Tag Archive: rapier

Reviews: Agrippa and published translations thereof

James May 25, 2015

You know, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody say “I do Agrippa rapier”. Considering that Camillo Agrippa’s 1553 “Treatise on the Science of Arms” is mentioned by Castle, Gaugler, Anglo and pretty much every other fencing historian as the…
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Rapier, Reviews

agrippa, rapier, review

Thibault’s Advice for the Longsword, Part A: Distance and Deflection

James May 19, 2015

[I originally did this for HEMAC Dijon 2011, but revived it recently for our new Thibault rapier class. It’s a lot longer than I remember, so I’ll publish this in pieces. I’ve laid out the premise for this seminar in…
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Thibault longsword

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