Der Renommist—The Show-Off

Bootleg Kreusslerian instruction backfires

The Hidden Fabri—The State Church (4): The Congregation

Was Kreussler’s original method “a snoozer”?

—by J. Christoph Amberger (Published 7/22/23)

Newly Discovered: Kreussler’s earliest-known autograph!

This entry in an album amicorum appears to be the only known first-hand document of Kreussler’s activity in Jena between 1621 and 1669.

The Hidden Fabri—The State Church: The Kreussler Clan

Part 1: Why we know more about Wilhelm Kreussler’s sex life than about his fencing method…

How a Jena philologist accidentally invented the Kreussler origin story.

FencingClassics to release “missing link” late 17th-ct. German fencing manuscript!

This recently re-discovered transcript by an anonymous German noble could fill an important gap in the documentation of German fencing approaches between Paschen and Schmidt.

Under the sponsorship of the new Administration, we’re preparing a limited release of the manuscript.

Old School: Four Kreusslerian Foils

From the late 1600’s until the first decade of the 20th century, the Kreussler method of thrust fencing dominated the use of the foil and “Rappier”. Here are four representative varieties of the weapons used…

German foil; Germany, c. 1790

 

German-style foil

German-style foil with clues to the use of the leather pad…