significant dates in fencing

[Inquartata]

Bananas seem to be far more significant in fencing than do dates.

[AllenJ]

Significant fencing texts, author, year and weapon(s) covered:
*I.33, Unknown, 1297, sword & buckler
*Hanko Döbringer's Fechtbuch (fightbook) from 1389, longsword
*Flos Duellatorum in Armis, Fiore Dei Liberi, 1410, unarmoured & armoured longsword
*'Gladiatoria', Unknown, apx 1450, amroured longsword, spear, dagger, grappling
*Fechtbuch from Hans Talhoffer, 1443, 1459, 1467, longsword, sword & buckler, dagger, grappling, armoured, unarmoured and judicial
*Sigmund Ringeck comentaries on Liechtenauer‘s Fechtbuch c. 1440. , longsword
*Codex Wallerstein, anonymous German, 1470, armoured & unarmoured longsword, dagger, grappling
*The Book on the Art of Fighting With Swords, Fillipo Vadi, 1482-1487, unarmoured & armoured longsword, armoured poleaxe, dagger, grappling
*Peter Von Danzig's Fechtbuch on Liechtenauer, 1452, longsword
*'Goliath', Unknown, 1500, unarmoured longsword/ greatsword
*Paulus Hector Mair’s Fechtbuch of c. 1542 - wide variety of weapons
*Opera Nova, Achille Marozzo, 1536, Cut & thrust, polearms, greatsword/longsword
*Kunst des Fechten, Joachim Meyer, 1570, wide variety of weapons
*Camillo Agrippa's manual, 1553, rapier, rapier & dagger
* Giacomo Di Grassi's manual of 1570, rapier and others
*L'Arte Di Ben Manegiarre La Spada, Francesco Alfieri, 1653, rapier, dagger, grappling
*Paradoxes of Defense and also Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defense, Master George Silver, 1598 & 1599, broadsword, staff, polearms &others
*Sienz e Practica d Arme, Salvator Fabris, 1606, rapier
*Gran Simulacro..., Capo Ferro, 1610, rapier, dagger
* Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence, Joseph Swetnam, 1617, reniassance sword, staff, & rapier
*Neu Künstliches Fechtbuch, Jakob Sutor, 1612, wide variety
*The Scots Fencing Master (+ 3 other books), Sir William Hope, 1687-1694, smallsword, broadsword, spadroon

just to name a few...

[oiuyt]

1904 is a significant date.

It is the year which one country swept the Gold individual medals at the Olympics. I don't think that will ever happen again. That was Cuba.

They shared the only Team Gold medal. The U.S. and Cuba provided members for a combined Gold medal team.

Unless, of course, one considers the fact that there was a weapon in which they DIDN'T win the individual gold medal...

The US claimed 11 fencing medals at that Games, including a podium sweep in single sticks.

Next question is whether there were ANY fencers not from the US or Cuba at that Games (hosted in St. Louis).

-B

[DHCJr]

Unless, of course, one considers the fact that there was a weapon in which they DIDN'T win the individual gold medal...

The US claimed 11 fencing medals at that Games, including a podium sweep in single sticks.

Next question is whether there were ANY fencers not from the US or Cuba at that Games (hosted in St. Louis).

-B

I am not sure where you got your information, but it is not consistent with the information I got from the IOC web site.

http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/r...earch_r_uk.asp

There were 14 medals awarded; 12 individuals and 2 Team. 9 of those individual medals were won by Cuba, including the single stick by Van Zo Post. In fact the U.S. won no Gold medals. They came second and third in single stick and 2nd in Sabre. In Foil Team and combined Cuba/U.S. team took Gold over the silver by a U.S. Team.

It is possible you got your infomation from Wikepedia, which since anyone can put down anything they want, it is not a reliable source.

For more on Van Zo Post's nationality, you might check these web sites.

http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/2000/0809/675757.html

http://sports123.com/fen/mo-sss.html

[DHCJr]

I think I have found a worse web site than the USFA; the IOC.

It seems all the web sites above were getting information from the IOC web site. Van Zo Post is mentioned in this article on the USOC web site about Mariel.

http://www.usolympicteam.com/11817_24359.htm