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Shoes Biogarphy

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Footwear is important. It directly affects how you move and what kinds of motions you can perform. Since the footwork of Renaissance martial arts is particular, and as I interpret and teach it, very agile, the shoes you wear become crucial to what you can learn correctly and perform effectively.
I have always stressed footwork in my practice and am known personally for being quick footed and very agile in my stepping. Over the years, I have tried out all sorts of different makes and brands of modern footwear, from Crocs to Keds, from dancewear to sneakers and sport shoes of all kinds. I have collected a wide range of types and wasted good money on assorted styles over the decades that I have been active. I continue to do so. I have also trained in various styles of historical and non-historical boots. I believe I have a pretty good feel for what kind of shoes are best for our craft --- and they are not the ones suited to the needs of playing football, baseball, and soccer, nor those designed for the requirements of basketball or track.
Nothing reveals mediocre skills quicker in my opinion than noting what a student wears on their feet when training in these skills. Countless times I have lamented practitioners who insisted on wearing ridiculous work boots or modern combat boots (and their teachers as well!).
The facts are that if you look through the historical sources, almost without exception you will see image after image of slim, flat, slipper-like shoes. You will not find heavy boots. You will not find shoes with thick heels. You will not find shoes with thick soles. Even when you see high-rise footwear, they typically appear thin with flat soles.
From the late 13th century MS.I.33, to the late 17th century works of Paschen and Petter, there is an undeniable common element detectable among the footwear of Renaissance martial arts illustrations: slipper-light shoes or stockinged feet. Try to find a pair of heeled boots or heavy looking shoes on a combatant. You will be hard pressed to do so.
From Fiore’s editions, to Talhoffer’s, from Von Danzig’s images to those of Paulus Kal, Leckuechner, Lebkommer, the Goliath, Solothurner, and Gladiatoria works, as well as Vadi, the 15th century sources all depict close-fitting slipper-like footwear. Images in the 16th century sources from Duerer, Pauernfeindt, Jorg Wilhalm, Marozzo, Agrippa, Vigianni, Didier, and Di Grassi to Lovino (with his tiny feet!) reveal the same. Famously, the treatises of Mair and Meyer show stockinged feet throughout. The fighters depicted in Heredia, Ghisliero, Saviolo, Fabris, George Silver, Giganti, Capo Fero, Swetnam, the Pallas Armata, Thibault, Wallhausen, Heussler, Koppen, Alfieri and the various anonymous works from the era each include small simple shoes.

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