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Science of Victory. Peculiarities of Italian Fencing

What is Fencing for majority of people in today’s world? In past fencing corresponded to “live longer”. Obviously, there were and are certain technical elements which should help to achieve a victory in battle. However,…

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Italian fencing and the 19th century Fencing Manual

“Schools and masters of Fence: From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century” Egerton Castle This article depicts some high points of Grand Maestro Oleg Maltsev’s lecture on one of the world fencing schools, particularly…

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One of the tricks of vulgar people. Manuel Cruzado y Peralta

In the times of forefathers of Spanish Fencing Destreza, particularly two figures Don Luis Pacheco de Narvaez and Jeronimo Sanchez de Carranza started differentiating between Destreza Comun and Destreza Verdadera. The first is Destreza of…