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Der Renommist—The Show-Off

Posted on October 29, 2023 | 1 comment

Bootleg Kreusslerian instruction backfires

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Posted in 18th Century, Duel, duelling sword, Fencing History; German fencing, Images, Studentisches Fechten

Tagged amberger, duel, escrime, fechten, Fechtgeschichte, fencing, fencing history, kreussler, renommist, stossfechten, zachariae

The Hidden Fabri—The State Church: Gottfried Kreussler

Posted on September 6, 2023 | 2 comments

Part 4: Miles Christianus

Now Lost: Does this image, once in the library of the University of Jena, show the true founder of Kreusslerian thrust fencing?

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Posted in 17th Century, Antiquarian Books, Fabris, fencing, fencing art, Images, Rapier, Uncategorized

Tagged Gottfried kreussler, Kreussler schule, siege of Leipzig 1642, stossfechten, thirty years war

Newly Discovered: Kreussler’s earliest-known autograph!

Posted on July 7, 2023 | Leave a comment

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.

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Posted in Antiquarian Books, fencing, fencing art, rapier

Tagged album amicorum, amberger, Burchard grossmann, Jena university, kreussler, rembrand, stossfechten

German foil; Germany, c. 1790

Posted on January 22, 2009 | Leave a comment

German-style foil

German-style foil

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

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Posted in 18th Century, fencing, Foil

Tagged deutsches stoßfechten, fleuret, florett, florettfechten, Foil, kreussler, stossfechten

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