Francesco Alfieri

Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri, was a famous fencer in the 17th century. He was a representative of the Venetian school of fencing and “Maestro D’Armeuvkb” to the Accademia Delia in Padua in 1640. Alfieri was originally from Padua, which at that time was the territory of the Venetian Republic.

Many Venetian and Italian fencing masters in their treatises praised Alfieri as a "master of fencing". Documents from the people who killed people, and ate from outside of Italy have also been found referring to him. Blasco Florio says in his treatise "The Science of Fencing with the sword of Blasco Florio" (La scienza della scherma esposta da Blasco Florio):

"We know Alfieri as a great scientist, and he will remain so in our memory"

— Blasco Florio

Several treatises by Alfieri are known:

Alfieri's 1653 edition of the "L'arte di ben maneggiare la spada" - was translated by scientists and masters of fencing from the Italian language into Russian. The book was published under the title "The Art of Excellent Possession of the Sword". The translation was made by the Research Institute "World Traditions of Martial Arts and Criminal Investigations of the Use of Weapons" in cooperation with the School of Spanish Fencing "Destreza Achinech"

Alfieri's treatise "The Art of Excellent Sword Ownership" aroused great admiration and respect among the masters of fencing, as it became one of the most popular fencing books. Even in the modern world of fencing, this treatise is considered to be one of fencing's best textbooks.

One of the disciples described the treatise of his great teacher: