At the Boar’s Tooth Fight School we base our training on a number of historical sources, which we are involved in translating and interpreting. Starting with work on Sigmund Ringeck’s treatise on knightly martial arts, in and out of armour, Dave branched out into other sources such as the sword and buckler sources I.33 and that of Lignitzer, and the knightly treatise attributed to Hanko Doebringer. Dave also works with Mendoza’s book on pugilism (an older form of boxing).
I.33 Sword & Buckler
I.33 is dated to c.1280-1320 and is kept at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK. It is probably from Southern Germany and is a comprehensive treatise on the use of the sword and buckler (a small fist-held shield) out of armour. It contains pictures and descriptive text.
Liechtenauer
Johannes Liechtenauer seems to have lived in Germany in the middle and perhaps latter part of the 14thC and wrote down verses in German relating to knightly combat. These verses became the basis for many subsequent German masters of arms in the Liechtenauer lineage, the earliest source we have being that attributed to Hanko Doebringer (c.1389). Later masters in this lineage who we have surviving treatises from include Ringeck, Von Danzig, Kal and Talhoffer. In some of these German sources there are elements which come from a different origin than Liechtenauer’s verses, such as the wrestling of Otto the Jew. At Boar’s Tooth Fight School we study all the Liechtenauer lineage to some degree, but with especial emphasis on the treatise of Sigmund Ringeck.
