RESOURCES
We work primarily with the Joachim Meyer's The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570. There are many resources available to both the study of the Meyer Tradition and Historical European Martial Arts. Below you will find many of the ones that our group uses beyond our own library.
The Meyer Freifechter Guild is a free international fencing school devoted to the study of Joachim Meyer's 1560 manuscript, 1570 book and Rostock manuscript on the knightly arts of combat. Our goal is to reproduce the considerable martial skill of Renaissance Europe, specifically the German Art of Combat (Kunst des Fechten or kunstfechten).
Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537 - 1571)[1] was a 16th century German Freifechter and fencing master. He was the last major figure in the tradition of the German grand master Johannes Liechtenauer.
KUNST DES FECHTENS - 1570
A PDF copy of our Main source. This Text includes sections on five weapons: Longsword, Dussack, Rapier, Dagger, and Polearm