Bolognese Grappling (Applying Marozzo’s presa’s to Sword and Spadone)

The very last section of Achille Marozzo’s manuscript presents techniques on dealing with an opponent armed with a dagger. This section is devoted to takedowns and joint manipulation. These techniques cover the majority of the throws and takedowns throughout the manuscript. The goal of this video is to give examples of the use of some of these techniques with Sword and Spadone, along with the original example of the dagger work. Not all of his dagger techniques are applicable to other weapons. For instance,