Joachim Meyer
German fencing master (1537–1571)
ヨアヒム・マイアー
- Born
- 1537, Basel
- Died
- 24 February 1571, Schwerin
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Sport
- fencing
- Occupation
- fencer, fencing master
Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537–1571) was a self-described Freifechter (literally, Free Fencer) living in the then Free Imperial City of Strasbourg in the 16th century and the author of a fechtbuch Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (in English, Thorough Descriptions of the Art of Fencing) first published in 1570.
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