Jacob Sutor Explained

Jacob Sutor (also spelled "Jakob Sutor") was a German fencing master who published a fighting manual in 1612, called the Neues Künstliches Fechtbuch.[1] The book was mostly an updated version (or outright plagiarism) of Joachim Meyer's work.[2]

Sutor's Fechtbuch includes techniques for the long sword, dussack, rapier (which appears to be an early form of the weapon more similar to a cut and thrust sword), rapier and main gauche, rapier and cloak, case of rapiers, staff, pole axe, and the flail.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thomas, Michael G. . The Fighting Man's Guide to German Longsword Combat . 2008 . SwordWorks . 978-1-906512-00-2 . 19 . en.
  2. Book: Meyer, Joachim . The Art of Sword Combat: A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship . 2016-08-31 . Casemate Publishers . 978-1-4738-7677-4 . 1571 . en.