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Greetings unto the Rialto.
 

In <1iul8mINN852@mirror.digex.com> Corun MacAnndra  asks:

>Has anyone seen a video entitled _The Blow by Blow Guide to Swordfighting
>in the Rennaissance Style_? The presenter is Mike Loades, and he is billed
>as a combat master at several drama schools in London. The ad I saw claims
>to teach one to fight with rapier and cloak, target and buckler (target has
>me a bit confused and I can't help but wonder if targe was meant instead).
>In my area there is a large following of fencers recreating the Italian
>Rennaissance style, and I am considering dusting off the masque and foil.
>This video sounds good, but I'd like to hear a review of it from fencers
>before spending the money.

I haven't seen it, but one of the fencers in OUR area (Njal/Ken Reed) has.  
He says it's ok, but mixes the techniques of many different 
schools/proponents.  It apparently teaches a combined form, but whether pure 
Italian or Italian and Spanish I don't know yet.  I am picking up a copy (I 
think) from Ken Trottman for 15 L.

>As an aside, for those interested in increasing their libraries, _Sword
>and Masque_ by Julius Palffy-Alpar is a rather good book on fencing. It
>has a section devoted to theatrical fencing, and this covers some of the
>techniques one would not encounter in a standard modern fencing text, these
>usually discussing formal competition fencing, that could be applicable to
>SCA/Rennaissance fencing.

I wasn't terribly impressed by Palffy-Alpar.  He created a lot of confusion 
for me, citing Munzio instead of Moncio as the first Italian manual published 
(neither is right, though, it's Monte).  I thought William Hobbs' book far 
more useful.

ST

Angelo, Sydney ; "The Man Who Taught Leonardo Darts, Pietro Monte and His 
'Lost' Fencing Manual"; Antiq. J. 1989

Hobbs, William; Stage combat : "the action to the word" ;London : Barrie & 
Jenkins, 1980