Luigi Barbasetti

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Luigi Barbasetti

Italian fencing master

Written by Nick Forrest Evangelista

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Born:: February 1859, Cividale del Friuli, Italy

Died:: March 31, 1948, Verona (aged 89)

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Luigi Barbasetti (born February 1859, Cividale del Friuli, Italy—died March 31, 1948, Verona) was an Italian fencing master, much respected in both Italy and Hungary. A student of the great Italian sabre teacher Giuseppe Radaelli, Barbasetti in many ways outstripped his master. His unique insight into fencing helped guide the sport into the 20th century. Barbasetti began his teaching career at the Military Fencing Masters School of Rome and later moved to Vienna, where he opened the Austro-Hungarian Central Fencing School in 1894. His style with the sabre, involving a greater emphasis on “finger play” to control the blade, was ...(100 of 240 words)

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