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German-language wrestling master known as Ott Jud, described in manuscript witnesses as wrestling master to the princes of Austria. His teachings circulated widely in the Liechtenauer tradition.
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Austrian-associated Freifechter and bodyguard to Cardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg. His 1516 Vienna book was the first printed illustrated European fencing treatise and transmitted a simplified Liechtenauer-derived curriculum.
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Bohemian-born Austrian writer, engraver and fencing master active in Vienna, author of treatises on thrust and cut fencing on foot and horseback.
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Austrian fencing master and author of two distinct German-language works: Grundzüge einer Anleitung zum Säbelfechten (Pest, 1859) and Schlüssel zur Kunst des Rapier- und Säbelfechtens à la contrepointe (Linz, 1861).
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Austrian imperial-royal military author of a training guide for sabre fencing in troop schools, published for the use of the k.k. army in 1875.
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Austrian imperial fencing author associated with the multivolume System der Fechtkunst à la contrepointe for thrust and cut, including historical and duelling material.
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Austrian jurist and court advocate. His 1887 Das Wesen des Duells und ein Reform-Vorschlag examined the institution of duelling and proposed reform; he was later personally involved in an honour dispute.
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Austrian imperial lieutenant and fencing writer who, with Franz Gömmel, freely adapted René-Julien Châtelain’s treatise into German in 1819.
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E. von S. is represented in the reviewed catalogue records as author of “Die Grundsätze der zerstreuten Fechtart in ihrer praktischen Anwendung näher beleuchtet” (1864). No additional biographical identity or secure life dates are asserted beyond these linked manifestations.
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Austrian imperial lieutenant and fencing writer who, with Anton Lüpscher, freely adapted René-Julien Châtelain’s fencing treatise into German in 1819.
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Austro-Hungarian army officer and fencing instructor, identified on the 1894 title and preface as Franz Litomyský, k.u.k. Oberleutnant in Infantry Regiment No. 92 and teacher at the infantry cadet school in Budapest. He co-authored the systematic sabre manual with Gustav Ritter von Arlow.
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Austrian military compiler identified only by the surname Jaitner in the surviving catalogue evidence. The 1862 Vienna third edition combines infantry drill, manoeuvring, gymnastics and bayonet-fencing instruction; a full personal identity remains unproved.
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