People of German School of Fencing

German School of Fencing: 5 documented people. Founder: Johannes Liechtenauer. Also: codifier (1), master (2).

Founder (2)

Joachim MeyerFounder: Meyer's Art of FencingFreifechter / FreimeisterGerman-Strasbourg fencing master and author of the monumental 1570 printed manual Kunst des Fechtens.Johannes LiechtenauerFencing Master / GrandmasterThe paramount father of the German school of fencing, whose verses shaped European combat for 200 years.

Codifier (1)

Paulus KalFencing MasterBavarian noble fencing master and author of the vital illustrated combat treatise Cgm 1507 (1470).

Master (2)

Gerhard (Master of Kunst des Fechtens)Fencing MasterGerman medieval fencing master, one of the 17 masters of the famed Society of Liechtenauer.Heinrich von St. GallenFencing Master / MonkMedieval Swiss-German fencing master associated with the early Liechtenauer longsword tradition.

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