Sabre: Arlow

Gusztáv Arlow, a Hungarian fencing instructor has published his book „Kardvívás” (~Sabre fencing) in 1902. It propagates the Italian style (mainly according to Barbasetti) that was quite popular in Hungary at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Arlow claims in the introduction of his book not only to provide an insight in the „Italian style” but to merge it with the „old Hungarian school” which was unfortunately not documented but might have provided useful technical elements that are to be preserved. The author also claims to provide training methodology in addition to the drills explained in his book.

Lead researcher: Alda Lukács

The complete material will be available for download soon.

Sabre: Chappon and Domján

Our club has studied the Chappon and Domjan codices for historical context, but they are not part of our regular curriculum. We reference them occasionally, but our training focuses on other sources.

Lead researcher: Alda Lukács

The material is available for download HERE.

Montante: Luis Barbarán

Luis Barbarán was a 16th-century Spanish notary and fencer who left a list of nine rules for the two-handed sword.

The nine rules provide instructions on sword direction and movement, but do not describe the details. We therefore interpret and make educated guesses—based on later sources — about the exact execution of both swordwork and body mechanics.

Our main goal is to master a form of movement that can be applied firmly and fluidly in any situation, based on these nine rules. This research is still in the early stages of interpreting and experimenting with the techniques described in the source.

This research is conducted under the aegis of Academia da Espada Hungría.

Lead researcher: Norbert Horváth

Sabre: Christmann

The research focuses on German sabre fencing based on the book Theoretisch-praktische Anleitung des Hau-Stoßfechtens und des schwadronhauens, nach einer ganz neuen methode by Friedrich Christian Christmann and Dr G. Pfeffinger published in 1838. Christmann named himself a professor of fencing, and he was also a member of various fencing academies.

The book gives a detailed look on the German tradition of sabre fencing in the first half of the 19th century. The central idea behind this fencing system is that sabre is a suitable weapon both for cutting and thrusting. This feature makes it unique compared to rapier, or other single-handed sword (e.g. "Pallasch") traditions in the authors' view.

The research is in the early stage of interpreting and experimenting with the techniques written in the source.

Lead researcher: Árpád Zsadányi