Joachim Meyer Writer

Joachim Meÿer (ca. 1537–1571) was a self described Freifechter (literally, Free Fencer) living in the then Free Imperial City of Strasbourg in the 16th century and the author of a fechtbuch Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (in English, Thorough Descriptions of the Art of Fencing) first published in 1570.

Personal facts

Joachim Meyer
Birth place
Basel , Holy Roman Empire
Citizenship
Strasbourg
Date of deathFebruary 24, 1571
Place of death
Holy Roman Empire , Schwerin

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Writer

genre
Martial arts manual
language
Early New High German
notable work
Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens

Joachim Meyer on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.freifechter.com
  2. http://www.freifechter.de
  3. http://www.hauppauge.de/~freifechter/meyer.html
  4. http://www.higginssword.org/guild/study/manuals/meyer/index.html