Paulus Hector Mair Exotica

-VIEW IN HIGH QUALITY- Music: ’Trotto’ by Saltarello Weapon Forms: Scythe, Sickle, Flail, Cudgel, Duelling Shield. -From Wikipedia- Paulus Hector Mair (1517--1579) was an Augsburg civil servant, and active in the martial arts of his time. He collected Fechtbücher and undertook to compile all knowledge of the art of fencing in a compendium surpassing all earlier books. For this, he engaged the painter Jörg Breu the Younger, as well as two experienced fencers, whom he charged with perfecting the techniques before they were painted. The project was very costly, taking full four years, and according to Mair, consumed most of his family’s income and property. Three versions of his compilation, and one later, less extensive manuscript, have been preserved.