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Wuppertal, Germany: Stefan Dieke
email:
info@alte-kampfkunst.de
Born
in 1969, Stefan Dieke has since the early 1990s been dedicated to
the research of fighting styles of the centuries past, with the
main focus in German material from the Middle Ages and
Renaissance. His focus is on the authenticity of the fighting
techniques and their effective realization.
Stefan
has made a thorough study of Joachim Meyer's treatise of 1570,
which is likely the most complex and precise source for the German
school of rapier fence.
In
working to reconstruct Liechtenauer's system of the Long Sword in
a historically valid and martially effective manner, Stefan
includes the works of Peter von Danzig, Sigmund Ringeck, Lew the
Jew, and Paulus Hector Mair as well as HS 3227a (Dobringer) in
forming the core of his continuing longsword research.
Stefan
also researches, studies and practices medieval and renaissance
dagger, staff ('Halbe Stange') and 19th century military saber as
well as unarmed fighting styles of the 15th and 16th century.
In
2000, he was the leading force in the founding of the first
official club for Historical Swordsmanship as a martial art in
Germany, where he was the head instructor.
Now
Stefan is running the first full-time school for Historical
Swordsmanship in Germany, the
Alte
Kampfkunst. There, he teaches Sabre and Longsword three
nights a week, offering regular seminars on a variety of other
weapons.
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