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05-20-2004, 04:14 PM
Default re: European Martial Arts/Styles

Fiore dei Liberi an Italian, formed his own school of fencing and combat.

He had a manual in 1410 entitled Flos Duellatorum or ?The Flower of Battle? . It was illustrated and included fighting both on foot and while mounted. Weapons taught were : sword, lance, dagger, and poleaxe.
He also taught wrestling as an integral part of his system especially when disarming a dagger wielding opponent.

Here is an illustration of one of the disarming techniques



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