by Joachim Meyer, Hans Christoph Stimmer (illustrator), Rebecca L. R. Garber (translator), Michael Chidester (editor)<\/p>\n
In his short life, master cutler and Freifechter<\/em> Joachim Meyer appears to have had quite a successful career as a fencing master, teaching craftsmen and noblemen alike while also authoring at least four different fencing treatises (and possibly more). His works became renowned far outside of his own nation and were copied by other authors for over 100 years after his death.<\/p>\n These books contain Dr. Rebecca L. R. Garber\u2019s entirely new translation of Meyer’s longest and most developed treatise, Foundational Description of the Free, Knightly, and Noble Art of Fencing<\/em>, published in 1570. It teaches complex and sophisticated methods for using all the typical weapons of his day, beginning with the two-handed sword prized by the tradition of Johannes Liechtenauer, then showing how traditional German fencing should be applied to the eastern European dusack and the Mediterranean rapier which had become popular as sidearms, and finally covering the dagger and polearms that were commonly used in the militias of the Imperial Free Cities.<\/p>\n In Volume 1, Michael Chidester\u2019s transcription of the original 1570 text has been included alongside the translation, and hundreds of footnotes have been added throughout. In addition, Christopher VanSlambrouck has provided an exhaustive introduction to Meyer and the world that he inhabited.<\/p>\n Version:\u00a01st edition (December 2023) Abbreviations \u2170<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Acknowledgements \u2172<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Editor\u2019s Preface \u2176<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Book \u217a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Introduction: The Brief Life and Times of Joachim Me\u00ffer \u2179\u2172<\/p>\n<\/div>\n by Christopher VanSlambrouck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2160. Sixteenth century \u217a\u00a0\u2014 1. Fencing societies of the 16th century \u2179\u2176\u00a0\u2014 2. The schooling of fencing \u2179\u217a\u00a0\u2014 3. The process is improvement \u2179\u2179\u2174 Translator\u2019s Introduction 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A few brief notes on some specific terminology 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Transcription notes 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Preface 5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Dedication 5\u00a0\u2014 Foreword to the reader 13\u00a0\u2014 Contents of the entire book 21<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sword 23<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Contents of the first book about fencing with the sword 25\u00a0\u2014 1. About the opponent and the division of the same 29\u00a0\u2014 2. About the sword and its divisions 31\u00a0\u2014 3. About the stances or guards 33\u00a0\u2014 4. About the cuts 40\u00a0\u2014 5. A useful reminder about counteraction 47\u00a0\u2014 6. About the withdrawal 59\u00a0\u2014 7. An ad-monition about steps 60\u00a0\u2014 8. About Before, after, simultaneous, and Indes 62\u00a0\u2014 9. Introduction to the sequences 64\u00a0\u2014 10. How one should fence at the four openings 67\u00a0\u2014 11. Fencing from the stances 74\u00a0\u2014 The third part of the Sword [Section] 96<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Dusack 131<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Organized description and instruction in fencing with the dusack 132\u00a0\u2014 1. Contents of fencing with the dusack 133\u00a0\u2014 2. About the stances or guards and their use 135\u00a0\u2014 3. About the four cuts 137\u00a0\u2014 4. About the secondary cuts 145\u00a0\u2014 How one should use the four openings 153\u00a0\u2014 6. About counteractions and how all cuts are divided into three parts\u2014that is, the Provoker, Taker, and Hitter 156\u00a0\u2014 7. The stances now follow 159\u00a0\u2014 8. About the Watchtower 161\u00a0\u2014 9. About the Bull 165\u00a0\u2014 10. About the Wrath Guard 174\u00a0\u2014 11. The Simple Brace or the Slice 180\u00a0\u2014 12. How you should fence from the Arch 185\u00a0\u2014 13. About the Boar 194\u00a0\u2014 14. About the Middle Guard 197\u00a0\u2014 15. About the Change [Guard] 201\u00a0\u2014 Bastion 204<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rapier 209<\/p>\n<\/div>\n 1. Contents of fencing with the rapier 211\u00a0\u2014 2. About the division of the opponent and the weapon 214\u00a0\u2014 3. About the guards and stances with the rapier 