Fiore: Longsword: Sword in One Hand: Master (Fol 20r)
1st Master (Fol 20r)
System: Fiore: Longsword
Section: Fiore: Longsword: Sword in One Hand
Source Text and Drawing
We are three players that want to kill this master. One by striking with a thrust. The other with a cut, the other wants to hit throw his sword against the said master. It will be a great feat if he is not killed, that God makes very sad.
You are thugs and of this art you know little. Do your deeds, words have no place. Come one by one, who can do it, and even if you were 100, I’d smash you with this guard that is so good and strong. I advance the foot that is in front a little out of the way, and with the left I pass across. And in that pass I cross beating the swords, I’ll find you uncovered, and will make certain to strike. And if a lance or sword is thrown at me, I’ll beat them all away as I said, passing out of the way. Just as you see in my plays that follow. Take a look at them, if you please. And still with the sword in one hand I make my art, as you see in these pages.
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Key Resources
Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Modern Practice: The Longsword Techniques of Fiore dei Liberi
Online Course: The Medieval Longsword Complete Course
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Source: Getty MS Ludwig XV Translation: Dr. Guy Windsor
