Luigi Barbasetti

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Luigi Barbasetti
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BornFebruary 21, 1859
Cividale del Friuli
DiedMarch 31, 1948
NationalityItalian
CitizenshipItaly
OccupationFencing master

Luigi Barbasetti (21. February 1859 in Cividale del Friuli; † 31. March 1948 in Verona) was an Italian fencing master and reformer. His teacher was fencing master Giuseppe Radaelli, who trained him to a „military master of arms.“[1] Barbasettis second teacher was fencing master Masaniello Parise from the Masters School in Rome. After training he taught at the Masters School in Rome. He became a fencing master of Triest before he was called to Vienna. In the fall of 1894 Barbasetti arrived Vienna.[2] Under the patronage of Archduke Franz Salvator, he played a leading role in the reform oft he sport of fencing in Vienna in 1895 by making the modern Italien fencing method accessible to the German-speaking area. He founded 1895 the fencing school “Union Fechtklub Wien” that still exists today. He developt a Hungarian-style of saber technique, which dominated saberfencing the first half of the twentieth century[3] and trained the Hungarian master József Keresztessy also called “father of Hungarian sabre fencing.” In 1915 Barbasetti had to leave Germany because Italy took part in the war against Germany. He returned to Italy until he moved to Paris 1921, where he taught at the Automobile Club and the Golfers Club.He returned again to Italy in 1943 and died in Verona on March 31, 1948.[4]

Writings (selection)

  • The Art of the Foil. 1932. reprint 1998. ISBN 0-76070943-2
  • The Art of the Sabre and the Epee. 1936. reprint 2019. ISBN 9783964010056

References

  1. Evangelista, Nick (1995). the encyclopedia of the sword. London. p. 46.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Barbasetti, Luigi (2019). The art of the Sabre and the Épée. [Dresden]. pp. XV. ISBN 978-3-96401-005-6. OCLC 1089319732.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Eimeleus, K. B. E. E. (2019). Skis of the Art of War. London. p. 213.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Czajkowski, Zbigniew. "Luigi Barbasetti i jego szkola". Sport wyczynowy. 31 (1993): S. 103-109.

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