Showfighting techniques?

[LafayetteCCurtis]

I recall reading on this forum about one of the German masters treating of nonlethal, showy techniques in his Fechtbuch, and I heard elsewhere that there was a German master who did such--though, of course, he clearly set these techniques apart from the more "normal," lethal ones. Can anybody confirm or deny this? I'd also like to know where to look for those plays if I can.

Thanks beforehand.

[Craig Peters]

I recall reading on this forum about one of the German masters treating of nonlethal, showy techniques in his Fechtbuch, and I heard elsewhere that there was a German master who did such--though, of course, he clearly set these techniques apart from the more "normal," lethal ones. Can anybody confirm or deny this? I'd also like to know where to look for those plays if I can.

Thanks beforehand.

Can you provide us with a name? Simply mentioning that it was a German master leaves a lot of "potential" individuals.

[Axel Pettersson]

Isn't it Lekuchners messer? Something about hitting the opponents kidney with the flat if you didn't want to kill him, aswell as some showfight techniques?

[Jeffrey Hull]

Isn't it Lekuchners messer? Something about hitting the opponents kidney with the flat if you didn't want to kill him, aswell as some showfight techniques?

I see that Rasmusson indicates "show" in his transcription / translation:

http://schielhau.org/lebkommer1.html

Maybe the exact interpretation of that is arguable, maybe not.

[LafayetteCCurtis]

Can you provide us with a name? Simply mentioning that it was a German master leaves a lot of "potential" individuals.

I didn't remember the name, so I was asking for that as well. But the mention of Leckuechner/Lebkommer certainly strikes a chord. I'll go and check the link ASAP.