Verum vt omnibus partibus ac numeris absolutam rationem artis huius traderem, in hac tractatione mihi propositum non fuit, sed commenmorationem saltem, ac summa capita quaedam de veris eius fundamentis strictim ex habeo, Neque enim omnes regulas, regulas, quibus solida eius cognitio nititur, in medium afferre mihi integrum suit, ne aut palmam praeripere ci, qui me ad eam disciplinam erudiit, aut laudem cognitionis, qua discipulo antecellit Magister, detrahere existimarer, in quem modum & Alciatus lib: de singulari certamine, Cap. Quapropter, id quod decorum est observasse me existimandus potius, quam in temeritatis crimen vocandus sum: tantum abesttvt obtrectationem hac in parte metuam, cum apud intelligentem artis, de arte tractationem susceperim, cuius nimirum autoritas meum conatum ab iniquorum sermonibus vinidare possit. MI RVM FORTASSE VIderi poterat Illustrissime Princeps, quod hoc tempore ausus sim Celsitudinem tuam compellare, in tam tenui praesertim argumento: Sed facile, ut spero, apud Celsitudinem uam excusabor, & ab omni sinistrae suspicionis nota apud candidos lectores liberabor, quod in Excelsitatis tuae nomen hanc meam scriptionem, in qua leviter defunctus sum, apparere volverim, si intelligent me huius negotij Patronim delegiste heroem eum, qui in exercitatione luctae, sive arte dimicandi egregiam habeat cognitionem ac usum, hoc est, exercitatione praeditus sit. ILLVSTRISSIMO PRINCIPI AC DOMINO, DOMINO IOHANNI DVCI MEGAPOLENSI, PRINCIPI vetustae gentis Henetae, Comiti Suerinensi, Domino Rostochij & Stargardiae Dominosuo clementissimo, S. Quare qui luctae rationes tradis honesta, Instruit ad belli morem ars ludicra severum,Ītque tegi objecto corpus ab hoste docet. Namque decus prae se ferre omnia membra necesse (est: Regulaque in gestu curaque, habenda gradus. Sic color in vultu, calor est in corde tuendu: While his father Johann Albrecht had an interest in fencing, including hiring Joachim Meyer to teach his son, and Mecklenburg would later become an important sponsor of the Veiterfechter guild, it is unknown if Gunterrodt's efforts ever earned him a court appointment.Ĭ Orporis in motus mentis se suscitat ardor:Ĭorpore non moto mens sua pressa situ est.Įrgo fatigabant variis membra incita luctis: However, in 1579 Johann was controlled by a regency council and would not rule in his own right until 1585. Both versions of his treatise were dedicated to Johann Ⅶ, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Gunderrodt's activities after 1579 are not currently known. Sciomachia et hoplomachia is described as "book one", but no book two ever seems to have emerged. An abridged, unillustrated version of this treatise was published that same year under the title De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatoriae ("The True Principles of the Art of Fencing"). It offers his understanding of the theory and history of fencing as well briefly treating a number of different weapon combinations including dussack, two-handed sword, spear, and poleaxe, rapier (both single and with secondary weapons), dagger, and grappling. In 1579, when he was 22, Gunterrodt wrote a manuscript treatise on fencing and wrestling entitled Sciomachia et hoplomachia ("Unarmed and Armed Combat" MS Dresd.C.15). He also studied fencing, either with or under Balthasaro Cramonio Pomerano, who was a student of Johannes Herwart of Würtzburg (discoverer/looter of the Walpurgis Fechtbuch). He apparently studied at the University of Wittenberg but it is unclear if he ever earned a degree. He received an extensive education befitting the child of nobility, learning both Greek and Latin as well as studying the law. He was born in Lengefeld in 1557 to Hans von Gunterrodt (1526-1566) and Elisabeth von der Linda (d. Heinrich von Gunterrodt (Henricus a Gunterrodt, Heinricus a Gunterroda) was a 16th century Saxon nobleman and fencing historian. De Veris Principiis Artis Dimicatoriae (1579)
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