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Italian Rapier & Dagger of Nicoletto Giganti (1606)

ROOM: TBA

INSTRUCTOR: Gary Chelak

DESCRIPTION:

Less scientific than Capo Ferro in word only, Giganti's sword & dagger play utilizes subtleties in natural bio-mechanics to provide safety & success. Combining this with the ‘when’ of the fight allows us to attack or counterattack in safety. It also provides for ready use of tools like Turning the Wrist to Land the Blow, Feints, 'Murdering the Dagger' and Wounding with the Dagger.

Please bring a mask, gorget, jacket or doublet, gloves and rapier.

Note: neither of the classes I am offering this year are prerequisites for the other, however taking both will provide a more complete view.

"So like the recognition of the time, and of the measure are the principal foundation of the Arte of fencing,

so the Change of Line, and the Feint, are the ornament of it."

Giganti, p77. Translation © G. Chelak.

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