I had some time last week, so I made a translation of Bruchius 1671 Dutch Rapier fencing manual "Grondige Beschryvinge van de Edele ende Ridderlijcke SCHERM- ofte WAPEN-KONSTE".

Currently, this can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxo63P1pzioTNDhhYmQ4ZGYtYTRiZi00MjdhLTk2MmYtOWJiYTk3YmMwM2Fm&hl=en

Soon I will make some minor (aesthetic) adjustments, but otherwise this will be it for a while.

Cheers/enjoy!

R

I have just started going through it. Thanks for making this available! I look forward to any refinements, etc. But this is terrific!

:cool:

I found out that the definition of Gradueren could be translated just a little better, so I changed that and also immediately made the one word replacement that I wanted to make, so here's a new link:

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxo63P1pzioTMzIzYWQ0OGEtOWFhOC00MDEyLWE2NzMtYjE2ZmJmYzRlOTVh&hl=en

I made a small correction to the part about Passades. No change in meaning occurred; it is mainly a cosmetic improvement.

New link:

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxo63P1pzioTN2MwZDRkMzItOWU0Zi00N2U1LTkxMGEtNDhmYjVkOTAxOWVj&hl=en

I found out I had consistently, in one word, misread one of those f-like s's as an f; this has now been corrected in the document. The main change occurred in the section explaining Passades; other changes for instance in Lessons 46 and 61.

new link:

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxo63P1pzioTZjZjOGEzZTEtNzZmOC00NzAwLThjNzgtZTA3YzRiZWY2N2I4&hl=en

Changed the file as the layout on the final page was strange:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxo63P1pz...&hl=en

EDIT: Changed it again as while finally making a transcription, I found another instance of the above-mentioned reading error.

Is there a way to get it besides through Google? For some strange reason it won't work too well with my browser...

If you PM me an email address I can send you a copy.

I will send it from my Gmail account though :cool:

Final update in a long time. I promise.

Finished the transcription; the above-mentioned f/s-error does not occur anymore now.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxo63P1pzioTZjQyZTc2NTgtMjRlNi00NTBiLTgwNDctYWEyYjYyMzUzYjBi&hl=en

Do you have a link that points to a document containing the "many fine Copper Figures" that Bruchius speaks of in his introduction? I find it much easer to learn with images then with words alone.

Thanks
mackenzie