Tom Leoni was born in Switzerland and grew up in Northern Italy. Since an early age, he developed a passion for antique arms and armour and Renaissance-Baroque culture. His meticulous research of Italian swordsmanship treatises helped him become an internationally-known teacher specialising in the Italian styles of the 1500s and 1600s. In 2005, Tom published an English translation of Master Salvator Fabris' 1606 rapier treatise Scienza d'Armi, one the of the most important fencing works of the late Renaissance. In 2009, he published a translation of Italy's earliest extant martial-arts treatise, Fiore de' Liberi's Fio di Battaglia (circa 1409).

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionMaking Capoferro Accessible to the Modern Rapier StudentA Personal JourneyWho Was Ridolfo Capoferro?The Two Faces of Capoferro: Period Literature Versus Victorian ScholarshipJacopo Gelli: The Main 19th-Century Source on CapoferroCapoferro, His Treatise and Its Importance to the Modern StudentLanguage, Translation, and Editorial DecisionsWhat You Need to Know to Tackle CapoferroAdditional ResourcesGreat Representation of the Art and Practice of FencingTo the Most Serene Lord Don Francesco Maria Feltrio della Rovere, Sixth Duke of UrbinoTo the Kind ReaderGeneral Table of the Art of FencingHere Follows the Great Representation of the Practice of Fencing.Beginning with the Explanation of the Difference Between Art and PracticeA Few Recommendations about FencingExplanation of Some Practical Fencing TermsThe Plates and Practical SynopsesSome Principles Regarding the CutA Failsafe Way to Defend Against Any Attack by Parrying with a Riverso and Always Striking with an ImbroccataGlossary of Common and Useful Italian Rapier Fencing Terms

Tom Leoni was born in Switzerland and grew up in Northern Italy. Since an early age, he developed a passion for antique arms and armour and Renaissance-Baroque culture. His meticulous research of Italian swordsmanship treatises helped him become an internationally-known teacher specialising in the Italian styles of the 1500s and 1600s. In 2005, Tom published an English translation of Master Salvator Fabris' 1606 rapier treatise Scienza d'Armi, one the of the most important fencing works of the late Renaissance. In 2009, he published a translation of Italy's earliest extant martial-arts treatise, Fiore de' Liberi's Fio di Battaglia (circa 1409).

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionMaking Capoferro Accessible to the Modern Rapier StudentA Personal JourneyWho Was Ridolfo Capoferro?The Two Faces of Capoferro: Period Literature Versus Victorian ScholarshipJacopo Gelli: The Main 19th-Century Source on CapoferroCapoferro, His Treatise and Its Importance to the Modern StudentLanguage, Translation, and Editorial DecisionsWhat You Need to Know to Tackle CapoferroAdditional ResourcesGreat Representation of the Art and Practice of FencingTo the Most Serene Lord Don Francesco Maria Feltrio della Rovere, Sixth Duke of UrbinoTo the Kind ReaderGeneral Table of the Art of FencingHere Follows the Great Representation of the Practice of Fencing.Beginning with the Explanation of the Difference Between Art and PracticeA Few Recommendations about FencingExplanation of Some Practical Fencing TermsThe Plates and Practical SynopsesSome Principles Regarding the CutA Failsafe Way to Defend Against Any Attack by Parrying with a Riverso and Always Striking with an ImbroccataGlossary of Common and Useful Italian Rapier Fencing Terms

Tom Leoni was born in Switzerland and grew up in Northern Italy. Since an early age, he developed a passion for antique arms and armour and Renaissance-Baroque culture. His meticulous research of Italian swordsmanship treatises helped him become an internationally-known teacher specialising in the Italian styles of the 1500s and 1600s. In 2005, Tom published an English translation of Master Salvator Fabris' 1606 rapier treatise Scienza d'Armi, one the of the most important fencing works of the late Renaissance. In 2009, he published a translation of Italy's earliest extant martial-arts treatise, Fiore de' Liberi's Fio di Battaglia (circa 1409).

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionMaking Capoferro Accessible to the Modern Rapier StudentA Personal JourneyWho Was Ridolfo Capoferro?The Two Faces of Capoferro: Period Literature Versus Victorian ScholarshipJacopo Gelli: The Main 19th-Century Source on CapoferroCapoferro, His Treatise and Its Importance to the Modern StudentLanguage, Translation, and Editorial DecisionsWhat You Need to Know to Tackle CapoferroAdditional ResourcesGreat Representation of the Art and Practice of FencingTo the Most Serene Lord Don Francesco Maria Feltrio della Rovere, Sixth Duke of UrbinoTo the Kind ReaderGeneral Table of the Art of FencingHere Follows the Great Representation of the Practice of Fencing.Beginning with the Explanation of the Difference Between Art and PracticeA Few Recommendations about FencingExplanation of Some Practical Fencing TermsThe Plates and Practical SynopsesSome Principles Regarding the CutA Failsafe Way to Defend Against Any Attack by Parrying with a Riverso and Always Striking with an ImbroccataGlossary of Common and Useful Italian Rapier Fencing Terms