In the second half of 1500, the Italian fencing became the most famous in Europe.
Many teachers were required abroad , especially in Germany , France, England .
This supremacy over will remain until 1650 , a period when the fencing of northern Italy will begin to suffer from the influence of the French school .
The masters of central and southern then begin to develop each a stand-alone method .
From the second half of 1600 the method of dagger and dagger , which previously was taught by the masters -at-arms , was adapted into popular area to the increased use of short blade , understood as the fixed knife or switchblade.
Six Italian regions developed a true martial art knife through ten different clandestine schools :
Corsica ( race school )
Lazio ( Roman School )
Campania ( Neapolitan school and the school of Salerno )
Puglia ( Bari - Foggia school , school and school Brindisi - Lecce Taranto )
Calabria ( Calabria school )
Sicily ( Palermo and Catania school school )
Many teachers were required abroad , especially in Germany , France, England .
This supremacy over will remain until 1650 , a period when the fencing of northern Italy will begin to suffer from the influence of the French school .
The masters of central and southern then begin to develop each a stand-alone method .
From the second half of 1600 the method of dagger and dagger , which previously was taught by the masters -at-arms , was adapted into popular area to the increased use of short blade , understood as the fixed knife or switchblade.
Six Italian regions developed a true martial art knife through ten different clandestine schools :
Corsica ( race school )
Lazio ( Roman School )
Campania ( Neapolitan school and the school of Salerno )
Puglia ( Bari - Foggia school , school and school Brindisi - Lecce Taranto )
Calabria ( Calabria school )
Sicily ( Palermo and Catania school school )
