Dagger Fighting
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This modern textbook provides an extensive depiction of more than 75 dagger fencing techniques according to 15th-century dagger Master Hans Talhoffer's manuscripts, among other fencing luminaries, from past and present. In the Middle Ages, dagger fighting was part of every fencer's standard repertoire--just as combat training was for swordsmen. The authors have spent years thoroughly researching the techniques and studying and interpreting the old manuscripts in order to subsequently test them in practice. Based on these historical representations--complete with striking medieval drawings--each technique is explained and illustrated in a series of action photographs. The fencing student is thus able to follow the sequence of movements that make up each technique. Valuable tips on equipment and training, plus a glossary of important terms round out this new standard work.
Clemens Nimscholz
Clemens Nimscholz and Ralf Schoetzau have spent years thoroughly researching the techniques and studying and interpreting the old manuscripts in order to subsequently test them in practice.
David Johnston
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David Johnston established the Centre for Translation and Interpreting at Queen's University in 2004 and is now Emeritus Professor of Translation in the Centre. He has published extensively on the relationship between theory, practice and representation in the translation process, and has given invited lectures in thirty countries. He is a multi award-winning translator for the stage, described in Comedia Performance as 'the most innovative translator of Spanish Golden Age drama in the twenty-first century', and an elected member of the Academia Europaea, the pan-European academy for excellence in the arts, humanities and sciences.
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