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Hans Talhoffer

Hans Talhoffer was a master of the sword who lived in Germany in the middle of the 15th century. He wrote several fechtbuchs(in german: Fechtbücher) which were illustrated treatises describing methods of fighting with various weapons, including unarmed, dagger, sword, pole weapons and mounted combat. He is believed to have been a professional rival of fechtmeister Paulus Kal. Talhoffer taught within the Lichtenauer tradition, a group of instructors professionally descended from Johannes Lichtenauer, the late fourteenth century teacher.

A list of fechtbuchs by Hans Talhoffer:

• Das Fechtbuch Aus dem Jahre 1443
• Das Fechtbuch Aus dem Jahre 1449
• Das Fechtbuch Aus dem Jahre 1459
• Alte Armatur und Ringkunst 1459
• http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/thalhoffer/thalhofferHome.htm - Das Fechtbuch Aus dem Jahre 1467 (as german - english version online)

Close-quarter fighting with rondel daggers from Talhoffers Fechtbuch, a 15th Century manual of combat

Reference

Anglo, Sydney (2000). The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe. p24. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08352-1

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