Vincentio Saviolo

[1] He arrived in London at an unknown date and is first noted as being in England in 1589 when Richard Jones obtained a licence to publish his "Book of Honour".

The first part of this work was written as a conversation between Saviolo and an imaginary student (a structure common in 16th-century handbooks).

This part undertakes to instruct in the rapier and dagger fencing techniques of Saviolo's day.

Saviolo did not teach the lunge, rather recommending circular movement around the opponent in the manner of contemporary Spanish rapier fencers.

Other notable practitioners of Saviolo's system include Cecil Longino of Academia Della Spada in Seattle, USA and Chris Chatfield of the 1595 Club in London and Brighton, U.K., Henry Walker and James Wran of Brisbane Swords, Australia.