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Colleges of Fence

Rapier

Reconstruction of the late 16th Century fencing system of the northern Italian fencing Master Vincentio Saviolo...

Sword

Cut-and-thrust swordplay including spada da lato and backsword techniques..

French Small Sword

The proper and graceful use of the 18th Century French small sword...

Study Groups

Fiore dei Liberi

The medieval combat system of 14^th century master Fiore dei Liberi...

Tower Fechtbuch I.33

Cruciform sword and buckler as described in the oldest known fencing treatise...

The College of the French Small Sword

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Instruction of French smallsword technique is based on Domenico Angelo (1787), supplemented by concepts from Le Sieur Wernesson de Liancour (1686), and Le Sieur Labat (1690).