Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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How did they fight with spear and shield? Learn it in this video by Antonio Manciolino's chapters on Partisan & Rotella. Enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro: What are the Partisan and the Rotella?
01:11 Intro: Our historical source
01:36 First Play - Part 1 (Defending against a low attack)
02:58 First Play - Part 2 (Retreat against Part 1)
03:41 First Play - Part 3 (Feinting high, Attacking high)
04:23 First Play - Part 4 (Defending against a thrown attack)
05:16 Second Play - Part 1 (Defending against a low attack)
06:46 Second Play - Part 2 (Defending against a high attack)
07:09 Closing Remarks




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References:
The Complete Renaissance Swordsman: Antonio Manciolino's Opera Nova (1531)
The Art of Defense: on Fencing, the Joust, and Battle Formation, by Giovanni dall’Agocchie (Paperback) lulu.com/shop/jherek-swanger-and-giovanni-dallagocchie/the-art-of-defense-on-fencing-the-joust-and-battle-formation-by-giovanni-dallagocchie-paperback/paperback/product-23737371.html
wiktenauer.com/wiki/Opera_Nova_(Achille_Marozzo)
wiktenauer.com/wiki/Opera_Nova_(Antonio_Manciolino)
wiktenauer.com/wiki/Modo_di_cacciare_mano_all_spada_(MS_Italien_959)
wiktenauer.com/wiki/Johann_Georg_Pascha
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21948
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25415
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisane



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