217\u00a0\u2014 4. About the classification of the four cuts 220\u00a0\u2014 5. About thrusts 231\u00a0\u2014 6. How one should convert the cuts into thrusts, the thrusts into cuts 237\u00a0\u2014 7. About the misleading 239\u00a0\u2014 8. Changing, pursuit, remaining, feeling, pulling, and twisting 248\u00a0\u2014 The second part of fencing with the rapier 251\u00a0\u2014 Summary 290\u00a0\u2014 Rapier and dagger 294\u00a0\u2014 Rapier and cloak 302\u00a0\u2014 Rapier against spear 304<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Dagger 307<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Polearms 331<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Short staff 333\u00a0\u2014 About the halberd 357\u00a0\u2014 Fencing with the long pike 369\u00a0\u2014 The second part of the long pike 377\u00a0\u2014 How you should use your pike in serious matters on the field 383<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Appendix: The Meyer Census 385<\/p>\n<\/div>\n by Michael Chidester<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Reference tables 388\u00a0\u2014 Austria 390\u00a0\u2014 Belgium 392\u00a0\u2014 Czechia 393\u00a0\u2014 Denmark 396\u00a0\u2014 France 397\u00a0\u2014 Germany 398\u00a0\u2014 Italy 408\u00a0\u2014 Netherlands 409\u00a0\u2014 Norway 410\u00a0\u2014 Russia 411\u00a0\u2014 Sweden 412\u00a0\u2014 Switzerland 413\u00a0\u2014 United Kingdom 414\u00a0\u2014 United States 416\u00a0\u2014 Unknown 419<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Bibliography 421<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Index 443<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n About the Author 447<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n HEMA book about Joachim Meyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[331],"product_tag":[6605,6448,6341,3002,5563,2811,5390,6412],"class_list":{"0":"post-47980","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-hema-en","7":"product_tag-art-of-fencing-en","8":"product_tag-boek-en","9":"product_tag-book-2-en","10":"product_tag-fencing-en-2","11":"product_tag-fencing-manual-en","12":"product_tag-hema-en","13":"product_tag-joachim-meyer-en","14":"product_tag-treatise-en","16":"first","17":"outofstock","18":"taxable","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n
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\n\u2161. Baseler\u00a0Messerschmidt<\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0Freyfechter<\/em>\u00a0\u2179\u2179\u2178\u00a0\u2014 1. Noble interactions \u2179\u2179\u217a
\n\u2162. Stra\u00dfburg \u2179\u2179\u2179\u2172\u00a0\u2014 1. The Veldenz Manuscript \u2179\u2179\u2179\u2175\u00a0\u2014 2. The Solms Manuscript \u2179\u2179\u2179\u2176\u00a0\u2014 3. Artistic interlude \u2179\u2179\u2179\u2177\u00a0\u2014 4. The\u00a0Fechtmeisters Fechtb\u00fccher<\/em>\u00a0\u2179\u217c\u2172\u00a0\u2014 5. The art on display \u2179\u217c\u2175
\n\u2163. Until Saint Matthias\u2019 Day \u2179\u217c\u2178\u00a0\u2014 1. The Diet in Speyer \u217c\u00a0\u2014 2. Me\u00ffer\u2019s Speyer\u00a0Fechtbuchlein<\/em>\u00a0(1570) \u217c\u2171\u00a0\u2014 3. Me\u00ffer\u2019s\u00a0Ross und zu Fu\u00df un zum Kampf Fechtbuch<\/em>\u00a0\u217c\u2173\u00a0\u2014 4. Winter 1570\u201371 \u217c\u2171\u00a0\u2014 About \u217c\u2175<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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<\/td>\n Reference Edition vol. 1<\/td>\n Reference Edition vol. 2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Text<\/strong><\/td>\n English translation by Rebecca L. R. Garber<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n German transcription by Michael Chidester<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Introduction by Roger Norling<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Introduction by Christopher VanSlambrouck<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Introduction by Michael Chidester<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n The Meyer Census<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Bibliography<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Index<\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illustrations<\/strong><\/td>\n Black and white illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Color illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n M\u00fcnchen ms. illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Lund ms. illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Rostock ms. illustrations<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u2715<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"