, duke of bourbon
peter i, duke of bourbon
bournemouth university
the scary sleepover
ulrich karger
coventry university
list of television stations in africa
louis ii, duke of bourbon
| john i, duke of bourbon
bombardier recreational products
charles i, duke of bourbon
radio industry
indian arrival day
john ii, duke of bourbon
charles ii, duke of bourbon
university of central lancashire
sao penza
peter ii, duke of bourbon
science driver
| suzanne, duchess of bourbon
louis, count of montpensier
gilbert, count of montpensier
charles iii, duke of bourbon
west clare railway
richard hoborn
steve chabot
henry ii, prince of cond
brampton board of trade
henry iii, prince of cond
louis iii, prince of cond
| rob portman
louis henri, duc de bourbon
louis joseph, prince of cond
ranger (car)
louis henry ii, prince of cond
robert holborn
asp.net web matrix
john badham
joseph winston
bill gradison
scott walker (singer)
|
|
|