Johannes Lichtenauer Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Johannes Lichtenauer (also spelled Liechtenauer) was born in Franconia in Germany some time around the mid 1300s. Around 1360, he travelled throughout Western Europe and as far east as Poland and Hungary, learning the art of combat from the masters of his time. The earliest record of his teachings is preserved in MS 3227a, partly in rhyming couplets (possibly intentionally obscured, in order to prevent the uninitiated from learning the techniques he presented). Lichtenauer's system gave rise to what is now called the German school of swordsmanship. It was commented on, expanded and modified throughout the 15th century, by masters including Sigmund Ringeck and Hans Talhoffer, as well as the 16th century, by masters including Joachim Meyer, Jacob Sutor, Paulus Hector Maier and Christian Egenolph. It became in fact almost compulsory for any self-respecting fencing master to present himself as standing in the Lichtenauer tradition, even if the influence is sometimes tenuous, or some elements in outright conflict with certain tenets of Lichtenauer's.Already in Lichtenauer's time, instruction in combat (Fechten) was not restricted to a single weapon, but what was taught was rather a variety of techniques for using the longsword, sword and buckler, dagger, messer, and for unarmed grappling in both armoured and unarmoured combat, and sometimes also in mounted combat.
See also Historical European Martial Arts.
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