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Jacob Sutor

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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.

References

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