Jacob Sutor (also spelled "Jakob Sutor") was a German

fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

master who published a fighting manual in 1612, called the ''Neues Künstliches Fechtbuch''. The book was mostly an updated version (or outright plagiarism) of Joachim Meyer's work. Sutor's

Fechtbuch Martial arts manuals are instructions, with or without illustrations, specifically designed to be learnt from a book. Many books detailing specific techniques of martial arts are often erroneously called manuals but were written as treatises. Pros ...

includes techniques for the long sword, dussack,

rapier A rapier () is a type of sword originally used in Spain (known as ' -) and Italy (known as '' spada da lato a striscia''). The name designates a sword with a straight, slender and sharply pointed two-edged long blade wielded in one hand. It wa ...

(which appears to be an early form of the weapon more similar to a cut and thrust sword), rapier and main gauche, rapier and

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, case of rapiers, staff, pole axe, and the flail.

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