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The Art of Fencing: The Discourse of Camillo Palladini
Piermarco Terminiello‘s research interest is focused on sixteenth and seventeenth century Italian swordplay. He has an extensive knowledge of technical manuals from the period, including a number of widely overlooked works. Along with Kevin Maurer he was recognised as “Best Researcher” in the inaugural HEMA Scholar Awards of 2013. Amongst other research, he has unearthed and translated (co-authored) the “lost” second book of Nicoletto Giganti (1608), unearthed the lengthy manuscript treatise of Giovanni Battista Maffani (1629) not listed in any fencing bibliography, published English translations of Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri’s La Bandiera (1638) and La Scherma (1640); Giuseppe Colombani’s L’Arte maestra (1711); the fencing treatise of Marco Docciolini (1601); the treatise of Jacopo Monesi (1640); and a transcription of the Biblioteca Trivulziana Cod.256 (c.1680). He has helped bring HEMA to a wider public, having previously lectured at the Wallace Collection, in London UK; has published in the long-established peer-reviewed Journal of the Arms and Armour Society; is a member of the Historical European Martial Arts Coalition (HEMAC); and a member of the Advisory Board of the peer-review journal Acta Periodica Duellatorum. He has enjoyed success as a competitive fencer, winning numerous international competitions.
McBane – The Expert Sword-Man’s Companion, 1728
“Thanks be to GOD, my En’mies I don’t Fear; Who was so oft embroil’d in Bloody Wars, Indent as ’twere and Carry’d with Cuts and Scars; Which Fortune seem’d to favour and o’er look, That I might serve you with this Little Book.” A story so incredible, it was believed to be historical fiction. Donald McBane is a figure from history much loved by those who have had the joy of studying his autobiography. Growing up in Inverness and later joining the British regiments, McBane travelled across Europe pimping, duelling, blowing himself up, and performing other incredible feats of a not always admirable nature. The last we hear of him is when he comes out of his retirement in his fifties to fight one last bout in Edinburgh against an uppity Irish youngster, where he defeated his opponent and walked off with barely a scratch himself. Yet for all his heroic and sometimes crazy actions, he is remembered only for a single act of cowardice on maps marked as the “Soldier’s Leap”.
The Swordsman’s Journey – an interview with Maestro Paolo Cazzato
Join us for an eye opening ramble through a world of duelling, hi-jinks and challenging morality with Italy's...
Combat in Context – Romeo & Juliet
In 1545, Henry VIII issued a monopoly on the training of martial systems of combat to the London based ‘Company...
Wessex League Tournament Series – Oxford leg
This weekend Tempus Fugitives participated in the third leg of the Wessex League Tournament Series in Oxford, successfully maintaining its...