First published in 1570, Joachim Meyer's _The Art of Comba__t_ is
among the most important texts in the rich corpus of German martial
arts treatises of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Meyer is unique
in offering full recommendations on how to train for various
weapons forms. He divides his book into five parts by weapon types:
longsword; dusack (a practice weapon analogous to a sabre); rapier;
dagger; and staff weapons. For each weapon, Meyer lays out the
principles of its use and the vocabulary of techniques, and then
describes a range of specific 'devices', attack combinations for
use in combat. This rational approach, along with Meyer's famous
and profuse woodcut illustrations, make this a crucial source for
understanding the history and techniques of medieval and
Renaissance martial arts. In the first ever English translation of
this important work, Jeffrey Forgeng has sought to improve
accessibility of the text. His Introduction is the first
substantial account to be published in English of the German
Fechtbuch corpus, and the Glossary likewise is the first of its
kind to be published in English.
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