Rapier Fencing Guide for 17th and 18th Century Swordplay, Old School Footwork, Dope Guards, and the Roman Neapolitan Sicilian School Techniques for Historical Fencers and Curious Beginners

Rapier Fencing Guide: 17th to 18th Century Italian Techniques
✔️ 140-page guide to rapier basics, footwork, and dagger play (1 bk)

This 140-page historical fencing handbook reconstructs the Roman-Neapolitan-Sicilian School of rapier swordplay from the 17th to 18th centuries, designed for modern fencers, researchers, and curious beginners. It’s ideal for clubs, museums, and historical reenactments where authentic footwork and guards matter.

✅ Author: Lodα
✅ Pages: 140
✅ Language: English
✅ Genre: Historical fencing manual for rapier
✅ Includes fundamentals, provocations, disarms, grapples, left-hand dagger
✅ Roman-Neapolitan-Sicilian School techniques (17th to 18th centuries)

💡 What is a historical rapier fencing guide used for in modern training?

It helps learners study era-specific footwork and guards with a modern pedagogy.

• Technique foundations for the Roman-Neapolitan-Sicilian method
• Progressive drills from stance to disarms and grapples
• Practical use in clubs, classrooms, and reenactment events

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