The Development and Current State of Martial Arts Studies in Germany - From Kung Fu Tea

[Xue Sheng]

The Development and Current State of Martial Arts Studies in Germany

In a way, Germany is one of the earliest hotspots for the composition of martial arts literature in Europe – although this early literature, of course, was not written from an academic, but from an instructional perspective. Manuscript I.33, supposedly written around 1300, is the oldest exiting European fencing manual. Its Latin text is interspersed with Middle High German termini technici of the art of sword fighting (Forgeng 2003). It was soon followed by a vast corpus of fencing manuals, describing and also illustrating all kinds of techniques for close quarter combat.

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[Langenschwert]

Here's that manuscript:

Walpurgis Fechtbuch MS I.33 - Wiktenauer - Insquequo omnes gratuiti sint

-Mark

 

[LibbyW]

Here's that manuscript:

Walpurgis Fechtbuch MS I.33 - Wiktenauer - Insquequo omnes gratuiti sint

-Mark

I love the folios, such happy combatants. Big smiles even when they have a sword in their face
I think some of the guys at my school could take some lessons from this book (both literally and figuratively) and put a smile on their face...before I smack it off them with my waster
Fencing manuscripts are like my bread and butter...or more applicably - heroine. I just can't get enough!
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[Langenschwert]

I love the folios, such happy combatants. Big smiles even when they have a sword in their face

Well Liechtenauer said when facing your opponent in longpoint to "stand blithely and look at his actions".