This is my current translation of the 12 rules section of the fencing book of Andre Paurenfeindt, working from Michael Chidester’s transcription of the section in the Ergrundung Ritterlicher Kunst der Fechterey (1516) and Alex Kiermayer’s transcription of the section in the Der Altenn Fechter anfengliche Kunst (c.1531).
As this is a guide for beginners, I have chosen to translate most of the simple technical terms. However, I have left a couple of the more complicated technical terms untranslated as there was no simple translation to encapsulate the entirety of the technical meaning of these terms as I understand them. For each technical term, I have offered both the original term and a potential translation in the footnotes.
Please note that this translation is released under copyright, and that while I am more than happy for people to use it for their own training and study, you must contact me to request permission to use it in any publication or for any commercial use.
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