Salvator Fabris Research Paper

The idea of fencing has been around for hundreds of years, but it was only perfected during the 1500’s and 1600’s. During this time many became masters of the skills needed to fence like Rocco Bonetti, Ridolfo Capo Ferro, Angelo Vigianni, Joseph Swetnam, and Salvator Fabris. Rocco Bonetti was born during the 1500’s and was a popular Italian fencer in England. Bonetti was a Captain when he served in the Italian military and this is where he learned how to fight with a sword. He created a school of fencing in Blackfriars, London, where he taught many great swordsmen like Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Peregrin Willoughby. Although he was a well known fencer, it doesn’t mean that he was well liked. Many of the English fencers did not like Bonetti simply because he was more successful then they were. Rocco was later critically injured by an english swordsmen. Ridolfo Capo Ferro was a master fencer in Siena, Tuscany. He studied in Germany but his style was more Italian than anything. Ridolfo is commonly known as the Grandfather of Modern fencing. He established important principles and was clear on his directions of structure and also outlined the perfect lunge. Capo

Angelo Vigianni was one of his teachers was young. Fabris served for the Archbishop and then later for the king of Denmark. Fabris taught many different styles of fencing. On the St. Adrian’s Guild website it says, “Fabris deals with sword alone, sword and dagger, sword and cape as well as bare-handed fighting against a man armed with a dagger.” Fabris wrote a treatise called Scienza D’Arme. It had two books that outlines different skills that Fabris taught. The first book focused on three main things; Sword Alone, Sword and Dagger, and Sword and Cape. In the second book it mainly focused on Sword Alone and Sword and Dagger, both in a different kind of