The mystical island in the Mediterranean is shrouded in legends about the Society of Honor and the Mafia. It is a place, where “justice” is not an empty sound. Despite Continue Reading »

We have repeatedly raised the topic of translations of ancient treatises on fencing. In the frameworks of this study, we have communicated with many experts who took part in this Continue Reading »

History knows many examples of falsification and speculation. Attributing to oneself somebody else’s merits and forgetting brilliancy of geniuses has became a social norm since long. That is the way Continue Reading »

New research had started in the framework of the international project “Lies and Truth about Martial Arts”. The topic of this conversation was an academic journey into the world of Continue Reading »

In continuation of the study of the Palermitan system of Spanish fencing in the framework of one of the programs “The Science of Victory” Grand Maestro Oleg Maltsev had explained Continue Reading »

An eternal monument of the military heritage the treatise of Gerard Thibault “The Academy of the Sword” was translated and published into Russian language for the first time. The translation Continue Reading »

Presenting to your attention the ancient Spanish treatise “Simple way of examining teachers in the art of fencing with weapons” (1625), authored by Don Luis Pacheco de Narvaez. The treatise Continue Reading »

To conclude the first block of explanations on Italian fencing with Grand Maestro Maltsev Oleg we are going to look at the greatest work of the master and a scientist Continue Reading »

This article is based on the lecture about Italian fencing by Grand Maestro Oleg Maltsev during live broadcast for the project “Lies and Truth in Martial Arts”. This lecture outlines Continue Reading »

Each person has his own notion about Italian fencing. Therefore there are always misapprehensions concerning this or that question which concern his type of martial arts. This time we will Continue Reading »