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Ridolfo Capoferro or Capo Ferro of Cagli was a fencing master in the city of Siena best known for his rapier fencing manual published in 1610.
He appears to have hailed from Cagli in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, but was active as a fencing master in nearby Siena, Tuscany.
Although he may have studied with masters of the German school, his teachings do not reflect perceptible German influence, but instead are in the Italian tradition, with a notable influence from the earlier Italian school of swordsmanship of the 16th century.
Capoferro's treatise "Great Representation of the Art and Use of Fencing" was printed by Salvestro Marchetti and Camillo Turi in Siena, and is divided into two parts: Art and Practice.
In the first part, he gives the general principles of swordsmanship and fencing, with the second part of his book covering actual techniques, described in text with accompanying illustrations. His work is interesting in that some methods that he denigrates in his theory he uses in his actions; most notably, he dismisses feints as dangerous or useless (depending upon the situation) and then uses them liberally in various actions in the second part of his book.
Craig, the multi-talented, author, actor, thespian was cornered at V-con 2009. Check out his book about the history of hockey in BC! http://www.amazon.ca/Knights-Winter-Craig-Bowlsby/dp/1894694619 Go to his Commander's Log Videos on Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/user/CommanderCraigScott#p/a
The match between these two great fencers!
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The photograph accompanying this video, pictures me with hockey historian Craig Bowlsby. He has authored several books on Hockey inc. his most recent, Empire of Ice: The Rise and Fall of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Over the years I have purchased many unique and interesting items from him, including the tandem I bought today in this video.
Commander's Log is a low-budget comedy-science fiction television show. (In case you haven't guessed.)Commander Craig-Scott of the Laundry Corps is thrust into command of his space ship when the senior officers die. With the help of Laundry Chief Blather, he struggles to give his daily reports. www.taurusvideo.com Stock footage available: https://www.pond5.com/index.php?page=my_uploads
He went down in history.
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