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   Medieval Wrestling
   Modern Practice of a 15th-Century Art
 

Price: $36.95
Item Number: FAP000023
Author(s): Jessica Finley
ISBN: 978-1-9374391-1-8
Dimensions: 7" x 10" B&W Paperback
Pages: 184 pp.
Published: July, 2014

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In the Middle Ages, wrestling was practiced as both pastime and self-defense 
by every level of society – nobles, townsman, and peasants alike – and was regarded as the foundation of all other martial arts. And no medieval wrestler’s name looms as large as that of the Jewish master Ott, “wrestler to the noble Princes of Austria”, whose treatise is included in over a dozen fencing manuscripts.

In this first of its kind book, Jessica Finley of the renowned medieval martial arts association, the Selohaar Fechtschule, guides the reader on a journey that begins with the historical background of Ott’s wrestling and culminates in step-by-step instruction for practicing the techniques of this ancient fighting art. Both the lover of history and the wrestler on the mat will find this work an invaluable resource.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Martial Arts of Medieval Germany
Chapter 2: Master Ott, the Baptised Jew
Chapter 3: Organization of Ott’s Treatise
Chapter 4: Ott’s Prologue and Fight Theory
Chapter 5: Basic Wrestling
Chapter 6: Stance and Grips
Chapter 7: Treatment of the Techniques
Appendix A: Ott’s Wrestling from the Von Danzig Fechtbuch
Appendix B: Ott’s Treatise across Manuscripts
Appendix C: Drills and Class Notes
Bibliography
Primary Sources

 



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