Zogho stretto

The Fiore Translation Project hits a major milestone… the stretto plays are done!

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I’ve been working on The Fiore Translation Project for about a year now, working through all of Fiore’s longsword plays out of armour on foot. The work so far has been published here on this blog in 24 instalments, taking us all the way from sword against dagger to the end of the zogho largo section, … Read more

Freedom to Strike: a lengthy discussion of largo and stretto

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The first two plays of the zogho stretto from the Getty MS, showing the master of the zogho stretto

Ultra-geeky sword post alert: this is a lengthy and detailed discussion of some really specific terms from Fiore. Expect pedantry and nit-pickery, in the service of a definition of terms which has little bearing on how we actually fight. Read on only if that sort of thing floats your boat. I have written this because … Read more