Massimiliano Bonelli
The 'controtempo' in the late Italian rapier'
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Biography
Massimiliano began his journey in Traditional fencing in 2002-2003, when he started to practice rapier in Fisas following the teaching of Andrea Lupo Sinclair. Not very long after, he started studying and practicing all the Weapons of Fisas Method: sidesword ( also with dagger ), Longsword, Radaelli Saber and continued studying rapier ( also with dagger and cape) .
He has researched and gave demonstrations of the Rapier a number of times. One important mention is his interpretation of the methods shown in the book of L`arte di Adoprar la Spada by Giovanni Pietro Gorio (Milano, 1682). of which he was one of the two writers who did the transcription into a more modern Italian language book reprint.
Massimiliano has been a member of the FISAS executive committee for a good number of years and was the latest FISAS President till 2021.
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