Italian School of Swordsmanship

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The Italian School of Swordsmanship is overly vague as a title, and is usually used to distingish the works of Knightly Italian masters such as Fiore and Vadi from the German system set down by Liechtenaur. On the other hand, The Liechtenauer system was the predominate system in Germany, and as such is somewhat more entitled to be called the German system.

Although many positons in the German style and Italian styles are similar, they are not the same art. There is evidence of in period crossover, but this should be taken in much the same context as a Muai Thai student training with Western Boxers, in that they are seperate styles which might influence each other.

There are infact several dozen styles of Italian swordsmanship, streaching from Fiore, who taught a complete system of the Longsword, the dagger, wrestling, and several other weapons, on horse and on foot, as well as in armor and out. He was followed by many other masters of arms, most immedately by Vadi, but later others who taught other weapons.

The Bolonese styles of swordsmanship are Italian in origin, but are considered an independant branch by most scholars.

There are also Italian styles of the Rapier and the smallsword, the latter of which is still used today by some sport fencers.

Contents 1 History 2 Styles 3 Training 4 Techniques 5 Weapons

History

Styles

Carro Ferro, in the image to the right, was a later period master of the Rapier.

Training

Techniques

Weapons

Dagger (daga) Lance/spear (laza) Longsword, Poleaxe/Polehammer, See the main article Italian School of Swordsmanship

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