Jeffrey Hull
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posted 06-18-2007 03:07 PM
Hey FolksFight Earnestly – the Fight-Book from 1459 AD by Hans Talhoffer transcription, translation and commentary by Jeffrey Hull The Fechtbuch (Fight-Book) from 1459 AD by Hans Talhoffer is truly an uncanny work. In this edition of his work, the fight-master opens a window for us to his world. He shares knowledge from his own field of expertise – the martial arts of Renaissance Europe. Yet he also presents works from masters of the same and other fields – Zwaintzig Ussrichtung (Twenty Directives) by fight-master Johann Liechtenauer; Bellifortis (Battle Force) by military engineer Conrad Kyeser; and Hie Lert (Here Teaches) by astrologer-physiologist Jud Ebreesch. By text and by pictures, numerous diverse and lively scenes are shown that are sometimes quite bizarre – vigorous fighting lessons, for judicial dueling and for battle; war-machines, strange inventions and secret formulas; and treatises upon cosmology and physiology. http://www.thearma.org/Fight-Earnestly.htm Good luck, Jeffrey Hull -------------------- JLH ARMA Fechter
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