Fundamentals of Italian Rapier - 2nd Edition by David Coblentz & Dori Coblentz (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Fundamentals of Italian Rapier: A Modern Manual for Teachers and Students of Historical Fencing offers a comprehensive theoretical foundation for seventeenth-century rapier fencing. This book pairs descriptions of fencing techniques with over a hundred images, explaining the underlying reasoning for each fencing action as well as offering drills and exercises designed to help students internalize the three fundamentals of Italian rapier fencing: modo, misura, and tempo (technique, measure, and timing). Through a synthesis of Italian fencing manuals for an English-speaking readership, Dori and David Coblentz offer a resource that is both sensitive to historical context and aware of modern trends in fencing instruction.

Review Quotes

This book is a fantastic resource for instructors of classical fencing, such as myself, who wish to use modern pedagogy to teach the rapier. The material [...] draws upon common rapier techniques present in historical texts, and presents them in a way that is easy to teach for the instructor, and easy to learn for the student. - Ryan Mank, Red Sun Classical Fencing

This manual provides a comprehensive resource for the instructor as well as a system of instruction for the student. I am using Fundamentals of Italian Rapier as my go-to instruction manual for teaching rapier in my club. - Tony Barajas, Italian Renaissance Swordsmanship Academy

This book is an essential training aid to those learning and teaching rapier. Without it, your historical fencing library is incomplete. - Bradley Cramer Jr., UWF Fencing Club