After months of research, translation, and editing, the third historical fencing book from William E. Wilson is finally here and I am elated!
Achille Marozzo was one of a number of fencing masters of the early 16th century who helped to lay the foundation for the Bolognese School of Combat. Marozzo, like Fiore di Liberi, taught a system of combat that included combat with the dagger, single handed sword, two handed sword, and hafted weapons. This book details the use of the dagger alone, with the cape, with the sword, and also covers Marozzo’s teachings on unarmed versus dagger. The scholar of 16th century combat will be able to gain insight into the use of the dagger within Marozzo’s framework and will be able to compare it to other combat systems.
William E. Wilson’s Marozzo’s Dagger is not merely a translation of the historical master’s work. Wilson also compares the translation of Marozzo’s text with other contemporary masters. These side-by-side comparisons give the student a broader perspective of Marozzo’s work. Step by step descriptions of both the guards and plays, complete with photographs help the student of historical martial arts bring the knowledge from these manuscripts into modern practice.
Marozzo’s Dagger is available from Amazon, as are the other two books on historical fencing by Wilson, The Arte of Defence and 16th Century Single Sword Combat.
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